A woman called D.N. came to the U.S. from Liberia as a 1-year-old refugee. Her father became a naturalized citizen, but she never did. Now a mother of two children herself, and often homeless, she needs a birth certificate to find long-term housing. Like many immigrants, she says getting those documents has proved impossible.

Author Archives: Yusra Murad
Yusra Murad is a freelance journalist based in Minneapolis, Minn., and Washington, D.C, where she was previously the health care reporter at Morning Consult.