You've probably heard that Alabama has begun implementing the harshest anti-immigrant law in the country. Their stated goal is to wipe every undocumented person from the state by putting such a squeeze on their communities that they are terrorized out. Police, public utilities companies and even elementary...
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The baby girl was born on October 3, weighing just 5 pounds 15 ounces. But just as she came into the world, her father, a dishwasher in a restaurant, was detained by immigration authorities, possibly to be deported. The mother, who is 20 years old and also undocumented,...
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Alabama's controversial new immigration enforcement law is fostering an environment of fear in the state's classrooms that's affecting all students, leading critics of law said during a Wednesday conference call. The new law requires that all schools verify the immigration status of children enrolling for the first time....
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The nation's harshest immigration law, upheld by a federal judge last week, is creating nothing short of a "humanitarian crisis," opponents of the law said in a news conference this afternoon. Attorneys, educators and children's advocates said the effects of the law mirror the fear and racism felt...
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Two new reports from the non-profit, Virginia-based National Foundation for American Policy finds that highly skilled immigrants from India sponsored today on the most common employment-based visa could wait 70 years for a U.S. green card. The reports, released Wednesday, are based on data from the U.S. State...
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To his credit, Gov. Rick Snyder has not joined the anti-immigrant chorus being sung by some members of his party. Shrewdly, he sees immigration as high-octane fuel for Michigan's economy. But if Snyder really wants to push the pedal, he can encourage all Michigan universities to offer in-state tuition...
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Alabama immigration law HB 56 hasn't just terrorized the state's undocumented immigrants. Their children, many of them native-born U.S. citizens, are also suffering the consequences of the state's torturous immigration politics.
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The DREAM Act is a bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for young students who have lived in the U.S. nearly their whole lives, who were brought here through no fault of their own. It would help educate the next generation of Americans, would generate tax...
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A federal judge has refused to block Alabama's strict new immigration law while the Obama administration appeals a ruling last week that upholds major portions of it. Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn of United States District Court had upheld provisions allowing the police to ask for immigration papers during routine...
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Montgomery Public Schools' officials said the state's new immigration law already is having a significant impact on the system with the potential to cost students valuable class time and the system money.
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