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Their story of refugee life, motherhood and becoming a modern American family

Lan Cao and her daughter Harlan discuss their memoir, ‘Family in Six Tones,’ and open up about the complexities of their relationship In 1975, Lan Cao left her country of Vietnam to seek refuge in the United States. At the age of 13, she had already faced ...

4 Nov 2020 - Alexandra Mosher
Opinion | An American story of working undocumented

FINDING FRINGE | One person’s refugee status is another’s loyalty to employers, state and country “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-to ...

27 Jun 2020 - Paul K. Haeder
Access and partnership: What immigrants and refugees need during the COVID-19 crisis

COMMENTARY | Inclusive policies and practices will ensure access and support to everyone I remember fleeing the persecution of my home country and living in a refugee camp for decades. I watched people die without health care and access to vital resources ...

22 Apr 2020 - Som Subedi
Fields of fear: Oregon farmworkers lack safety net as pandemic threatens jobs, health

Farmworkers are considered essential workers, but they don’t necessarily receive essential services such as health care and unemployment benefits Beatriz Tapia fears tomorrow. So do billions of other people in a world caught in the grip of a deadly pandem ...

11 Apr 2020 - Anna Pedersen and Tom Henderson
Portland a battleground over immigration and health care

Nadia Dahab, a local attorney involved in the legal fight against Trump’s policy banning immigrants who can’t pay for health care, says the White House is subverting Congress On Thursday, Jan. 9, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard o ...

17 Jan 2020 - Anna Pedersen
Virginia Garcia clinic cuts and adapts as immigrants go uninsured

Layoffs come as the health center sees more patients forgo coverage due to a ‘chilling effect’ from Trump’s immigration rhetoric and ‘public charge’ policy Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center has cut 34 jobs and frozen 47 open positions across its netw ...

25 Oct 2019 - Christen McCurdy
Portland protesters to Greyhound: Stop letting immigration agents on buses

Activists plan a rally to put pressure on the carrier and to inform passengers of their rights Demonstrators will rally in Portland this weekend and deliver a letter to Greyhound Lines Inc., demanding the bus company stop allowing federal immigration enfo ...

13 Sep 2019 - Emily Green
An unprecedented crisis in the U.S. immigration courts

With its rampant conflicts of interest, the immigration court system is not consistent with American democracy, says Judge Ashley Tabaddor, president of the judges’ union Americans have been inundated with images and stories of migrant children separated ...

6 Sep 2019 - Helen Hill
Efforts underway to repeal new law allowing undocumented immigrants to drive legally

Signatures are being collected for a ballot measure that could come before Oregon voters in November 2020 Efforts to keep undocumented immigrants from driving legally are underway once again – with help from the Oregon Republican Party. Two political hope ...

27 Aug 2019 - Emily Green
Healing takes center stage for young refugees

The youths see their writing come to life in the theater as part of Project Untangled, a program that helps them with their trauma It was Sunday night, Aug. 11, at the Oregon Children’s Theater in Northeast Portland, and there was a group of adult actors ...

23 Aug 2019 - Casey Miller