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immigration
Posted inEconomy
The GOP Threat to High-Skilled Immigration
Tough talk on illegal immigration has been a signature issue for both Republican presidential contenders Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz – you’d be hard-pressed to find a voter who hasn’t heard of Trump’s proposal to “build a wall” on the U.S.-Mexico border. But perhaps less well-known are these candidates’ equally damaging and retrograde views […]
Posted inBooks, January/February 2016, Magazine
Immigrant Song
How America gets assimilation (mostly) right.
Posted inEconomy, Government
America’s Legal Immigration System Is Broken Too
Addressing unauthorized immigration is important, but legal immigration needs reform as well.
Posted inGovernment, July/August 2013, Magazine
Will Predatory Lenders Get Fat on Immigration Reform?
If immigration reform passes, immigrants will potentially be forced to navigate a landscape filled not only with un-scrupulous legal advisers but with predatory financial service providers as well. That’s because any final legislation will likely include requirements that undocumented immigrants pay stiff penalties and back taxes before they can get legal status. The Senate’s Gang […]
Posted inJuly/August 2013, Law and Justice, Magazine
Storefront Coyotes
Meet the con artists who “help” immigrants with their visa problems—and who will get rich if Congress passes a “tough” immigration reform bill.
Posted inGovernment, July/August 2013, Magazine
Dreamers Deferred
The Obama administration is trying to help immigrant students brought here illegally as kids get into college. GOP-controlled states have other ideas.
Posted inLaw and Justice, Magazine, May/June 2013
Over the Line
Why are U.S. Border Patrol agents shooting into Mexico and killing innocent civilians?
Posted inMagazine, May/June 2012, Politics
The Anchor
Forget Rachel, Bill, Anderson, and Sean. The broadcaster who will most determine the 2012 elections is Jorge Ramos.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2011
“My Mommy Doesn’t Have Any Papers”
How the underground life of undocumented immigrants leaves their children cognitively impaired.
