I think in a larger sense, immigrant narrative is comprehensive and speaks to the core of human experience.

In the war on terrorism, the immigrant is often the scapegoat.

Missing from the national conversation are voices of pro-immigration reformers and civil rights leaders, who can speak on behalf of those who have no voice.

[The immigrant] becomes a kind of insurance policy against the effects of the recession. By blaming him, the pressure valve is regulated in times of crisis ... What we have now is a public mindset of us versus them, and an overall anti-immigrant climate that is both troubling and morally reprehensible.

Art is the lesser sister to medicine. It aims to heal.

I am hopeful that the pendulum swings toward seeing immigrants in favorable terms once more.

I've been writing short stories for twenty years now, on and off ever since I was in the creative writing program at San Francisco State University.