Huynh reflected on how her experience as a Southeast Asian refugee of Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Chinese ancestry coalesces with western beauty standards, whitewashing her cultural and racial identity.
Tag: Immigration
OPINION: Biden hasn’t brought compassion to the immigration system
Biden isn’t transforming America’s immigration system; Instead, we should support more direct aid for immigrants, says Nicholas Black PO ’24.
5C international students respond to new ICE immigration rules
News that Pomona and Scripps classes will be online next semester came two days after an ICE announcement that has left international students unsure of next steps.
OPINION: Disproportionate representation at elite schools hurts those it’s suppose to help
Black immigrants are overrepresented at elite colleges compared to black Americans because of prejudice that hurts both groups.
Pomona alum among those suing Trump to save DACA
Viridiana Chabolla PO ’13 is among the plaintiffs in a Supreme Court case challenging President Donald Trump’s repeal of DACA.
500 students, Claremonters protest as Supreme Court considers overturning DACA
As a Pomona College alumna in Washington D.C. stood in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday among the plaintiffs challenging President Donald Trump administration’s move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a group of 500 people gathered on the steps outside of Frary Dining Hall to
Controversy explained: Pitzer Board of Trustees member accused of profiting from ‘concentration camps’
Pitzer College’s “free wall” was painted over the weekend of Sept. 21 with a message accusing Pitzer trustee Robert Fairbairn of profiting from “concentration camps,” sparking a conversation among students about whether Pitzer’s financing adheres to its core values.
Rosie the Hijabi sparks movement of inclusivity and Muslim pride at 5Cs
After being insulted because of her Muslim identity, Malak Afaneh PO ’21 established an apparel business known as Rosie the Hijabi.
OPINION: Regarding immigration, our humanity must transcend borders
In my senior year of high school, our school’s FREE Club (Friends of Rights, Emancipation, and Equality), a student-led social advocacy group, devoted the year to promoting student awareness of President Donald Trump’s then-recent rescission of DACA. Their campaign included a map of the world hung in the main school
Undocumented, a conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas
What is a home? Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas wrote about what it was like not to have one in his new book, “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen.” In 2011, Vargas revealed that he was an undocumented immigrant in the New York Times magazine. On his