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City Council passes bill preventing ICE cooperation

Kaitlyn Hughes | news editor Members of Pittsburgh City Council unanimously voted on a bill that would prevent the city from cooperating with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday. The bill prohibits the city’s employees and contractors from requesting someone’s immigration status, prevents law enforcement investigations based on a person’s immigration status and bans city workers from giving ICE access to people in … Continue reading City Council passes bill preventing ICE cooperation

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We need to change the way we think about immigration in the U.S.

04/04/2019 By Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor At the end of March, photos taken under a bridge in El Paso took the internet by storm. Hundreds of migrant families were packed into a parking lot, surrounded with razor-wire. The ground was covered in trash. Children, with their cheeks pressed up against the fence, looked out tiredly at Washington Post journalists Nick Miroff and Bob Moore. … Continue reading We need to change the way we think about immigration in the U.S.

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As debate surrounds Trump’s wall, immigrants remain vilified

01/19/2019 By Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor Above all else, America is, has been and will always be a nation made up of immigrants. Is that a controversial statement? Well, it shouldn’t be. Every white citizen in the U.S. today is an American because somewhere in their family’s lineage, someone was not. Be it a grandparent, great-grandparent or some more distant ancestor, one historic relative … Continue reading As debate surrounds Trump’s wall, immigrants remain vilified

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A Shattered Cultural Mosaic

Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor 06/20/2018 “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” These words, iconic and once defining of a nation, were penned by Emma Lazarus in 1883. Then, 20 years later, they were mounted on the Statue of Liberty as part of a poem called “The New Colossus,” which paints that statue as a “Mother of Exiles,” … Continue reading A Shattered Cultural Mosaic

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South Side gallery showcases minority, immigrant artwork

By Claudia Hardy | Staff Writer  01/18/2018 Cultural identity has been examined for years now. Who am I? What am I contributing to society? How will my voice be heard? For a group of local artists, exploring those questions and sharing their personal experiences and beliefs through powerfully moving art became a shared goal for the In Between the Middle exhibition. Hosted by South Side’s … Continue reading South Side gallery showcases minority, immigrant artwork

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Sexual assault larger than illegal immigrants

By Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor  It is 2017, and rape is still not being taken seriously, even by people in the highest positions of power within the United States. On March 21, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer used a rape case at a Maryland high school to show why undocumented illegal immigrants are a major problem in the United States. A 14-year-old girl … Continue reading Sexual assault larger than illegal immigrants

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Immigrants make Pittsburgh vibrant city

By: Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor  They say that variety is the spice of life. No one likes boring, no one likes bland. We all like to change life up. The same can be said about diversity. After all, different cultures offer different perspectives on life that, theoretically, we should embrace. But that’s not always the case. Brookline’s Las Palmas, a Mexican grocery store and … Continue reading Immigrants make Pittsburgh vibrant city

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