Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families, with long-term consequences for their mental well-being.

NEW for @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy: When @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won the Democratic nom for NYC mayor, I joined a community media panel to discuss his campaign. I mentioned how Mamdani began his speech by thanking the “aunties." The men laughed. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

🧵 New essay: Bad Bunny, “good English,” and who gets to belong in America. As the Puerto Rican superstar prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, his refusal to perform in English has reignited old debates about language, culture, and power. buff.ly/2RWgIb3

Smart people keep saying… “AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.” @opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Excellent piece from @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social on talking with your kids about Palestine www.port-of-entry.com/p/i-dont-kno...

The New McCarthyism: UC Berkeley Just Handed Over the Names of 160 Students and Faculty to the Trump Admin Read: zeteo.com/p/the-new-mc...

Channel your outrage about @washingtonpost.com firing @karenattiah.bsky.social into support for her work

@karenattiah.bsky.social was one of the last chances @washingtonpost.com had at credibility. They couldn’t wait to fire her the moment she spoke the truth about how political violence and white supremacy play out in real life. I’ll be following her work—this time, free of censorship.

The 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act, reintroduced today by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, @aoc.bsky.social, would provide undocumented 9/11 workers with a pathway to citizenship. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

Kashmir is often framed as India vs. Pakistan. But what do Kashmiris themselves want? I spoke with historian Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal, about erasure, settler colonialism & centering Kashmiri voices. Read in Port of Entry:

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

“Amid a broader campaign to crack down on immigration, the Department of Homeland Security said that because “conditions have improved” in Honduras and Nicaragua, it is ending the program for natives of those countries in early September.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

When Anika Chowdhury lost both her parents, she began cooking to grieve—and to remember. What started as a quiet blog became Kitchen Gatherings, and eventually led to The Great American Recipe on @pbs.org. www.port-of-entry.com/p/diaspora-d... #BangladeshiFood #FoodIsMemory #PortOfEntry

"I am no longer interested in writing about migration from a moral or political stance or trying to convince anyone of the humanity of migrants. Migration is a biological fact, central to the evolution of our species, no more and no less." www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

“India has positioned itself as the world’s largest democracy and a global economic player. Western governments, especially, are unwilling to jeopardize those alliances. So Kashmir is dismissed as an “internal matter.” That silence is strategic.” shorturl.at/o1dNF

I’m a daughter of immigrants raising daughters of the diaspora—and every other week, I share stories about what we carry across borders, through generations, and how we pass “home” on ▶️ www.port-of-entry.com/p/what-count...

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

All I’ll say about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and theclaim that he’s too young or inexperienced: talk to any #BronxScience alum and they’ll tell you—those four years aged us straight into our mid-20s. So he's basically a decade older than his bio age.

Guess who embedded with immigration officials during an ICE raid in LA earlier this month? Dr. Phil. Yes, that Dr. Phil. It’s all part of the Trump administration’s efforts to build a self-sustaining digital media ecosystem to create content in support of its controversial immigration policies.

If you’re looking for quality independent reporting on what’s happening in Los Angeles, I’ve put together a starter pack for it. If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu

She has short bowel syndrome, and only the U.S. offers the treatment that keeps her alive. But her family’s humanitarian parole was suddenly revoked. Now, two months later, DHS has reversed course.

You know you’re in a graduate-level lit class when the professor asks the teachers in the class how they tackle AI plagiarism in their own classrooms.

I wrote about the long-running story of inclusion and exclusion in America’s family of citizens and reflect on the nature of political courage. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

On Thursday, May 15, 2025, a fire completely engulfed the estate burning it to the ground. The 10 fire departments present on the scene couldn’t contain it. Officials say the cause was electrical but we know better. The ancestors have been working overtime.

I want to say how incredibly devastating it is for diaspora communities to see our homelands go to war. So many of us find love, safety, and community across pan-regional community lines. Seeing our people suffer and die under venal war-hungry leaders is very painful.

The ex-fashion journo in me who once dreamed of a @filmfare.bsky.social byline is living for Shah Rukh Khan and @diljitdosanjh.bsky.social at the Met Gala. They’re not the first Bollywood celebs to hit that carpet — but I’m still hyped. #MetGala

Why is she so miserable?

✨ If you’re craving thoughtful, untold stories about migration, belonging, and home — join Port of Entry’s growing community: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

New poll: *27% of Americans think Chinese Americans are a threat to U.S. society. *40% of Americans think Asian Americans are more loyal to their countries of ancestral origin than to the United States. www.axios.com/2025/05/01/a...

NEW: I spoke to a 19-year-old (no tattoos, criminal record — open immigration case) who was almost removed from the country and potentially to El Salvador’s brutal prison until SCOTUS intervened this month. theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

Spending my Sunday reading this super important editorial package on Vietnam.

ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.

🎉 300+ SUBSCRIBERS MILESTONE! 🎉 I'm celebrating the QUALITY of Port of Entry's growing community! POE thrives on authentic immigrant narratives and cross-cultural journalism. buff.ly/kSjH3rN #immigrantstories

So proud of starting grad school at @huntercollege.bsky.social in the fall!

The genocide in Palestine hits home for many young Bangladeshis—echoing a buried past of our own, when 3 million were killed in 1971 and the world stayed silent. Sound familiar? buff.ly/KGSUCWV #1971bangladesh #genocide #freepalestine #eastpakistan

For Bangladeshis, the genocide in Palestine hits close to home. As we confront the violence in Gaza, we’re also reckoning with the buried history of our own—when 3 million Bengalis were killed in 1971, and the world looked away. buff.ly/KGSUCWV

NEW: Sisters Maya and Nancy Yamout have dedicated their lives to rehabilitating and understanding extremists in Lebanon's notorious Roumieh prison. Their work reveals the prisoners’ complex stories, writes Anagha Nair for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ho...

In a heartbeat.

Many Islamic scholars have historically permitted abortion before 120 days of gestation—a nuanced tradition now at odds with America's post-Roe landscape. buff.ly/hAUAlyo #reproductivejustice #reproductiverights #abortion #abortioninislam

Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Most women in Sub-Saharan Africa have no access to modern contraception. The US is cutting funds for family planning in developing countries. 50 million women won't have access to contraception, leading to more maternal deaths and an overall increase in poverty. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...

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