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This photo of Durdugül, Ercan & Ali was taken on their second day in the United States in 1989. When my sister Durdugül and her family came to the United States they had Bulgarian names in their passports. Later they reclaimed their original…

McBeth's maternal kin.

Isela Garcia, 23, of Little Village, Chicago, came to the United States with her parents when she was nine years old, and spent Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Chicago's Navy Pier, preparing her application for deferred deportation. Thousands of…

My grandparents, father, and aunt, ca. 1935. I don't know all the details, but apparently my grandfather spent much of the '20s working construction in the States, and would go back to Italy periodically. I guess Pops was conceived on one of those…

Protesters marched for International Workers Day on May Day. They marched from Nicollet and Lake Street in south Minneapolis to Powderhorn Park. The people marched to call for workers' rights and to protest issues such as immigration raids and…

Peter Michael posts to Facebook a story about his friend, Wilsam. Wilsam is an muslim refugee from Iraq. He is a member of the U.S. military and celebrates is newly gained citizenship.

Peter Michael shares the photos, along with the story, of his Iraqi-American friend Wilsam. Wilsam takes the oath of allegiance and celebrates his citizenship.