Last year, nearly half a million people applied for a green card to permanently live and work in the United States. The process costs thousands of dollars and in some cases, can take years. But what if there were no yearslong backlogs, or lengthy visa-processing times? From the reporting organization Feet in Two Worlds, Danya AbdelHameid has the story of a pair of artists in the US who created hand-drawn, cartoonish green cards that have inspired new thinking about the meaning of the document. Find the original report here.
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