Immigration

At no other point in my lifetime have I been as aware of the need for frank discussions about serious issues. Of course we’ve always had problems. But never before has hate seemed to be in [...]

Immigration articles for students and resources linked below. But, first, some thoughts about why they’re important. I am a former undocumented immigrant, and the author of a book inspired [...]

Imagine this: You are six months old. Your mother wraps you in a hand-knit blanket her sister gave you and heads off on a long trip. Maybe she’s hungry, tired of struggling. Maybe she fears her [...]

An author I greatly admire posted on social media earlier today. Her post was a picture of some flowers behind a wooden fence. Beyond it, far away and in a mild breeze, an American flag. The [...]

I love the 4th of July.  Growing up as an undocumented immigrant, I had a conflicted relationship with it.  On the one hand, I loved everything about it – the flags, the red, white and blue on [...]

I have always had a thing for Superman.  I remember going to see the original Christopher Reeve movie when I was 8 years old and being enthralled.  I mean, tights, people.  And truth, justice and [...]

One of the reasons I began to tell my story about having been an undocumented immigrant was 9/11.  More specifically, the way it became acceptable to talk about immigrants following the terrorist [...]

In the jumble of feelings and paperwork that is a divorce, my naturalization certificate disappeared.  My ex said he didn’t have it.  I knew he did.  Last week, 5 years after it went missing, it [...]

      Watch Maria on the topic of immigration.     http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2603636212423893556    

Watch Maria on NY1.

Every year, thousands of undocumented children graduate from high school in the U.S., into the abyss of social security number-less existence, no reliable path to higher education, and a life of [...]