In The News
06/18/2017
One Ohio Town’s Immigration Clash, Down in the Actual Muck
NY TIMES - The Willard Area Chamber of Commerce was planning a welcome-back party for the migrants, most of whom come from Mexico and other countries farther south.
09/29/2020
The Tangle: unraveling of trump policies a distant hope for separated immigrant families
REUTERS - The stories of five immigrants who have had their lives upended by restrictive immigration agenda carried out by the Trump administration.
09/13/2021
Anthology Highlights Migrant And Immigrant Experiences In Ohio
IDEASTREAM PUBLIC MEDIA - To celebrate Cleveland's "Welcoming Week" a new anthology telling the stories of migrants is out today.
01/18/2022
A conversation with Lynn Tramonte: Immigrants are our neighbors, and they deserve respect
BAPTIST NEWS GLOBAL - The author, writing coach and nonprofit leader is motivated by her own concern for the plight of the world's refugees and immigrants.
07/18/2023
‘Guilty until proven innocent’? Advocates say Black immigrants face racial bias in court
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Immigration advocates point to racial discrimination against Black asylum-seekers in Ohio's only immigration court in Cleveland.
03/27/2024
Immigrants are excluded from the right to legal representation. It's time to change that.
USA TODAY - Universal representation for immigrants is possible – regardless of immigration status and ability to pay for an attorney.
04/12/2024
What 2 women deported from the U.S. after being incarcerated want you to know
WBUR - Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes talks with two women who were incarcerated in the U.S. and then deported, Assia Serrano and Tina Hamdi. They're part of the Chance to Come Home Campaign.
06/21/2024
Deported: One immigrant's story amid efforts to reform deportation policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Abdoulaye Thiaw fled Mauritania in northwest Africa 22 years ago, when the government was stepping up persecution of Black Mauritians and arresting many who, like Thiaw, had joined Black human rights groups. Thiaw settled in Columbus, Ohio, began working as a mechanic and applied for asylum.
03/05/2025
The way people think immigration works and the way it really does
OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL - “They think that if you came over undocumented, there's amnesty. If you work here 20 years and pay taxes, there's amnesty, you can at least get ...
03/12/2025
Local counties stand to make money holding migrants detained by ICE
NBC NEWS - The Department of Homeland Security says its migrant detention centers are full given how many arrests have been made since President Trump’s inauguration. NBC News’ Antonia Hylton travels to one jail renting out its cells to ICE.
03/14/2025
Welcome to the ICE Age: Inside Butler County’s Jail for ICE Detainees
CITY BEAT - Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has nearly 60 immigrant detainees in his jail, and more than 50 former detainees speaking out about the last time he opened his doors to ICE.
06/18/2025
Local reaction to Trump administration's policies
WOSU PUBLIC MEDIA - President Trump's newly announced travel ban for 12 countries, including Somalia, has immigrant advocates confused and disappointed.
06/04/2025
GIVE LAKEN RILEY HER NAME BACK
MS. MAGAZINE - When women are only honored in death—and only when useful to power—we all lose.
07/13/2025
Beloved Cincinnati Imam detained by ICE after asylum revoked
MSNBC - Imam Ayman Soliman, a former chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, was suddenly detained by ICE after his asylum status, granted in 2018 after fleeing persecution in Egypt, was revoked. The process to strip his asylum began under the Biden administration in late 2024 and was finalized in June 2025. His arrest during a routine check-in has left the Cincinnati community in shock and uproar, raising urgent questions about due process and the fate of non-criminal immigrants. MSNBC's 'The Weekend: Primetime' talk to community members who knew Imam Soliman and an immigration lawyer about his complicated case.