Posted inHub How a student newsroom changed the conversation about immigration by Catherine KompSeptember 17, 2025September 19, 2025
![Book cover and quote. On the left, the book cover for Stopping the Deportation Machine by Bryan Christopher shows a group of young people holding protest signs, including “#LetThemGraduate.” Subtitle: One Immigrant Student’s Arrest and the Kids Who Took on Washington to Get Him Back. On the right, a quote reads: “When the [student journalists] started asking questions, they just got different answers. A young person isn’t afraid to double down and say ‘Yeah but why? Why?’ That was really probing. It really pushed some pretty high ranking people to pause.” —Bryan Christopher, Riverside High School Journalism Teacher.](https://nclocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/FeatureImage_BryanChristopher-800x600.png?crop=1)
