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The right way to mend immigration
Our immigration system is badly broken. Although our borders have become far more secure in recent years, too many people seeking illegal entry get through. We have no way to track whether the millions who enter the United States on valid visas each year leave…
Author: The Washington Post
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Houston’s Clergy Unites to Urge Support for Immigration Reform
HOUSTON — The Rev. John W. Bowie knows it is hard to sell the people in his neighborhood on the idea that they should support changing immigration laws to give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. His church lies in one of the oldest black…
Author: The New York Times
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Top Democrat says he'll advance immigration bill
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Manuel Balce Ceneta – AP) WASHINGTON — The top Senate Democrat said Tuesday he’d move to…
Author: The Washington Post
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Fewer Reported Entering U.S. Illegally
by GINGER THOMPSON The latest arrest figures from the Border Patrol and a report released on Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center indicate that fewer people are trying to enter the United States illegally and that the number living here without documents has declined. A…
Author: The New York Times
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Hundreds of Workers Held in Immigration Raid
by ADAM NOSSITER LAUREL, Miss. – In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory here on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally. Numerous agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on a factory belonging to…
Author: The New York Times
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LGBT Clients Who Reported Gross Mistreatment In Immigration Custody Remain Detained
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), an Atlantic grantee, is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. This article was originally posted on NIJC’s website by Jane Zurnamer on 05 July 2011. Defending the rights…
Author: National Immigrant Justice Center
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Ireland slow to integrate migrants into schools
AMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs Correspondent IRELAND IS among the least prepared states to help new immigrants enter the school system and do well in their studies, an international study has claimed. The Migration Policy Index, which compares integration policies in 31 countries, concludes that “boom…
Author: Irish Times
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An immigrant's ID in the high court
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided one million USD to fund three projects aimed at helping the disabled in Da Nang to access health services and acquire essential work skills in order to successfully seek jobs. The US ambassador to Vietnam…
Author: Los Angeles Times
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New Routes to Community Health Awards $1.8 Million to Improve Immigrant Health
New Routes to Community Health in Madison, Wisconsin, has announced $1.8 million in grants to improve the health of immigrants in the United States. A project of the Robert Wood Johnson and Benton foundations, New Routes awarded eight three-year grants of $225,000 to immigrant-led collaborations…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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ICE Raids a Hot Issue for Next Presidency
by ALBOR RUIZ YOU WOULD’VE thought the dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in full battle gear that descended on Laurel, Miss., Monday had found Osama Bin Laden. That, though, was not the case. It turns out that their mission was much easier and…
Author: NY Newsday