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Immigrant Report is an online publication celebrating the immigrants of this country through their stories, art, and ideas.
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Book Club with Mx.Hernandez
In a literacy class for immigrant mothers, it is the teacher learning lessons of courage and love.
Alazon in the Quiet Room
From the underground clubs of divided Berlin to today’s US/Mexican border, multi-hyphenate Carrie Beehan maps the stories of the displaced through visceral, personal art.
In A Name
A name becomes a peace offering, a chance to reconnect with her heritage, and a personal symbol. After transitioning, Joanna offers her family an opportunity to name their daughter.
Paintings of Light and Sound
Butoh and shadow puppetry may seem worlds apart, but for performing artist Deniz Khateri they offer opportunities to create the extreme images and living poetry that first captured her imagination in Iran.
Trans-National
With grace and poignancy, LA resident, undocumented, and trans (non-binary) author Féi Hernandez examines the intersection of country and body.
Yuba-Sutter, My Punjab
Evocative music and writing by Jordan Vanderbeek “life is about trading out what is for what might be”
In Plain Sight
New York reveals itself through the writing and photography of Santiago Pochat
Power of the Pen
One Undocumented Student’s Journey to Liberation. “When I explore my identities through my writing, I am able to embrace myself…”
Quiet Planet
An excerpt from Karim Kassem's new book: "The music of a new beginning, the tone of
goodbye. Hello? Are you still with me? Yes. Well, let’s go then...."
Samba: A Love Story
"Samba / Has always been a way / For Brazilians / To try to make sense / Of the things we can't say."
A poem and discussion on love and dance.
American Mirage
"At first, I thought I knew a lot of things about America. ... Flipping through the saturated photos of swimming pools, palm trees, and tan, long legged women in bikinis filled my mind with stars and stripes..."
We’re not Baskin-Robbins’ flavors
Artist Jacqui Rêgo gets personal about love, sex, and the commodification of immigrant women in the age of Trump
Independence Day
Celebrating as an immigrant: "The words hit me in the gut- especially the last line, ‘The land of the free, the home of the brave...'"
Khalid's Bodega
Khalid’s eyebrows fly up to meet the brim of his checked flatcap. “No, no we don’t want to talk about anything.” He throws his hands up in mock dismay, but I think he’s got actual suspicions. This has been my bodega since middle school...