Immigration

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Push to Include Gay Couples in Immigration Bill

Mary Mata May 1, 2013

By Julia Preston, New York Times This has been a good year for gay rights advocates — with public opinion shifting in their favor and same-sex marriage advancing in the states — […]

Immigration Debate Gives Life to Annual Rallies

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Republican Immigration Nightmare Could Recur

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How Can the Feds Screen 11 Million Undoc Immigrants?

Mary Mata April 30, 2013

By Daniel González, Arizona Republic The 11 million immigrants in the country illegally would have to pass national-security and criminal-background checks before receiving legal status under the reform bill being […]

Immigration plan Would Add Drones to Border Security

Mary Mata

By Cathleen Chen and Kimberly Railey, Medill News Service/Miami Herald WASHINGTON — The bipartisan immigration proposal filed this month in the Senate would create a 24/7 surveillance system at U.S. borders […]

Justices Refuse Alabama’s Immigration Law Appeal

Mary Mata

By Lawrence Hurley, Reuters (Reuters) – The Supreme Court rebuffed the state of Alabama on Monday by deciding not to intervene in a case where federal judges blocked a state […]

Taken for a Ride: Temp Agencies & ‘Raiteros’ in Immigrant Chicago

Mary Mata April 29, 2013

By Michael Grabell, Pro Publica CHICAGO — Ty Inc. became one of the world’s largest manufacturers of stuffed animals thanks to the Beanie Babies craze in the 1990s. But it has […]