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On Course
‘You hit this glass ceiling’: Undocumented US students returned to Mexico struggle to continue their college studies
The office of the Culinary Workers Union is seen through a car window in Las Vegas, Nov. 9, 2020. The union represents 60,000 people, most of them immigrants, in the Las Vegas area who work in the hospitality industry. 
Jobs
Undocumented people bring grassroots organizing skills to the labor movement
Migrants arrive aboard a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, Feb. 28, 2020. 
‘A Bermuda triangle for people’: Claims that the Greek govt pushes back migrants are mounting 
Iselle Toledo waits for a medical appointment at Juntos Se Puede an organization that helps Venezuelan migrants in Bogotá, Colombia.
COVID-19
Many Venezuelan migrants in Latin America struggle to get vaccinated
A group of noncitizens crossing the border at night, silhouetted against a light
Biden proposes a legal term change to recognize the humanity of ‘noncitizens’
People stand in front of a church door with protest signs on it.
Migration
‘We cannot continue to live like this’: Migrants desperate to work occupy Brussels church
A crowd of people rushing in a subway station
Immigration
What 1 billion Americans would mean for the US
Gandega Bakary, 16, who is originally from Mali, has been living on the street in France, even amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Migration
Who is responsible for migrant youth in France? 
Men in uniform open the door to a house.
Immigration
A new Trump administration policy could lead to more US citizens being deported
A shirt with the words "Census counts 2020."
Immigration
Activists urge undocumented immigrants to fill out census, regardless of citizenship question
Young man crawls through fence with bicycle
Business, Economics and Jobs
Italy’s mafia gets richer as ‘security decree’ strips migrant rights
A high school graduation in Northern California
Immigration
A new generation of ‘un-DACAmented’ high school graduates fights hurdles to higher ed
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on immigration reform at a podium in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2019
Immigration
Can a ‘merit-based’ immigration system like Canada’s or Australia’s work in the US?
President Trump speaks at a podium while 3 bald men stand behind him.
Immigration
Have ‘17,000 criminals’ really been apprehended at the US-Mexico border?
An officer stands outside the ICE offices in New York City
Justice
Advocates worry about ‘assembly-line justice’ as video replaces some court hearings
Maria Mendoza
Immigration
Separated from their kids by deportation, these parents raise their family long-distance
Thousands cram the street holding protest signs as they walk toward the US Capitol, which is visible in the distance.
‘That’s not America’: Protesters across US call on Trump to reunite immigrant families
Young woman in plain room, dirt floor, holding birth certificate
Immigration
There are about 600,000 children in Mexico who were born in the US but struggle to claim citizenship
A man with "POLICE ICE" protective vest leads a man in handcuffs down street, with another officer with "POLICE FEDERAL AGENT" on vest on the right
Justice
As immigration arrests rise, advocates warn immigrants to know their rights when agents show up
deportation
Conflict
Trump administration rolls back policy allowing reprieves from deportation
Man at microphone speaking with hands up
Business, Finance & Economics
It’s Trump versus California, but immigrants and employers already feel the fallout
ICE agents knock on a door.
Justice
No immigration bill as feds ink contract to monitor license plates
Hand holding up passport with US visa stampend "CANCELLED"
Global Politics
For immigrant Republicans, Trump’s turn to limit legal immigration creates divisions
Migrant families
Global Politics
US may separate migrant parents from their children
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Field Office Director Jorge Field (L), 53, arrests an Iranian immigrant in San Clemente, California.
Conflict
ICE agents are increasingly playing the roles of both police and judge
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2017.
Economics
Trump pushes a plan to reduce legal immigration, prioritizing English-language and job skills
River
Economics
Some migrants are rethinking the US as their ultimate destination
A man stands outside holding a photograph in front of a white sheet
Justice
One legacy of the Chinese Exclusion Act? Secrecy.
Thomas M. Hodgson
Justice
The county sheriff who can’t wait to help enforce Trump’s immigration policies
A young Syrian refugee looks up as her father holds her and a Canadian flag at the as they arrive at Pearson Toronto International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Dec. 18, 2015.
Development
Way more migrants are now sneaking across the US-Canada border
Two men working on a truck
Global Politics
What is often called ‘illegal immigration’ isn’t really treated as illegal
School
Education
How one school is helping students cope with post-election fears
In this photo, migrant families had just crossed the border from Serbia to Croatia, on Sept. 24, 2015.
Election 2016
Trump’s new ad plays on Europe’s refugee crisis — and the videographer is fuming
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Wilmington, Ohio, U.S. September 1, 2016.
Justice
Trump says there are 2 million ‘criminal aliens’ in the US. It’s not clear where he got that number.
Global Politics
What happens to America’s deported immigrants
Laura López with her husband and first child on her wedding day.
Justice
What is it like to wait for action on immigration? Ask an undocumented immigrant
An advertisement for "Los Otros Mexicanos" featuring Betto Arcos is plastered on a bus.
Media
A Mexican series finds overlooked stories of immigrants in America — including one from The World
Akiko Antoinette Aspillaga, in the black coat, is an undocumented Filipino immigrant. She 's one of the many young immigrants in the US who was eager about Obama's immigration plan, but wants full rights in the US, rather than temporary relief.
Development
Immigrants will be in the spotlight during Obama’s speech
A woman holds a sign during a demonstration organised by anti-immigration group PEGIDA, a German abbreviation for "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West", in Dresden December 22, 2014.
Global Politics
Why other European cities might be frightened by the events in France this week
22-year-old Attas is currently living with 70 other homeless migrants in an abandoned office building in Amsterdam. The Dutch govenment this week rejected a UN call to assist  illegal homeless migrants by providing food and shelter.
Global Politics
Homeless migrants in Amsterdam are stuck in a cold limbo
Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a US Customs and Border Protection processing facility, in Brownsville, Texas on June 18, 2014.
Conflict
What you missed in US immigration this year
Paddington Bear, the children's character who first appeared in stories in the 1950s, might find himself an illegal migrant in modern Britain.
Justice
If Paddington Bear came to the UK today, he might be detained for illegal entry
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Conflict
At rallies, immigrants show solidarity with the people of Ferguson
Gisela Chavez-Garcia is an immigration lawyer in New York City. She says the president's immigration plan raises a lot of questions among her clients, but she reminds them that a new president in 2016 could reverse the new changes.
Justice
Obama’s immigration plan leads to scams, rumors and a lot of questions
Akiko Antoinette Aspillaga, in the black coat, is an undocumented Filipino immigrant. She considers Obama's new immigration plan an improvement, but wants full rights in the US rather than temporary relief.
Justice
How Obama’s executive actions might benefit the fastest-growing immigrant group in the US — Asian Americans
President Obama announced executive action on immigration policy during a nationally televised address from the White House on November 20, 2014. Obama outlined a plan to ease the threat of deportion for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants.
Global Politics
I’m Hispanic and I don’t like your plan, this woman tells Obama
Servicemen from the US military take an oath during a naturalization ceremony at the Al-Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory on July 4, 2011.
Justice
Some American veterans get kicked out of the country they served
Migrants in a boat during a rescue operation by Italian navy ship San Marco off the coast to the south of the Italian island of Sicily.
Development
Italy has been rescuing migrants stranded at sea — but they don’t want to pay for it
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Justice
Central American kids wait in life-or-death limbo to see if they can stay in the US
Carlos Ramos
Justice
A teen’s parents are allowed to stay in the US, but he still faces deportation
New Hampshire Protest
Conflict & Justice
Protests spread north over unaccompanied migrant children coming to ‘our town’
Conflict & Justice
Immigration Policies Past and Future
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Conflict & Justice
Why did a Southern California town block buses full of migrants?
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Business, Economics and Jobs
‘You send your children away because, like human beings everywhere, you want them to have a decent life’
Global Scan
A teenage defector from North Korea grew up believing Kim Jong-il could read her mind
Gabriela García, who crossed the US-Mexico border illegally with her family when she was three, recently protested for immigrant rights in downtown San Francisco. She was arrested and released for her civil disobedience the same day. "I’m undocumented. I’
Conflict & Justice
Why this young Latina decided to block a major intersection in San Francisco
Renata Teodoro (left) visits her mother, Gorete, in southern Brazil. Teodoro, 26, and her mother were photographed on the front page of the New York Times in June 2013 as they embraced through a metal fence on the US-Mexico border.
Global Politics
For a young, undocumented immigrant, a new program lets her live in the US and even visit her deported family
Renata Teodoro (left) visits her mother, Gorete, in southern Brazil. Teodoro, 26, and her mother were photographed on the front page of the New York Times in June 2013 as they embraced through a metal fence on the US-Mexico border.
Global Politics
For a young, undocumented immigrant, a new program lets her live in the US and even visit her deported family
Conflict & Justice
Takeouts: Arizona’s ‘Safe Neighborhoods’ bill supporters defend their position, NHL playoffs
Unauthorized immigrants  at a rally in Fresno, Calif., back in 2009 -- still waiting for Congress and President Obama to take action on an overhaul to immigration law.
Global Politics
As the chance for comprehensive reform fades, DREAMers face a tough choice