The Immigration Island Project
Est. 2023
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Welcome to the Islands of Hope and Fear
Welcome to the Islands of Hope and Fear
Welcome to the island! Welcome to the never-ending story.
The Immigration Island Project is a youth-led, not-profit advocacy organization aiming to share the stories of immigrants past and present and empowering immigrant culture in our international communities. Started in 2023 in New Jersey; our mission is to share, educate, and advocate for immigrants and immigration reform in the United States and beyond. Please explore our website and ask us any questions! Any events will be under the events page and contacts underneath here! Interested in starting your own chapter? Learn more about us under the "Chapters" tab!
The Island Times
The Island Times
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There's too many things going on in the world right now that sometimes people's stories are lost. We aim to preserve their efforts. . .
Welcome to The Island Times! A news organization connected with The Immigration Island Project to share top stories about immigration reform and immigration relations within the United States and many other parts of the world! Click on any story you find interesting or submit a story idea!
Lastest News from the Organization
Lastest News from the Organization
The Wall of Dreams
The Wall of Dreams
A virtual wall of quotes dedicated to the millions of immigrants and immigrant children of the United States
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
- The Statue of Liberty; New York, NY
- The Statue of Liberty; New York, NY
“It’s migrate and give it a try or die of hunger there. Those are the only two options. . .”
“It’s migrate and give it a try or die of hunger there. Those are the only two options. . .”
-Yeraldine Murillo, 27, who left her six-year-old son behind in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, some 56 miles (90 km) across the border.
"The country-what I have had the strength enough to see is beautiful. The mountains to the North West are rugged, beautiful and stony, but oh so treacherous looking."
"The country-what I have had the strength enough to see is beautiful. The mountains to the North West are rugged, beautiful and stony, but oh so treacherous looking."
-Helen Aihara, an internee at the Poston internment camp in Arizona, recalling her first impressions of the landscape
"They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it."
-Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-born Dutch-American Activist
"the movement is contagious and the people in it are the ones who pass on the spirit"
"the movement is contagious and the people in it are the ones who pass on the spirit"
-Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese-American civil rights activist
“I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, found out three things: First, the streets weren’t paved with gold; second, they weren’t paved at all: and third, I was expected to pave them.”
“I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, found out three things: First, the streets weren’t paved with gold; second, they weren’t paved at all: and third, I was expected to pave them.”
-Anonymous European immigrant from New York, New York.
"囚困木屋天復天， ----- Imprisoned in the wooden building day after day
"囚困木屋天復天， ----- Imprisoned in the wooden building day after day
自由束縛豈堪言. . . ----- My freedom withheld; how can I bear to talk about it. . .
自由束縛豈堪言. . . ----- My freedom withheld; how can I bear to talk about it. . .
夜長枕冷倩誰憐? ----- Nights are long and the pillow cold; who can pity my loneliness?
夜長枕冷倩誰憐? ----- Nights are long and the pillow cold; who can pity my loneliness?
參透箇中孤苦味, ----- After experiencing such loneliness and sorrow,
參透箇中孤苦味, ----- After experiencing such loneliness and sorrow,
何如歸去學耕田?" ----- Why not just return home and learn to plow the fields?
何如歸去學耕田?" ----- Why not just return home and learn to plow the fields?
-Anonymous Toishanese immigrant from the State of California's Angel Island Immigration Center; Poem 43
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