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A prison in Liberia

The US policy of criminalizing undocumented immigrants has led innocent deportees to be jailed and maligned in their home countries.

To reconnect with the Latino vote that helped elect him in 2008, Obama needs to take two important steps.

A child is held above the crowd as people march by the Capitol in Washington, DC

Hammered by the recession, the key Latino voting bloc is concerned with the economy and education, too.

How US Policies Fueled Mexico's Great Migration

Impoverished by NAFTA, residents of Veracruz crossed the border to work in Smithfield’s Tar Heel slaughterhouse. Now, they're condemned as “illegals.”

Immigration reform protest

With draconian laws like Georgia’s HB 87 hitting women especially hard, women’s groups are taking up the fight for immigrants’ rights.

Farm worker

In Georgia, HB 87 is a “giant scarecrow” for immigrant labor, and the result has been hundreds of millions in lost crops.

Protest in Arizona

The threat of Arizona-style laws has strengthened pro-immigrant coalitions in unlikely places.

Salvador Licea shares his experience with the ICE Secure Communities Program.

When undocumented immigrants like Jose Antonio Vargas "come out," it changes the debate over immigration—but at considerable personal risk.

Blogs

Workplace sexual violence against women immigrants is rampant—but usually remains hidden.

May 19, 2011

The bill allows for undocumented students to receive in-state tuition in public universities in the state.

April 21, 2011

If the off-season proved nothing else, it’s that Arizona's political culture has only grown more toxic. On Opening Day, activists will ask the question yet again to Major League Baseball Comissioner Bud Selig: Will you or will you not move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Arizona?

March 7, 2011

As a DREAM Act vote nears in the Senate, all eyes are on the shrinking group of Senators who might still change their minds.

December 7, 2010

The Congressional Budget Office reports that the DREAM Act would reduce the deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has given it her public support. Now seven university students in San Antonio prepare themselves to enter their 28th day of a debilitating hunger strike—one that's gaining traction nationwide.

December 7, 2010

Several senators still have uncertain positions on the DREAM Act.

November 19, 2010

Lou Dobbs is as two-faced when it comes to business advice as he is about immigration policy.

November 12, 2010

The Nation's Ari Melber takes apart Tea Party candidates' relationship to the media and what it means for the Democrats on the eve of the midterm election.

October 27, 2010

Fighting for the labor rights of undocumented workers will improve the working conditions for all Americans, argues Isabel Macdonald in the Guardian.

October 19, 2010

Georgia's decision to ban undocumented students from top state schools is part of a larger assault on Plyler vs. Doe, the decision that established the right to K-12 education for all children regardless of immigration status.

October 18, 2010