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“The students were screaming, ‘Bonjou, koman ou ye?!’ It was mind-blowing,” said Websder Corneille, a Haitian linguist and an incoming adjunct lecturer of Haitian Creole, Culture, and Society at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Indiana University Bloomington. He found that interacting with students and parents in his native Haitian Creole at Read more

Happy Friday! From an IWB special analysis of the potential, Democratic ticket for President to a Greek lab attempting to put a name to unidentified migrants who passed away on their journey, these are the top stories impacting the well-being of immigrants this week. —Marko Sánchez  TOP STORY OF THE WEEK The Im/migrant Well-Being Collaborative Read more

In an open letter on Sunday, President Joe Biden announced that he would no longer seek the Democratic nomination for President. Instead, he endorsed his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, for the nomination. With swift endorsements from congressional leaders, state officials, high-profile organizations, and trade unions, the Democratic party is uniting behind their new Read more

The narrative that immigrants are criminals, mentally ill, and poisoning the “blood of our country” has been a recurrent theme in former President Trump’s reelection campaign. This rhetoric was so rampant that it also appeared during the Republican National Convention (RNC), where Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) insinuated that “the country is less safe” as a result of Read more

Happy Friday! From harmful rhetoric at the Republican National Convention to a Mexico City family providing healthcare to migrants, these are the top stories impacting the well-being of immigrants this week. —Marko Sánchez TOP STORY OF THE WEEK Misleading statements at the Republican National Convention included harmful rhetoric about immigration that lacked factual support. FACT CHECK: Read more

Happy Friday! From new data backing up claims that immigrants bolster US labor to a family reunion story from Denver, these are the top stories impacting the well-being of immigrants this week. —Márko Sanchez TOP STORY OF THE WEEK The mainstream myth that immigration is “poisoning” the US continues to be dispelled by empirical research, which Read more