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California Border Schools to Ask Students for Papers
Claudia Núñez from La Opinión reports that California school districts will soon implement a controversial measure meant to prevent nonresidents from attending school in the United States, by deploying district staff to the border to monitor the residency documents of students entering the country. The Unified School District of Calexico—just across the border from the city of [...]
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Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are a Growing Economic Force in Kentucky and West Virginia
The Immigration Policy Center has compiled research which shows that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are important contributors to the economy, ...
NEW AMERICANS IN THE SOONER STATE: Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an Economic Powerhouse in Oklahoma
The Immigration Policy Center has compiled research which shows that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an important part of Oklahoma's economy, ...
Immigrants Would Help Reduce the Deficit
From Derek Thompson of the Atlantic Business: President Bill Clinton spoke at the Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit in Washington, D.C., about ...
Rise in Deaths of illegal immigrants in Arizona: Migrants say Arizona worth risk of crossing According to the Associated Press, “Deaths of illegal immigrants in Arizona have soared this summer toward their highest levels since 2005 – a fact that has surprised many who thought that the furor over the state’s new immigration law and the 100-plus degree heat would draw them elsewhere along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.” But at the [...]
Immigrants in Healthcare Reform From the California Immigrant Policy Center: Dear Colleagues, A few months ago your organization endorsed a letter to Senators Boxer and Feinstein urging the inclusion of immigrants in health care reform. We are requesting that you join a similar effort once again. As the Congress moves forward with the process of reconciling a new bill [...]
More Immigrants Have Doctorates From the N.Y. Times: “Immigrants, who account for a disproportionate share of Americans without a high school diploma, also made up nearly one-third of Americans with doctoral degrees in 2009 — a sharp increase compared with five years earlier, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.” Another piece of evidence that not all immigrants are poor and unskilled.
Senate Approves $600 Million for Border Security Source: Jim Abrams from the Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate agreed Thursday to add $600 million to the effort to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants across the U.S. Mexican border. The money would be used for such purposes as adding 1,500 new enforcement agents and deploying unpiloted aerial drones to improve border surveillance. [...]
