immigration

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Trump's hard-line immigration policies build on the history of former US presidents

To Trump critics, immigration raids and squalid holding cells at the US southern border characterize his hard-line stance on immigration. But how do his policies compare to past US presidents? 

Trump's hard-line immigration policies build on the history of former US presidents
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This Brooklyn pop-up school taps immigrants’ expertise — by making them teachers

This Brooklyn pop-up school taps immigrants’ expertise — by making them teachers
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‘The Infiltrators’ film aims to open Americans’ eyes to the reality of deportation

‘The Infiltrators’ film aims to open Americans’ eyes to the reality of deportation
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Getting legal status opened the path to college for this Arizona immigrant family

Getting legal status opened the path to college for this Arizona immigrant family
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As DACA fix remains elusive, Arizona ‘Dreamers’ focus on in-state tuition

As DACA fix remains elusive, Arizona ‘Dreamers’ focus on in-state tuition
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Proposed ‘public charge’ rule change stirs confusion over green card eligibility

Immigrant parents are pulling their children from health and nutrition programs because they're afraid that participating in them could prevent them from getting their green cards.

Proposed ‘public charge’ rule change stirs confusion over green card eligibility
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Her cousin was killed in a school shooting, but this exchange student decided to stay in the US

Sabika Sheikh was killed along with seven other classmates and two teachers at Santa Fe High School in Texas last May. Her cousin, Shaheera Jalil Albasit, wants to keep building peace.

Her cousin was killed in a school shooting, but this exchange student decided to stay in the US
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Haiti has a burgeoning entrepreneur scene, but can it make room for Haitians forced to return from the US?

Temporary Protected Status for Haitians runs out on July 22, 2019. There are about 58,000 Haitians and their 27,000 US-born children who will be affected.

Haiti has a burgeoning entrepreneur scene, but can it make room for Haitians forced to return from the US?
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An iconic image challenged the politics of Cuban Americans

Photographer Alan Díaz died on Tuesday at age 71. His 2000 image of the Cuban boy Elián González being taken by force from his American relatives endures.

An iconic image challenged the politics of Cuban Americans
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In New York, volunteers engage in a quiet form of advocacy for immigrants facing deportation

The New Sanctuary Coalition has been training people to accompany immigrants to check-ins and court dates for 11 years. Since Trump took office, they’re volunteer base is growing.

In New York, volunteers engage in a quiet form of advocacy for immigrants facing deportation
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‘I lost trust in the system,’ says US citizen now unable to reunite with his Yemeni family

Abdo Elfgeeh held on to hope that they would reunite though war split them apart. The Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday changed his mind.

‘I lost trust in the system,’ says US citizen now unable to reunite with his Yemeni family
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Trump’s new order on families at the border raises even more questions about what happens next for child migrants

We’re answering some of your most pressing questions about what happens next.

Trump’s new order on families at the border raises even more questions about what happens next for child migrants
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For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone

Beth Lew-Williams’ grandfather was 9 when he was separated from family and placed in immigration detention. And he held the pain of the experience for 72 years.

For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone
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In the diaspora, Colombia’s presidential election is as much about the past as the future

Colombians in the US who remember the violence they left behind will likely vote for a far-right candidate.

In the diaspora, Colombia’s presidential election is as much about the past as the future
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For this mother and daughter, separated a year ago at the southern border, Trump's ‘zero-tolerance’ policy isn’t new

The Trump administration has recently implemented a policy of separating migrant children from their parents if they cross the southern border other than at a checkpoint. But they began testing a similar policy a year ago.

For this mother and daughter, separated a year ago at the southern border, Trump's ‘zero-tolerance’ policy isn’t new