“Being on the front line gives educators the opportunity to help students find information on eligibility requirements and track down advocacy groups providing assistance with the application process.”
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“Nearly 103,000 young undocumented immigrants now have temporary protection from deportation under an executive order issued by President Obama in June, according to a report released last week by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.”
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“Undocumented students breathed a collective sigh of relief last week when the Obama administration announced that it would stop deporting certain undocumented youth, often referred to as DREAMers.”
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Family’s saga highlights kinks in immigrant detention system
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Logan Guzman likes to pretend he’s a superhero. One week he’s Spiderman. The next he’s Batman. Whichever hero he embodies, the 4-year-old’s goal is always the same: He wants to save his father.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Logan’s dad, Pedro Guzman, 30, in front of the family’s Durham, N.C., home on Sept. 28, 2009. Logan and his mother, Emily, could only look on.
Cheryl Arredondo, wife of an undocumented immigrant, on how blogging helped her adjust to a new life in Mexico. (Deportees’ wives adjust to life in Mexico)
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House committee calls for K-9s, infrastructure to curb drug running
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“Securing the border and catching undocumented immigrants are tasks that fall on federal shoulders, but a House committee said Tuesday it is a load the Department of Homeland Security can’t carry alone.”
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Sheriff Jenkins talks immigration
Kelsey Sheehy / Frederick News-Post
Standing in a room full of conservative talk-radio hosts, congressmen, activists and fellow law enforcement personnel,Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins was in his element at the Phoenix Park Hotel.
“I feel comfortable here,” he said Wednesday. “These are my allies.”
Jenkins participated in Hold Their Feet to the Fire, a two-day event that ended Thursday. The event was put on by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit organization focused on stopping illegal immigration.
Denise Randle (Building self-esteem through fashion)
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Kelsey Sheehy / Medill News Service
Volunteers left from Centro San Martin de Porres in Pilsen before sunrise Tuesday, making a last-day push to get Latino voters out.
Part of a Chicago-wide effort led by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee rights to mobilize immigrant voters, volunteers knocked on doors urging people to go to the polls.
Mayra Quiroa, 24, with Mujeres Latinos en Accion, directed the effort at Centro San Martin and said the nonpartisan group supports candidates who support immigrant issues like the Dream Act.
Reyna Wences, an undocumented immigrant. (Unable to pursue their dreams, some undocumented immigrants turn to suicide)
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Video: Dancing through disabilities
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