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Immigration

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Phoenix City Council Considering Local ID for Undocumented Immigrants
The information on a city-issued ID might preclude officers from having to contact ICE.

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My Safety or My Family: Immigrant Women Seek Voice in Debate
One of strongest bonds is that between a woman and her children. For immigrant women, the fear of having to separate from their families is an everyday struggle.

DREAM Act Could Add $329 Billion to US Economy
Implementation costs would be minimal, says a new report, and DREAMers after graduation would not only join the workforce, but also help create jobs.

Does a Mexican Drug Kingpin Have a Case Against the Drug Enforcement Administration?
Vicente Zambada, accused of being one of Mexicou2019s most powerful drug kingpins, will be tried in Chicago. But does he have his own case against the DEA?

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Wells Fargo Courts Latinos While Investing in Private Prisons That Profit From Detaining Immigrants: Report Calls for Bank to Break Ties
This cycle involves profiting from the detention of vulnerable immigrant communities by understaffing the prisons and cutting costs so that basic food and medical needs are not met. The …

As Anti-Immigrant “Papers, Please” Law Takes Effect, Journalist Jeff Biggers on Arizona, the “State Out of the Union”
An interview on the reaction to a federal judge's lifting last week of an injunction against a key component of Arizonau2019s controversial anti-immigrant law, S.B. 1070, requiring police to …

A Dissident Voice for Democratic Schooling: Writer Gabriel San Roman Interviews Radical Educator Antonia Darder
I was forced to contend with a variety of inequalities that placed huge constraints upon me, and others like me, as a direct result of poverty, racism and sexism.

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The Dirty Business of Cleaning Cars
The movement to unionize carwash employees in Los Angeles arrives in New York.

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Immigrants Are Losing the Policy Fight, but That’s Beside the Point
"The immigrant rights movement, for all its vibrancy and depth, has been losing the policy fight," says Colorlines reporter Rinku Sen.

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“Show Me Your Papers” Provision Goes Into Law in Arizona
The show me your papers provision, as section 2b of the measure has been called, is seen as one of the most egregious parts of the law that effectively …