Undocumented Immigrants

Alabama Law Becomes Even More Anti-Immigrant While Doing Nothing to Create Jobs

Daniel Costa | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Labor, Alabama, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Alabama Immigration Law, Citizenship, Immigrant Integration, Politics News
Daniel Costa

Unauthorized immigrants are not solely to blame for the failures of our immigration system, and they should not be punished harshly for sins shared by the business sector and past administrations.

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Chris Kirkham

Illinois House Comes Up Short In Bid To Stop Immigrant Detention Center Near Chicago

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.31.2012

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Illinois lawmakers failed to muster the votes needed Thursday for a bill that would have blocked construction of a for-profit federal detention center...

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Working With Your Rapist as Your Supervisor? The Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Farm Work

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Labor, Undocumented Immigrants, Human Rights, Rape, Human Rights Watch, Agriculture, Mexico, Immigration, Farmworkers, Sexual Assault, Video, Politics News
Michelle Chen

It should be no surprise that on America's farms, so many women are treated as less than human, since not even the government sees them as worthy of respect under the law.

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Inspiring: Undocumented Immigrants Find Paths To College, Careers

AP | By GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 05.27.2012

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FRESNO, Calif. -- Going to college seemed inconceivable when Adriana Sanchez, the 12-year-old daughter of farm workers, was brought from Mexico to Cen...

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Janell Ross

Marco Rubio's 'Impossible Dream'

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.27.2012

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In 2010, Marco Rubio was a rising star in Florida politics. At age 39, he was already a former speaker of the Florida House and working hard to defeat...

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Obama: 'Worse Than Joe Arpaio'?

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2012

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An anti-Obama group hopes to use the president's deportation record to pull away his Hispanic support, beginning in a campaign in Nevada next week. ...

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DREAMer Interrupts Mitt Romney During Speech On Education, Escorted Out

The Huffington Post | Andrea Long Chavez | Posted 05.25.2012

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On Wednesday, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney gave a speech on the nation’s educational c...

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Elise Foley

Romney Speech To Hispanic Leaders Ignores Big Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has said he supports finding a solution for undocumented students. But you wouldn't know it from his Wednesday speech on edu...

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Luis Gutierrez Could Support 'Watered-Down' Dream Act

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 05.21.2012

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Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) is willing to support a "Dream Act"-style bill from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) even if it's "watered-down" and doesn't giv...

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Prison Riot Leaves Guard Dead, 8 Hurt

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.22.2012

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BRANDON, Miss. -- A guard was killed and, at one point, hostages were taken during a riot at a Mississippi prison that holds undocumented immigrants, ...

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'My Name Is Diana. I Am Undocumented And Unafraid'

AP | HELEN O'NEILL | Posted 05.21.2012

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-- She was tiny and trembling and looked so very vulnerable. Barely 15, having already experienced a lifetime of hardships since losing her mother at...

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The Silent Casualties of Immigration Scams

Hernan Vera | Posted 05.18.2012

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Hernan Vera

The need for comprehensive immigration reform is not going away. In the meantime, however, there are untold casualties who are suffering in ways that few are discussing. Our nation's refusal to make immigration reform a priority has created the perfect storm for a silent problem to fester: immigration scams.

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How A Man Faked His Own Death & Collected $400K

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.16.2012

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Santiago Carrasco brings a whole new meaning to the term "dead man walking." Carrasco and his wife Rosa pleaded guilty Tuesday to faking Santiago's...

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Gay Marriage and a New American Majority

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.12.2012

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Jose Antonio Vargas

A different American majority is emerging, and what it means to be a minority in a country that will soon be minority-majority is being redefined.

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Border Agents Accused Of Widespread Abuse Of Legal Residents

The Huffington Post | Simon McCormack | Posted 05.11.2012

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U.S. Border Patrol agents are accused of showing little regard for the Constitutional and human rights of people crossing the border between America a...

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Understanding Civility in Civil Disobedience

Pamela H. Long | Posted 05.10.2012

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Pamela H. Long

Am I aiding and abetting, harboring and transporting? Lord, I hope so. I'm taking Matthew 25: 34-40 seriously. When meeting the physical and social needs of the "least of these" becomes an act of civil disobedience, I must disobey.

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WATCH: 'The Fighter,' A Documentary About An Undocumented Luchadora

Posted 05.08.2012

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This is the story of "The Fighter", Alicia Torres Don, a Mexican luchadora and a resilient warrior in life. Torres Don is also known as "La Aguila...

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Denver Court Says Undocumented Immigrants Can't Have Guns

AP | Posted 05.10.2012

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DENVER — A federal appeals court says undocumented immigrants don't have a right to own firearms under the U.S. Constitution. Emmanuel Huitron-Gu...

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Carlos Harrison

Cousins Mistakenly Swept Up In Sex Trafficking Raid Fight Deportation Order

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 05.07.2012

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Immigration advocates are fighting to block the imminent deportation of two Guatemalan cousins allegedly bloodied and battered when Immigration and Cu...

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Beyond May Day, Frustrated Immigrant Movement Forges Ahead

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.07.2012

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Michelle Chen

May Day 2012 didn't have a concrete agenda, but it opened a forum for voices that are typically silenced and ignored. And while racist hostility pervades the mainstream political arena, Occupy may be one of the only spaces left for immigrants to speak up without fear.

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Feds: Alabama Immigration Law Will Have 'Continuing And Lasting' Consequences

Posted 05.07.2012

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The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a stark warning against Alabama's controversial immigration law, which feds say has caused "increased hostil...

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The Los Angeles May Day 'Queer Contingent' and the Politics of Inclusion

Suyapa Portillo | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Los Angeles, May Day, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, LGBT Issues, Lgbtq, May Day 2012, Latino Voices News
Suyapa Portillo

For LGBTQ, particularly transgender, immigrants, the partnership between local law enforcement, federal agencies and Immigration Custom Enforcement (ICE) inevitably lead to violence.

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Elise Foley

Undocumented Immigrant Offers To Leave, Gets Locked Up Instead

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.04.2012

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Kalsum Pangkey, a 56-year-old undocumented immigrant from Indonesia, went to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on April 25 to report that ...

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Ryan Grim

'War On Women' Extends To Undocumented

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The House Republican version of the new Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) would dramatically roll back confidentiality protections for a...

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Innovative Health Insurance Plan For The Undocumented

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.04.2012

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In a program believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, a restaurant workers' group and Los Angeles community clinic have teamed up to provid...

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