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It’s Trump versus California, but immigrants and employers already feel the fallout

Calls to hotlines to assist immigrants are skyrocketing, while employers brace themselves for more inspections.

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.

High school is hard enough without having to deal with the loss of DACA

High school is hard enough without having to deal with the loss of DACA
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Why this DACA recipient won't be extending her protected status, but says others should

Why this DACA recipient won't be extending her protected status, but says others should
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DACA recipients won’t go back into the shadows quietly

DACA recipients won’t go back into the shadows quietly
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How immigration detention creates a shadow prison system

How immigration detention creates a shadow prison system
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As California considers a ‘sanctuary state’ bill, this sheriff isn’t ready to give up his relationship with immigration agents

For Sheriff Scott Jones, how the city of Sacramento approaches immigration doesn’t matter — as long as he can keep allowing immigration agents into the county’s detention center and can contract with the federal government to detain immigrants.

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.

'How crazy is it that undocumented people are paying for their own deportation?'

The IRS demands tax returns from citizens, green card holders, visa holders and undocumented immigrants.

'How crazy is it that undocumented people are paying for their own deportation?'
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One legacy of the Chinese Exclusion Act? Secrecy.

Photographer Wing Young Huie created a huge portrait exhibit on the outside walls of the History Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota. He grappled not just with his subjects’ family histories, but his own, too.

One legacy of the Chinese Exclusion Act? Secrecy.
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How some immigrant student activists are tapping the civil rights playbook

In Georgia, some undocumented students are turning to civil rights-era leaders to fight for education rights. They say restrictions they face now still smack of Jim Crow. Not everyone agrees.

How some immigrant student activists are tapping the civil rights playbook
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How to shut down an immigration raid — even if it means getting arrested

Activists in Las Cruces, New Mexico, 45 miles from the southern border, are teaching each other to pit their bodies against Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.

How to shut down an immigration raid — even if it means getting arrested
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Here's how one New Yorker is helping immigrants — himself included — with government check-ins

Ravi Ragbir, from his office at Judson Memorial Church in New York City, says immigrants shouldn't go into hiding. That's why he's keeping his scheduled check-in with immigration agents, even if it means he might be deported to Trinidad.

Here's how one New Yorker is helping immigrants — himself included — with government check-ins
Front of building with sign for Prairieland Detention Center

President Trump, how will you handle cases of abuse at privately run prisons and immigration detention centers?

We want to know if more private prisons will come with more oversight of those prisons to document and prevent abuses.

President Trump, how will you handle cases of abuse at privately run prisons and immigration detention centers?
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Why the fight over how immigrants are characterized is so important

President Donald Trump emphasized the importance of supporting the victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants in his address to Congress. Yet many immigrants feel his agenda unfairly portrays them as security threats.

Why the fight over how immigrants are characterized is so important
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One of the first men stopped by Trump's immigration ban will attend president's address

President Donald Trump's first official speech to a joint session of Congress will have a number of special guests in attendance. One is Hameed Darweesh, an Iraqi man who was detained in January because of Trump's immigration and refugee ban. He is the guest of congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, a Democrat from New York.

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.

Immigration raid alerts are coming soon to your smartphone

Software writers and technology activists are helping to design a crowd-sourcing app to help undocumented immigrants who are trying to avoid US authorities.

Immigration raid alerts are coming soon to your smartphone