Mikayla Melo
Mikayla Melo

Mikayla Melo is a senior at Syracuse University, dual majoring in psychology and magazine, news and digital journalism. She has interned with CBS News in Los Angeles, served as editor-in-chief of The Good Life Magazine and contributed reporting to an investigative police misconduct project with USA TODAY Network-New York. Mikayla has also worked as a news writer for the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Anger, identity, hope: American communities wrestle with immigration detention

As the Trump administration expands immigration detention on an unprecedented scale, communities are grappling with the consequences – questioning the morality, expressing concerns about shifting local identities and fighting back.

‘We belong here’: Hundreds march across California for immigrant rights

Inspired by crusaders of the past, hundreds of activists, faith leaders and everyday Californians marched 40 miles this summer to advocate for immigrant rights and call for an end to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.