Immigrant Rights
People’s World media forum talks immigrant rights
December 6, 2012"If we are going to advance the rights of all workers we must not let immigration be a wedge to pit worker against worker."
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Immigrants, lawmakers seek probe of Border Patrol
August 31, 2012Alarmed by reports of profiling at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents, immigrant advocate groups and 11 members of Congress have asked the GAO to audit Border Patrol practices.
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13,000 jam Navy Pier to gain legal status
August 16, 2012On Aug. 15, Navy Pier here transformed into New York's Ellis Island - instead of seeing the Statue of Liberty welcome them, it was the Chicago skyline.
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Activists applaud Obama, renew push for DREAM Act
June 19, 2012Undocumented young people - the DREAMers - see the president's move as a result of their more than two years of organizing.
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Obama ends threat of deportation for one million
June 15, 2012President Obama today issued a sweeping new directive stopping in its tracks the possible deportation of as many as one million young immigrants.
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