we are witnesses
BECOMING AN AMERICAN
Despite controversies over border walls, separated families and the Muslim travel ban, immigrants are still striving for American citizenship. WE ARE WITNESSES: BECOMING AN AMERICAN tells their stories and the stories of those trying to help and hinder them.
Presented with
Judge Paul SchmidtFormer immigration judgeAlina DiazDomestic abuse survivor from ColombiaZaid NagiYemeni-American immigrant and organizerVillacis-Guerrero FamilyA family separated by deportationJose MolinaLegal permanent resident from PanamaNisrin Elamin & Tahanie AboushiAn immigrant and lawyer on the travel banDavid WardFormer Border Patrol/ICE agentYoungmin LoUndocumented immigrant from South KoreaLee WangAn immigration lawyer explains how we got hereTeofilo ChavezUndocumented minor from HondurasJohn SandwegFormer acting director of ICEAlena SandimirovaLGBT asylum grantee from Russia