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Crises like the Haiti earthquake serve as reminders of why refugee treatment must be part of immigration reform.

ICE agents regularly impersonate civilians--OSHA inspectors, insurance agents, religious workers--in order to arrest longtime US residents who have no criminal history.

Immigration agents are holding US residents in unlisted and unmarked subfield offices.

Vigorously enforcing labor law and stopping the crackdown on the nation's undocumented immigrants can boost the American economy.

For the first time, family reunification for same-sex binational couples is being included in broader immigration reform.

287(g), the Department of Homeland Security program that empowers local police, like notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio, to detain undocumented immigrants, is under scrutiny.

You don't need to go to Iran or North Korea to find secret courts. Try attending a US immigration hearing.

Clearer rights for immigrants and jobs for workers hard-hit by the recession will go a long way to reduce competition and fear.

Massive workplace raids are part of a pressure campaign for guest-worker programs.

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Domestic workers could get left out of the fast track and even the slow track for citizenship, but there are ways to include them in reform.

February 12, 2013

What’s next for the Democratic Party? Nation writer John Nichols appears on The Ed Show to forecast upcoming legislative battles.

February 11, 2013

The House held its first immigration hearing of the year—and undocumented youth claimed their space there. 

February 6, 2013

This week, students host convergences, boycott standardized tests and chain themselves to a potted tree. Can need-blind admissions be saved at Wesleyan? After Adios Arpaio, what's next for Arizona?

February 1, 2013

This week: immigrants cross the US-Mexico border using GPS and poetry, US-trained armies around the world commit attrocities and pundits and politicians shoot themselves in the foot on gun control, among other topics.

February 1, 2013

Does the national debate over immigration reform augur a more just sytem? Ask immigrants themselves. 

January 30, 2013

Since House Republicans from gerrymandered districts need only worry about pandering to their hardcore base, real change probably won’t happen anytime soon.

January 29, 2013

They perform backbreaking work for low pay just like agricultural workers. Where’s their fast track?

January 29, 2013

ICE’s contradictory policies are evident in the detention and almost immediate release of two undocumented immigrants. 

January 11, 2013

 Language matters, but to what extent does it affect political progress?

October 9, 2012
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