Border Patrol agents guilty of human smuggling – latimes.com

Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents face a maximum of 50 years in prison after being found guilty Friday of multiple counts of conspiracy, bribery and …

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Dr. King’s ‘Dream’ and the ‘promissory note’ to black Americans

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is one of the most important pieces of oratory in American history. Every year, countless thousands of school children commit the speech to …

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For Many Latinos, Race Is More Culture Than Color – NYTimes.com

Every decade, the Census Bureau spends billions of dollars and deploys hundreds of thousands of workers to get an accurate portrait of the American population. Among the questions on the census form is one about race, with 15 choices, including …

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Illegal Immigrants Who Commit Crimes Focus of Deportation – NYTimes.com

The federal agency in charge of deportations is conducting a far-reaching training course to push immigration enforcement officers and prosecutors nationwide to focus their efforts on removing immigrants convicted of …

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As Deportations Rise to Record Levels, Most Latinos Oppose Obama’s Policy – Pew Research Center

Latinos disapprove by a margin of more than two-to-one of the way the Obama administration is handling deportations of unauthorized immigrants, according to a new national survey of Latino adults by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. The survey also reveals that heading into the 2012 presidential campaign, Obama and the Democratic Party continue to enjoy strong support from Latino registered voters, despite a decline in Obama’s job approval rating.

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Unauthorized Immigrants: Length of Residency, Patterns of Parenthood | Pew Hispanic Center

Nearly two-thirds of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants in the United States have lived in this country for at least 10 years and nearly half are parents of minor children, according to new estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Comment: The Attack on “All-American Muslim” : The New Yorker

Dearborn, Michigan, is the city in America with the highest proportion of Muslims. That is not a new development. Immigrants from the Middle East began arriving in the area generations ago, when jobs building cars were still a lure—which should give a sense of the community’s vintage. Some still work in the auto industry, including Angela Jaafar, who is a marketer, and is married to …

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Unauthorized Immigrants: Length of Residency, Patterns of Parenthood | Pew Hispanic Center

Nearly two-thirds of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants in the United States have lived in this country for at least 10 years and nearly half are parents of minor children, according to new estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.

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Why School Choice Fails – NYTimes.com

IF you want to see the direction that education reform is taking the country, pay a visit to my leafy, majority-black neighborhood in Washington. While we have lived in the same house since our 11-year-old son was born, he’s been assigned to three different …

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Halt Is Sought to Manchester, N.H., Refugee Resettlement – NYTimes.com

This city has long been a resettlement site for refugees, sent here by the State Department for a chance at a better life. More than 60 languages are spoken in the school system, with Somalis, Sudanese, Iraqis and other recent arrivals mixing with

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The magic of diasporas | The Economist

THIS is not a good time to be foreign. Anti-immigrant parties are gaining ground in Europe. Britain has been fretting this week over lapses in its border controls (see article). In America Barack Obama has failed to deliver the immigration reform he promised (see article), and Republican presidential candidates would rather …

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Beyond 2012 Field, Nuanced G.O.P. Views on Immigrants – NYTimes.com

Representative Tim Griffin, a Republican freshman from Arkansas with a university in his district, supports legislation that would make it easier for foreign math and science professionals to get legal …

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