Tag: Migration

  • ‘Maletas Migrantes’ Exhibit Explores the Immigrant Experience

    Andurriales del corazón (The Detours of the Heart), 2012 by Bana Fernández Rolfi from “Maletas Migrantes,” an art exhibit on display at the New Americans Museum in Liberty Station from July 23 through Oct. 2, 2015. By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh On the surface, a simple suitcase may not seem to have much artistic…

  • Immigrant Doctors Find Path Back to Practicing Medicine

    Students at the Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College. | Photo Courtesy of Welcome Back Center/Grossmont Community College By Susan Murphy The Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College is working with 1,400 foreign-trained physicians, including 54 refugees, to get a U.S. medical license and resume the career they gave up when they immigrated…