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Labor movement demands immediate relief for 11 million immigrants

July 10, 2014 By John Wojcik

The AFL-CIO has demanded that President Obama take administrative action to remove the threat of deportation hanging over some 11 million immigrants.

Dallas opts to take immigrant children

July 9, 2014

Up to 2,000 immigrant children will be cared for in Dallas under a plan announced by County Judge Clay Jenkins at the Texas Democratic Party Convention June 28.

U.S. trade policy linked to crisis at the border

July 9, 2014 By David Bacon

The mass migration of children from Central America has been at the center of a political firestorm over the past few weeks.

“We are the mayor:” Newark inaugurates new mayor

July 9, 2014 By Estevan Bassett-Nembhard

A large and enthusiastic Newark crowd celebrated the inauguration of its 40th mayor, Ras Baraka, last week at the city's New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Groups file suit demanding legal representation for child deportees

July 9, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Each year, the government initiates immigration court proceedings against thousands of children, some of whom have lived in the U.S. for years.