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Mary Giovagnoli

Mary Giovagnoli

Repairing the Windows of Democracy

I remember, on the day the Twin Towers fell, listening to the radio as the announcer described the scene, certain that I must be…

Jan 7, 2021

Repairing the Windows of Democracy

Jan 7, 2021

Mary Giovagnoli

An Artist’s Vision, A Refugee’s Story, Merge to Reinvent A Civil War Monument Into a Testament for…

Today is World Refugee Day; in Washington DC it is wet and gloomy. Our “You Are Welcome Here” sign on the front lawn is battered and…

Jun 20, 2020

An Artist’s Vision, A Refugee’s Story, Merge to Reinvent A Civil War Monument Into a Testament for…

Jun 20, 2020

Mary Giovagnoli

Closing the Border to Asylum Seekers Won’t Stop Coronavirus

The Trump administration has closed the northern and southern borders to many non-citizens, with some exceptions, including those entering…

Mar 22, 2020

Closing the Border to Asylum Seekers Won’t Stop Coronavirus

Mar 22, 2020

Mary Giovagnoli

Parenting Unites Us in Gratitude, And Should Lead Us to Stop Harming Families at the Border

The holidays remain one of the few times when people who don’t necessarily share opinions share a meal; this can be stressful but also an…

Nov 28, 2019

Parenting Unites Us in Gratitude, And Should Lead Us to Stop Harming Families at the Border

Nov 28, 2019

Mary Giovagnoli

Broken Ovens, Apple Pie, and Refugees: A Thanksgiving Tale

My husband was making Thanksgiving pies very late on Sunday night to send to family in Wisconsin. As he went to put an apple pie in the…

Nov 21, 2018

Broken Ovens, Apple Pie, and Refugees: A Thanksgiving Tale

Nov 21, 2018

Mary Giovagnoli

Dear Mr. President: 30,000 Refugees Is Not Enough

Dear Mr. President:

Sep 25, 2018

Dear Mr. President: 30,000 Refugees Is Not Enough

Sep 25, 2018

Mary Giovagnoli

Flowers for Ruya: Will the Murder of a 3 Year Old Refugee Bring Us Back to Our Senses?

Fourth of July celebrations in Boise will be a somber affair this year, overshadowed by the tragic stabbing of nine people at a child’s…

Jul 3, 2018

Flowers for Ruya: Will the Murder of a 3 Year Old Refugee Bring Us Back to Our Senses?

Jul 3, 2018

Mary Giovagnoli

Family Separation is the Latest Example of the Casual Cruelty of Trump’s Immigration Policy

The administration’s latest immigration move is the cruelest yet: the wholesale separation of children from their parents at the border…

Jun 18, 2018

Family Separation is the Latest Example of the Casual Cruelty of Trump’s Immigration Policy

Jun 18, 2018

Mary Giovagnoli

Christmas Movie Classics Can Teach the Trump Administration A Few Lessons About Family Migration

As a child, one of the greatest pleasures of the Christmas season came when the local stations began to run the old holiday movies — It’s a…

Dec 16, 2017

Christmas Movie Classics Can Teach the Trump Administration A Few Lessons About Family Migration

Dec 16, 2017

Mary Giovagnoli

Why the Fate of DACA Depends on A Clean Dream Act

(This post originally appeared on the NAFSA: Association of International Educators website; follow the link to our action site, Connecting…

Sep 28, 2017

Why the Fate of DACA Depends on A Clean Dream Act

Sep 28, 2017

Mary Giovagnoli

Mary Giovagnoli

Former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy 2015–2017; immigration attorney and immigration policy analyst.

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