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Featured Stories

Immigration: Familial Experiences Adjusting to United States Culture Differ Between Generations

November 18, 2018Laura Smythe

In the middle of Northeast Philadelphia’s Mayfair neighborhood, the Rodriguez family retains their Colombian heritage by speaking Spanish in the house, listening to Colombian music and cooking traditional Latin American foods like arepas, sancocho soup

Featured Stories

Immigration: Shaloo Jose Found Her Second Family At HIAS

September 7, 2018Means George

Shaloo Jose came to America in January 2005 after her husband decided to take a job overseas. She has since visited other big cities in the United States, but her and her family consider Philadelphia

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How To: Apply For A Green Card (Adjustment Of Status)

June 26, 2018Means George

It’s hard to understand immigration without understanding the process that immigrants have to weave their way through in order to maintain a stay in another country. “It is a serious process,” said Jane Cowley, public

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