Macs Vinson (McCormick ’17) vividly remembers breaking down in tears at Cozy Noodles & Rice, stressed about a midterm for a difficult class. Asian American Studies Prof. Nitasha Sharma, Vinson’s faculty mentor as part of Northwestern’s Posse Scholars program, sat across from them at the table....
After the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to end temporary protections for Haitians, thousands of migrants living in the Chicago area are confronting growing uncertainty about their futures. The change, announced by former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and then approved by the Supreme Court on June 25, will terminate the Temporary Protected Status program for Haitians, according to a July 10 news release from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Protections for Haitians are now set to expire on July 24. TPS was established by Congress through the Immigration Act of 1990 and designed to grant temporary protection status to nationals of countries...
