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Immigration policies increase fear and stress among the campus community

Immigration policies increase fear and stress among the campus community

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor July 23, 2025

Volatile immigration policies during the Trump administration have oscillated over the summer, with one of the few constants being the growing concern of some Oakland University members whose communities,...

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Michigan’s North Lake Correctional Facility reopens as an immigration detention center

Sophia Curran, Political Editor July 23, 2025

On June 16, the first immigrants to be detained by ICE were sent to a facility located in the rural city of Baldwin, Michigan. This newest detention center, known as the North Lake Correctional Facility,...

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Environmental and human rights concerns grow since the opening of “Alligator Alcatraz”

Sophia Curran, Political Editor July 14, 2025

A new migrant detention facility is gaining mixed opinions for its possible mistreatment towards immigrants and the environment. The first detainees have arrived at the detention facility, now dubbed...

Four OU students face deportation threats

Four OU students face deportation threats

Mallory Waligora, Content Editor April 14, 2025

President Trump’s administration has implemented a dramatic shift in immigration policy, affecting many international students – including four here at Oakland University facing threats of deportation. According...

Immigration in the Trump era: A fireside chat

Immigration in the Trump era: A fireside chat

Meghan Bareis, Political Reporter March 12, 2025

On the evening of Mar. 7, Oakland clubs and organizations hosted a panel discussion on immigration in the Trump era. This group of organizations included Creating American & International Relationships...

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Trump’s immigration policy begins

Mallory Waligora, Content Editor February 4, 2025

President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are in full swing. Immigration raids have begun in major cities, plans to move migrants to Guantánamo Bay are in the works and public figures have spoken...

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Republican factionalism: H-1B visas and immigration

Nicholas Kablak, Political Reporter January 15, 2025

The Republican Party in the United States is split on an essential issue that concerns visas, labor and immigration. The technology industry and business interests of the Republican Party are currently...

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Immigrants are not eating ‘cats and dogs:’ Unpacking Trump’s debate comments

Nicholas Kablak, Political Reporter September 25, 2024

The town of Springfield Ohio has recently become the focus of media conversation on immigration. Following former President Donald Trump's claims about immigrant Haitians during a recent debate, the discussion...

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Deadline quickly approaching to study European Immigration Crisis in Italy this summer

Payton Bucki, Content Editor February 26, 2024

This summer, Oakland University students have the unique opportunity to study the European immigration crisis in Italy. However, the opportunity to sign up for the program ends on March 4. Cathy Shafran,...

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The United States’ involvement in Latin America and its consequences

Noah Thomason, Political Reporter November 15, 2023

Immigration from Latin America has been a present topic in U.S. politics for a long time now, especially among conservatives. There has been significant fearmongering about the “threat” immigrants...

OU senior Maryam Khan during her recent trip to Pakistan.

Student Maryam Khan’s experience as an immigrant in the US

Autumn Okuszka, Editor-in-Chief November 9, 2022

Oakland University senior Maryam Khan grew up in Pakistan until 2011. When her parents separated, Khan’s mother decided to relocate to the U.S. — not only because her family resides there, but because...

Dr. Kenneth Mitton

Dr. Kenneth Mitton’s journey to becoming a U.S. citizen

Autumn Okuszka, Editor-in-Chief November 2, 2022

Dr. Kenneth Mitton, assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Oakland University, was preparing for the United States citizenship test before he knew he would ever be taking it. Growing up in Canada,...

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