Green Card
by Jeddie SophroniusI lay my small head on the stone altar
Deportations Come to Campus
of citizenship. Each night, I offer
Columbia student protester who’s lived in the US
since age 7 sues to stop deportation order
a piece of my face until I’m nothing
How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada
After ICE Came Looking for Her
I do this rite to save my family
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead
Columbia protests, lawyer says
from the flood that rises higher each year?
Brown University Professor Is Deported
Despite a Judge’s Order
The military ordering our deaths
Federal Government Detains
International Student at Tufts
over and over again? I’m not sure
Deported over a speeding ticket?
Dozens of US students’ visas abruptly revoked
what or who remains my portion to save
300 student visas have been revoked, including detentions at Tufts, Columbia and more
My mother is dead, my father wishes
ICE Detains Iranian Ph.D. Student in Alabama
and Farmworker Union Leader in Washington
to die, my sister is set on her path
Cornell student activist chooses to leave US after judge denies
bid to immediately block deportation
of self-destruction. I hardly fill
A pro-Israel group says it gave US list of protesters
to deport, drawing alarm from students’ supporters
my stomach. What little I save, I send
Administration argues judge cannot order return of man
mistakenly deported to El Salvador
back home. All this uncertainty for what?
As President cracks down on immigration,
U.S. citizens are among those snared
For what future? Oh look, I’ve lost my tongue