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 Schmidt
Former immigration judgeAlina Diaz
Domestic abuse survivor from ColombiaZaid Nagi
Yemeni-American immigrant and organizerVillacis-Guerrero Family
A family separated by deportationJose Molina
Legal permanent resident from PanamaNisrin Elamin & Tahanie Aboushi
An immigrant and lawyer on the travel banDavid Ward
Former Border Patrol/ICE agentYoungmin Lo
Undocumented immigrant from South KoreaLee Wang
An immigration lawyer explains how we got hereTeofilo Chavez
Undocumented minor from HondurasJohn Sandweg
Former acting director of ICEAlena Sandimirova
LGBT asylum grantee from Russia
Thurgood Marshall
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I’m proud to have been a part of this project. Many thanks to Isabel Castro, Ruth Baldwin, and all of the other great folks over at The Marshall Project for making this happen!
PWS
01-16-19