How Undocumented Immigrants Are Making Their Voices Heard

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 11, 2016

Michelle Chen, a contributing writer to The Nation, contributing editor at In These Times and Dissent magazine, discusses her recent article for The Nation, “Undocumented Immigrants Can't Vote, but They're Still Making Their Voices Heard.” Chen reveals how even without citizenship, undocumented immigrants influence our democracy through participation at schools, in churches, and by influencing family and friends who are able to vote.

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