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Immigration
After Pittsburgh, Jose Antonio Vargas asks, ‘Who is an American?’
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Business, Finance & Economics
It’s Trump versus California, but immigrants and employers already feel the fallout
17-year-old Jonathan, who has DACA status, had been planning his path to college. Then the Trump administration announced the end of DACA.
Conflict
High school is hard enough without having to deal with the loss of DACA
Woman sitting on grass in front of building with two young children in front of her
Justice
Why this DACA recipient won’t be extending her protected status, but says others should
Man holding up ID card for medical school
Justice
DACA recipients won’t go back into the shadows quietly
Detention center
Justice
How immigration detention creates a shadow prison system
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Conflict
As California considers a ‘sanctuary state’ bill, this sheriff isn’t ready to give up his relationship with immigration agents
Millions of immigrant workers without legal status file taxes without a valid Social Security number.
Economics
‘How crazy is it that undocumented people are paying for their own deportation?’
Freedom University
Education
How some immigrant student activists are tapping the civil rights playbook
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Justice
One legacy of the Chinese Exclusion Act? Secrecy.
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Conflict
How to shut down an immigration raid — even if it means getting arrested
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Justice
Here’s how one New Yorker is helping immigrants — himself included — with government check-ins
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Justice
President Trump, how will you handle cases of abuse at privately run prisons and immigration detention centers?
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Justice
Why the fight over how immigrants are characterized is so important
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Conflict
One of the first men stopped by Trump’s immigration ban will attend president’s address
'RedadAlertas': an App that tells you where there are raids against immigrants.
Justice
Immigration raid alerts are coming soon to your smartphone
Help wanted sign on restaurant window
Economics
Like many undocumented restaurant workers, staying in the US is a simple calculation for this waiter
Young man making art on a wall
Justice
A 19-year-old undocumented student — authorized to be in the US — was detained and then let go by federal agents
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Justice
Black and Muslim, some African immigrants feel the brunt of Trump’s immigration plans
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Global Politics
More Mexicans are crossing the border — to leave the US. Here’s one family’s story.
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Justice
To protect their immigrant residents under Trump, some cities are arming them with lawyers
Donald Trump
Election 2016
After Trump’s victory, a city debates offering ‘sanctuary’ to undocumented immigrants
Man in suit standing next to school sign
Education
Halfway through med school, undocumented students worry Trump will derail their progress
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Global Politics
What is often called ‘illegal immigration’ isn’t really treated as illegal
Man holding up protest sign in front of a McDonald's
Global Politics
Trump’s labor pick, a fast-food CEO, supports a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants
Day laborers enter a truck after being chosen by an employer at a hiring area in Laguna Beach, California
Election 2016
Trump clarifies who he means to deport, but… they’re already prioritized for deportation
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Election 2016
These elected officials are among the few who were born outside the US
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Justice
How art can help us better understand the fastest growing group of undocumented immigrants
Kids at camp Anytown Alabama do an exercise on what it might mean to be undocumented, including the difficulty getting health coverage.
Education
Learning what it’s like to be undocumented at an Alabama summer camp
Flint residents receive bottled water and filters
Justice
A network of churches are among those trying to reach undocumented immigrants with water in Flint
Yamila Pastorino and Joana Dos Santos
Education
A community college that found a way not to charge these DREAMers extra for school
El Peso Hero punches out Donald Trump
Media
Trump takes it on the chin in Mexican superhero’s latest adventure
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Justice
This Seattle boy was just six when he was asked to protect an undocumented family
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Justice
Undocumented immigrants play the waiting game after the White House pauses immigration action
Vegetables at a Whole Foods Market in La Jolla, California. Much of its produce comes from the state’s Central Valley, where it's picked by migrant farmworkers.
Business
How the produce aisle looks to a migrant farmworker
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Development
Why some people camped out all night at California DMV offices
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
The Catena family — Gabriel, Marcela and their daughter, Nicole — live in the San Francisco Bay area. Both Gabriel and Marcela are undocumented immigrants and say that the new executive action will provide mental as well as legal relief to their family.
Justice
Obama’s immigration actions give a California family new hope for staying together
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Global Politics
Obama’s expected immigration announcement is being greeted with mixed emotions
Rodrigo Reyes
‘Purgatorio’: A Haunting Journey Into the U.S.-Mexico Border
Full Episode
New Hampshire Protest
Conflict & Justice
Protests spread north over unaccompanied migrant children coming to ‘our town’
Eglise de Dieu, a church in Harlem, has a congregation of around 200 people, most of whom have roots in Haiti. Songs alternate between English and Haitian Creole, with Creole lyrics projected.
Conflict & Justice
Here’s why a court ruling in the Dominican Republic is spurring international protests