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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…

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.

A group of U.S. Service Members were part of a group of 125 immigrants that received their citizenship on Liberty Island in New York City Oct. 28, 2011. The event was part of the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty's…

A protest is held under the Student Debt Finish Line at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

McBeth's maternal kin.

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…

Senior Airman Deng Deng, a logistics management specialist with the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND on Sept 2, 2009. When he was 14 years old, he was one of the "Lost Boys of the Sudan" that were allowed to…

Shannon Coppa posted a photo and story of her refugee great grandparent's family from the Ottoman Empire.

About 3000 people gathered in Powderhorn Park to stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees. The protesters spoke against Donald Trump's immigration ban and the increasing militarization at the US-Mexico border. After a brief rally in the park,…