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Documented’s Mazin Sidahmed On the Importance of Building Local News By and For Immigrants (opens the original)
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Mazin Sidahmed co-founded Documented, an immigrant-focused nonprofit newsroom in New York City, after years of living as a migrant outside his native Sudan, moonlighting as a music writer, and becoming a journalist in the Middle East at the height of the Syrian refugee crisis.Due in part to Mazin’s own experience in London, Documented understands the needs of immigrant communities whose first language isn’t always English. Through intentional community listening and proactive relationship-buildi
President Trump Bans Christians Fleeing Persecution: Matthew Soerens on the Collapse of Refugee Resettlement and Why Churches Should Care (opens the original)
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Although many people are aware of the near-total suspension of the refugee system (the sole exception is white South Africans), we rarely talk about what it really is: a ban on persecuted Christians and other religious minorities. In fact, FY 2026 will likely be the first year in modern immigration history that the United States will resettle not a single Christian fleeing religious persecution—a major shift from 2020, when then-President Trump made refugees fleeing religious persecution the top
The Inside Story of Documented: A Conversation with Mazin Sidahmed (opens the original)
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Mazin Sidahmed, cofounder of NYC news outlet Documented, joins me on September 30 at 10:00 AM Eastern to talk about what makes immigrant- and minority-serving journalism special and his upcoming transition into the Mamdani administration.On September 18, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Mazin Sidahmed executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Ethnic and Community Media, which oversees how city agencies place their advertising and carries out a local law that asks each agency to dir
Notes from Mexico City: The View from the South Side of U.S. Deportation Policy (opens the original)
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Mexico City is on lots of people’s radars these days, and for good reason: it’s a hip, world-class city with a warm, bohemian exuberance, all the art, culture, and cuisine you can handle, and it’s an easy flight from most major U.S. cities. I didn’t know much about CDMX (as it is now called) before I spent two weeks there at the beginning of September, choosing, as I typically do, to take a more “situationist” approach to urban travel, and I can say, with no great surprise or originality, that t
This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (September 26, 2026) (opens the original)
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Welcome to the weekly segment called This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers. I'll highlight some of the main takeaways from the week's news that you might have missed, but do it in a unique way. Rather than try to summarize everything, I'll pick a handful of figures each week that best capture where things are moving, explain why they matter, and provide a source where you can learn more. If you have a number to add to the mix or have a question about any of the numbers here, let me know in the
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