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Immigration
‘They Want to Dismantle the System’
Immigration courts were already struggling to clear a massive backlog of cases. Then the Trump administration started firing judges.
Joe Nocera
The Trump-Voting Mom Helping Chicago’s Immigrants
We spent the day with Aleah Arundale as she fought to protect her new neighbors against the threat of ICE raids.
Frannie Block and Tanya Lukyanova
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The Front Page: Pilgrims, Past and Present
Martin Gurri and Masih Alinejad on their journeys to America. Plus: No, you are not on stolen land. And more.
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One Immigrant Boy’s Journey from Cuba to the CIA
How did a clueless boy from Havana end up in the most exclusive club in the country? I answered an ad in the newspaper.
Martin Gurri
The Busboy and the Boss. Plus. . .
Meet America’s newest citizens. Why Kat Rosenfield is thankful for her husband. How a wellness start-up became a ‘sex cult.’ And more.
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Illegally Yours, Keith McNally
Before Balthazar, before my Green Card, before I had any success at all—New York showed me that charm and nerve could beat out class and pedigree.
Keith McNally
What the Bathroom at Balthazar Taught Me About America
I came to this country looking for fortune. Instead, I found belonging in a place most people never bother to look.
Cheikhou Niane
Meet America’s Newest Citizens
At a naturalization ceremony in Tucson this month, new Americans told us what taking the oath feels like.
Tanya Lukyanova and Austyn Jeffs
5M
Why America Is Shutting the Door on Immigration—Again
Twice before, America all but halted the influx of migrants. Restriction brought stability and allowed assimilation, the essential condition of…
Christopher Caldwell
Tyler Cowen: Why ‘Humane’ Immigration Policy Ends in Cruelty
If you are pro-immigration, you have a small number of choices, all of them unpleasant.
Tyler Cowen
What ‘The Great Gatsby’ Taught Fareed Zakaria About America
The journalist discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald soon after immigrating from India.
Shilo Brooks
59M
How the Country I Was Taught to Hate Saved My Life
A judge has sentenced the hitman Iran sent to kill me on American soil. It’s proof that the country where I sought refuge protects the freedoms I love.
Masih Alinejad
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