July 2012
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'It’s always been ‘Cesar the New Yorker’'
Mexican immigrant Cesar Vargas has been profiled in media organizations including The New York Times for his advocacy for the Dream Act — legislation which would give legal status to immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before age 16, have resided here for at least five years, earned a high school degree and completed two years of college or military service. Cesar, who is undocumented, came...
June 2012
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The New York Times: Blocking Parts of Arizona Law,...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/us/supreme-court-rejects-part-of-arizona-immigration-law.html?hp
By ADAM LIPTAK and JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split decision on Arizona’s tough 2010 immigration law, upholding its most controversial provision but blocking the implementation of others.
The court unanimously sustained the law’s...
May 2012
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Check out Japanese immigrant Masako Emvall’s...
‘It was, and always is, that I can be myself here...
Photos by Megan McCormick (http://megwethersfieldphotography.virb.com/)
Story by Courtney Brooks
When Japanese immigrant Masako Emvall came to New York City 25 years ago, she had no intention of staying.
The aspiring writer had a publishing company waiting for her to contribute to a guidebook. She had a family in Tokyo, a limited grip on English, and unclear career goals.
Masako had yet to feel...
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'My Job is Trying to Make Chicago the Most...
Adolfo Hernández, 29, was named Chicago’s Director of the Office of New Americans in December. Hernández’s parents immigrated to the United States at young ages— equipped with the determination to support their families in Mexico. The sacrifices they made and struggles they endured while going from undocumented to naturalized citizens has inspired Hernández’s commitment to...
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'Immigrant Means Family to Me'
We’ve been a little quiet this week at Voices Beyond Borders—we’re hard at work producing some upcoming features. One of the stories is an interview with Chicago’s Director of the Office of New Americans Adolfo Hernández (pictured above).
Hernández is an integral part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s effort to make Chicago “the most immigrant-friendly city in...
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"Is there some kind of hierarchy of foreigners?"
Nadya Ivanova, 24, is originally from Bulgaria. She moved to Chicago in 2006 to study journalism at Northwestern University. Since 2009, Ivanova’s worked as a reporter, producer and grant writer for Circle of Blue, the world’s leading online source for water news. Ivanova has traveled to China and Australia to investigate the global water crisis. For VBB Ivanova reflects on her immigrant...
April 2012
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"I feel this is my country now"
When John Arvanitis, 56, moved to Astoria, Queens in 1974 he found that the area was filled with coffee shops and diners, but devoid of the type of cafes ubiquitous in his native Greece. So, he opened his own. “Omonia Cafe” initially only sold coffee and pastries; today it has two pastry shops and a large restaurant — they even baked the wedding cake for “My Big Fat...
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“The net migration flow from Mexico to the United States has stopped and may have...”
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WatchVoices Beyond Borders aims to break down heavily politicized terms and have a more honest conversation about immigration in the United States. VBB documents the experiences of immigrants and migrants from all walks of life in New York City and Chicago. Our first video is a teaser that asks the question—”What is the difference between migrant and immigrant?” This simple start is an...
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"I was looking for a better life, like anybody...
Mohamed Bayomi, 49, owns a cafe in Astoria, Queens. He moved to New York in 1989 in search of a better life, and managed a sandwich shop for 20 years before opening Bagel Nosh in November of 2010.
Courtney: Why did you move to New York?
Mohamed: “I was working in Egypt, and the economy over there was bad. I couldn’t make a living over there. I was working at a good job, and the job...
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Our Mission
The mission of Voices Beyond Borders is to document the experiences of immigrants and migrants from all walks of life in New York City and Chicago. We are not here to comment on general immigration or policy; rather, to paint the human side of incredibly politicized terms. We encourage a democratic exchange of storytelling—open, honest and sincere.
Our aim is to foster a greater understanding of...
