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Immigration: member voices

What educators and students are facing

Member voices

Mehdi Zayghami

Locked out

By Mehdi Zayghami
Evrim Baykal

Immigration storm

By Evrim Baykal
Sandra Fajgier

Eyes of family

By Sandra Fajgier
Areli Zarate

Life interrupted

By Areli Zarate
JV Torres

Raids of fear

By JV Torres
Provide sanctuary for immigrants

Providing sanctuary

By Kent Wong
Why i am undocumented and unafraid

Undocumented and unafraid

By Lee Ann Graham
The daca fight belongs to all of us

Fighting together

By Ken Zarifis
I am a dreamer and a nurse

A Dreamer, a nurse

By Jessica Esparza

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