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Immigration

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Immigration Stories That Will Belong to America
Anna Challet takes a look at Andrew Lam's latest collection of short stories.

Banished from Home, 10-Year-Old Rodrigo Guzman DREAMs of Real Immigration Reform
The Dream Team is doing everything they can to spread Rodrigo's face and name across the blogosphere and Capitol Hill.

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Young Immigrants, the “Dream 9”, Test US Policy
Two weeks after nine young men and women approached Arizona's southern border wearing caps and gowns and seeking asylum, US immigration officials said they would back petitions allowing the …

Undocumented and Undaunted: DREAMer Artists Speak Out
The struggles of undocumented youth in the US often fly under the radar of the mainstream media but a new generation of young immigrants are making sure their voices …

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Dreams, Courage and Footsteps
Among those who have left their mark in Mexican-American history, are the Dream 9, undocument US citizens since they were small children, who face charges having challenged US immigration …

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Will Washington, D.C. Be Named “Reaganville?”
Itu2019s easier to abolish women and to send illegal immigrants to the moon than it is to improve our nation, at least for Republicans.

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The Missing Discourse in Immigration Reform
The immigration reform bills presently under consideration ignore how US policy has caused Mexican immigration.

Homeland Security Taps Generals to Run Domestic Drone Program: The Rise of Predators at Home
Drone proliferation at home will likely increase from a spending surge to boost “border security.”

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No Justice in Sanford, No Peace in the Borderlands: Stand Your Ground, Border Policing and the Mass Production of Corpses of Color
In light of the Zimmerman verdict, the Border Patrol shooting of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October 2012 is emblematic of another form of one-sided violence likely to intensify …

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Australia’s Election Campaign Driven by Barbarism That Dares Not Speak its Name
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, using the fear card to gain reelection.