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National Recap: Over 5,400 children split from parents at border

October 30, 2019

A new tally states the number of children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border exceeds 5,400 since July 2017. U.S. immigration authorities conducted more than 1,500 of these separations...

National Recap: States file lawsuit over POTUS regulation

August 29, 2019

A coalition of 19 states and Washington, D.C., announced a lawsuit Aug. 23 against President Donald Trump’s administration’s proposed regulation that would allow the administration to detain children

FLEFF kicks off with event on immigration

By Krissy Waite, Assistant News Editor • April 3, 2019

Ithaca College hosted the opening keynote event April 1 for the 2019 FLEFF on how to use technology to document abuses against immigrant communities.

Review: Obscure film borders on incomprehensible

By Jake Leary • December 10, 2018

Based on the short story “Gräns” by ‎John Ajvide Lindqvist, “Border” has all the unrestrained pretension of Oscar bait: a sluggish pace, an inscrutable fantasy element and a relentless melancholy. The...

Crossing Over

By Faith Meckely, Staff Writer • August 22, 2014

Each marcher passed through the portal individually. On the Colorado side of the portal there was a bowl, and as each marcher passed through we poured some of our water into the bowl and announced what we were leaving behind and what we looked forward to moving into Nebraska.

Commentary: Government at fault for immigrant deaths

By Karly Placek • November 6, 2013

While distracted with the tedious intricacies of a national financial disaster, the United States Federal Government fails to acknowledge the presence of an ongoing humanitarian crisis in its own backyard. About...