immigration
Distant soil
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-04-2012 under OPINION
By: Rudy R. There are many trees that reach their adulthood on soil that lacks the minerals needed in order to reach their fullest potential. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, on a distant land, trees flourish on soil that is very rich,...
Immigrant trapped
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-04-2012 under OPINION
By: Monika S. An undocumented high schooler's dream to go to college won't come true. Crystal's story started around 1999. One-year-old Crystal was dying of depression because her grandmother had moved to the United States. Premature...
We need immigrants
by (Benjamin Siekmeier)
Submitted 05-04-2012 under OPINION
Javier*, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, just got back from Guatemala 10 days ago. He had been deported a year and a half ago after he lost the case for his papers. Everybody knew he would come back. He is a noble man who would never abandon his wife and...
Immigration is unjust
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-04-2012 under OPINION
By: Jose L. Many Latinos living in the United States feel that some ICE police officers are unjust and unfair. They arrest undocumented parents and they don't care if they're separating families. All families deserve to be treated equally,...
Family was separated by ICE
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-04-2012 under OPINION
By: Estefany P. Ricardo Pablo, a 40-year-old father of three children, was pulled out of his house by immigration ICE. ICE came to his house on January 24, 2011, in the afternoon. ICE checked Pablo's background. ICE found out that he is...
Death outside the United States
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-04-2012 under OPINION
By: Carlos C. Marlo Martinez, a 28-year-old, died after being hit by a car in Honduras in October of 2011. It all began in Grand Rapids, MI. On a warm September afternoon, Martinez was arrested for drunk driving and put in jail. Because he was found...
Unfair deportation
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-04-2012 under OPINION
By: Araseli R. Ricardo Ramirez, a 39-year-old father of three children, was deported on a Sunday afternoon to Battle Creek, MI for being an illegal immigrant. When officersfound out that he was an illegal immigrant they sent him to Kent County Jail...
Another immigrant deported
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-03-2012 under OPINION
By: Dulce R. On July 20, 2011 at 9 p.m., a tragedy occurred in Grand Rapids, MI. Ruben Lopez, father of four children, was arrested at WalMart while shopping. Police officers did a standard background check, and learned he was undocumented. He was...
Another gone
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-03-2012 under OPINION
By: Daisy G. Early morning of December 27, 2011, a young man named José was driving to his fiancé Israyh's house when suddenly a car crashed into him from behind, which changed his life in an instant. He was about to begin community college in a...
33-year-old man gets deported
by (GAAH News Bureau)
Submitted 05-03-2012 under OPINION
By: Abigail R. On February 22, 2012, a man named Manuel Lozano was locked in jail for beating his wife in their car in front of their two children. This happened in Grand Rapids, MI. His wife called the police around 9:30 p.m.. They quickly arrived...