Tag: corruption
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The Miracle We Refuse to See
//WitnessJane Graupman has spent nearly four decades helping immigrants and refugees rebuild their lives—and watching Minnesota become stronger because they did. Her story reveals the people behind the politics: health-care workers, separated families, newly arrived refugees, and communities connected from St. Paul to Kakuma.
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The Freedom to Go to Work
//Witness“Because here, people can go to work.” For most Americans, those words would hardly seem worth mentioning. But for Bernardo, a Cuban immigrant who has built his life in Austin, Minnesota, they reveal a troubling reality: a town that depends on immigrant workers, even as those workers live with the fear of immigration enforcement.
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So That Is Also Who We Are
//WitnessFor more than three decades, immigration attorney Elizabeth Streefland has sought out the stories of strangers—only to discover they were never strangers at all. Through her experiences with immigrants, families, and an increasingly unforgiving legal system, she reveals the human lives behind immigration policy and reminds us of another America: one that still opens its…
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When Fear Closed Doors, They Opened Theirs
//WitnessWhen fear drove immigrant families in Austin behind closed doors, Flor and Maria kept showing up—bringing food, answering calls, guiding neighbors through uncertainty, and reminding us what it means to help when others are afraid.
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The Rule of Law Is It
//WitnessMilo Mumgaard has spent decades watching immigrants become part of the American fabric and using the law to protect people without power. Today, as immigration enforcement consumes Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s attention and basic protections come under strain, he remains convinced that the rule of law, and the values behind it, can still provide a way…
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When the Law Becomes the Fear
//WitnessPaschal Nwokocha speaks plainly about immigration, dignity, and the cruelty of turning people into political targets. His words are blunt, but the truth usually is. This conversation is part of 345-Witness, a project about seeing immigrants not as abstractions, but as people building lives, families, and communities here in Minnesota.
