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Deepa Iyer

An Indian immigrant’s fight for US citizenship in 1923 holds lessons in Trump’s America

Immigrants must come together to defeat a broken immigration system and laws that pit them against each other.

Deepa Iyer
· Feb 22, 2018 · 08:00 am
Indian-Americans win Spelling Bee yet again, but success isn't a natural product of our culture

The narrative of cultural exceptionalism is misleading and harmful.

Deepa Iyer
· May 31, 2015 · 08:30 am