Immigration

Choco Valdez was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. the most difficult way – on foot, at night, through the cold desert. His wife, Jennie Valdez, knows the story well.

Mohamed and Ali Al-Hamdani came to the U.S. as refugees with their parents from Iraq, and they have hair raising stories about their experiences during the Iraq war 30 years ago, when they were just little boys.

Martha Jeannette Rodriguez is from Columbia, where she had a restaurant that was targeted for extortion after years of persecution. As a result, she sent two of her children to the U.S. to live with relatives. Eventually the whole family came and was granted political asylum.

In the second installment of WYSO's series The Bind That Ties, we hear Mojgan Samardar, who we met briefly last week, and Mirza Mirza, a local businessman of Turkish ancestry.

A new series begins this week on WYSO called The Bind that Ties. In it, you will hear a dozen people in conversations, talking about living and working and raising a family as an immigrant in the Miami Valley.

Ohio’s governor is pushing back on the Trump administration over a key issue – accepting refugees.

For the second year in a row, the University of Dayton's Human Rights Center, it's campus ministry and a law school advocacy group will hold a...

A major piece of President Donald Trump's immigration policy is set for a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court after the lower courts rejected the attempt...

Among the issues on the Nov. 5 ballot is a proposal to lower the voting age in Yellow Springs. Under Yellow Springs Issue 13, residents as young as 16…

Figuring out America’s healthcare system can be hard for anyone. It can be especially challenging for refugees, who often face significant language and...

Yellow Springs residents are reacting to news the owner of a popular village taco business could be deported. Miguel’s Tacos owner Miguel Espinosa is…

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says he was denied access to a Customs and Border Control detention facility that houses children over the weekend....