Porous Borders: Multiracial Migrations and the Law in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands by Julian Lim

Lost in Detention: The Hidden World of Immigration Enforcement

This program investigates enforcement strategies and journeys into the secretive world of immigrant detention, with a penetrating look at who is being detained and what is happening to them.

The Iranian Americans

Filmed around the United States, this documentary chronicles the underreported history of a group of Iranian immigrants finding refuge, overcoming adversity and ultimately creating new lives in the United States.

Next Stop Istanbul: The Refugee Crisis

What drives a person to cross the Mediterranean in a flimsy boat? This film documents refugees fleeing the unrest and upheaval in the Middle East. 

Separated: Children at the Border

This program examines immigration policy under the Trump and Obama administrations, investigates the origins of "zero tolerance" and reveals the journeys and voices of children who were separated from their parents.

Refugee Kids: One Small School Takes On the World

This program follows students at a New York City summer program for children seeking asylum from the world’s most volatile conflicts. 

Asian Americans

In an era of U.S. expansion, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond. Eventually barred by anti-Asian laws, they become America’s first “undocumented immigrants.”