Justice and Journalism Fund
Stories on Immigration

These stories were supported by the Justice and Journalism Fund from a grant from the Ford Foundation.

The Outsider (extended-length story for print and Web, photos)
In this country since he was 2, college student Juan Gomez has no permanent legal right to stay in the United States, nor graduate from Georgetown University.
http://www.phuongly.com/outsider.html
By Phoung Ly, The Washington Post Magazine, published Feb. 22, 2009.


How Migration Transformed Martha’s Vineyard (print and Web story)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e737b6c6-87a1-11de-9280-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=a712eb94-dc2b-11da-890d-0000779e2340.html
By Daniela Gerson, Financial Times, published August 15, 2009.
Note: The same story also appeared in the UK Edition of the Financial Times.


Torn Apart by Immigration: From New York to Jamaica (multimedia series – stories for web, videos, photos)
The impact of deportation on immigrant families struggling to stay together.
http://colorlines.com/article.php?ID=618

By Julianne Ong Hing, Jorge Rivas and Seth Wessler, Colorlines newsmagazine, published October 22, 2010 for November/December 2009 issue.


Prisoners of Ignorance and Tradition (multimedia series – stories for web, photos)
More than 20,000 indigenous Mexicans, speaking neither Spanish nor English, live out sentences in U.S. prisons lost in a system they do not know or understand.
http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/2009/7/28/prisoners-of-ignorance-and-tra-137997-1.html
By Claudia Núñez, La Opinión, published July 28, 2009
Note: The story, in Spanish, also was published in English on the La Opinión website.


He Can't Come Home Again (story for web and print)
Despite a mention by the Supreme Court, David Gerbier is locked out of the U.S.
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2009-09-10/news/he-can-t-come-home-again-david-gerbier-deported-to-haiti
By Sandra Hernandez, Miami New Times, published in September 9, 2010 issue.


Immigrants Reverse Course (two-part print and web series, photos)
   Jobs in U.S. Drying Up; Immigrants Return Home
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6348003.html
   Mexicans Build Businesses at Home
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6349206.html
By James Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle, published March 29 and 30, 2009.


Guatemala: In the Shadow of the Raid (16-minute film, photos, story summary for web)
One of the largest workplace immigration raids in history, at a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, leaves lasting imprints.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2009/07/guatemala_a_tal.html
By Greg Brosnan and Jennifer Szymaszek, PBS Frontline World, aired May 11, 2010


Deportation: the Flip Side of Immigration (multimedia)
This short documentary illustrates the deportation process and offers migrants’ descriptions of why they risk returning to the U.S. without papers.  
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36022667#36022667
By Jon Lowenstein, msnbc.com, 2010.

 

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