Green Card Stories

Green Card Stories by Amrhein, Saundra. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781884167553.

Green Card Stories has been chosen as a 2012 Nautilus Book Award Silver Medal Winner in the Conscious Media/Journalism/Investigative Reporting category, as a Finalist for the 2012 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in the Multicultural category, a Bronze Medalist for the 2012 Independent Publisher IPPY Awards in the Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult category, received an Honorable Mention for the 2012 Eric Hoffer Award, and was shortlisted for the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Award. At a time when the immigration debate in America threatens to boil over, Americans are losing the ability to talk about a phenomenon that has defined who we are as a nation?a nation of immigrants from all walks of life, from all corners of the earth, who have fueled America’s success with individual talents. Immigration tells our essential story: E pluribus unum?Out of many, one. Green Card Stories dispels the myth that today’s immigrants are not as hardworking, energetic, or eager to contribute to U.S. society as past generations of new arrivals. In fact, it illustrates the energy and passion of these people and conveys a collective determination to fulfill their potential in America. Green Card Stories features the dramatic narratives of fifty recent immigrants?each with permanent residence or citizenship?by nationally-recognized journalist Saundra Amrhein, with compelling portraits by photographer Ariana Lindquist, created and produced in collaboration with renowned immigration lawyers and scholars Laura Danielson and Stephen Yale-Loehr.