The Bogus Crime Wave
Alexander Cockburn : Crime
A host of politicians and pundits would have you believe that Hispanic immigrants are to blame for an uptick in urban crime. They're wrong.
Immigration to the US
2010
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Working America's Unwanted Jobs
MSNBC : Labor & Immigration
Gabriel Thompson's book Working in the Shadows reveals what working like an immigrant in America is really like.
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Slide Show: Is 2010 the Year of Real Immigration Reform?
A close look at the chilling conditions immigrants face under Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the policy proposals that could vastly improve them.
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Protection for Haitian Refugees
Nezua
Crises like the Haiti earthquake serve as reminders of why refugee treatment must be part of immigration reform.
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ICE Agents' Ruse Operations
Jacqueline Stevens
ICE agents regularly impersonate civilians--OSHA inspectors, insurance agents, religious workers--in order to arrest longtime US residents who have no criminal history.
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America's Secret ICE Castles
Jacqueline Stevens : Immigrant Detention Centers
Immigration agents are holding US residents in unlisted and unmarked subfield offices.
2009
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Getting Tough on Exploitation
Vigorously enforcing labor law and stopping the crackdown on the nation's undocumented immigrants can boost the American economy.
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Legislation Watch: A Nation of Immigrants
For the first time, family reunification for same-sex binational couples is being included in broader immigration reform.
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ICE Program Under Fire
Jessica Weisberg : Office of Homeland Security
287(g), the Department of Homeland Security program that empowers local police, like notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio, to detain undocumented immigrants, is under scrutiny.
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Secret Courts Exploit Immigrants
Jacqueline Stevens : Migration & Immigration
You don't need to go to Iran or North Korea to find secret courts. Try attending a US immigration hearing.
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Rights, Not Raids
Bill Ong Hing & David Bacon : Migration & Immigration
Clearer rights for immigrants and jobs for workers hard-hit by the recession will go a long way to reduce competition and fear.
2008
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Railroading Immigrants
Massive workplace raids are part of a pressure campaign for guest-worker programs.
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Radio Nation With Laura Flanders
The Nation's Bob Moser, John Nichols and Roberto Lovato discuss what progressive economic and immigration policy should be.
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Thin ICE
In its zeal, the federal immigration agency has been deporting US citizens.
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Juan Crow in Georgia
Immigrant Latinos live under a matrix of oppressive laws, customs and institutions.
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Gimme Shelter
Immigrants facing deportation find shelter with the religious New Sanctuary Movement.
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Divided States
Peter Schrag : Native Americans
A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.
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