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A Way to Stay: Immigration and Visa Overstays
Corina Turcinovic was deported back to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />France in 2008 after 18 years of residence in the US. When she came to the country, she had no intention of staying for longer than her... 2576 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Learning from the children
A family walks into a non-descript restaurant in Humboldt Park, a little girl tugging at her mother’s hands. It is time for lunch. People are ordering food, and eating it, taking this mundane task for granted. But the little girl notices a young woman, standing apart from... 79 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Cowboy Boots and Party Dresses
It is one of those rare gorgeous days in the Chicago spring, and the north side neighborhood of Rogers Park has come alive. A crowd of smiling people pour out of St. Jerome Catholic Church, post-wedding. The vendors... 1083 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Housing Crisis—how can immigration help?
Immigrants can save the U.S. housing market. That was the underlying message of an op-ed piece by Gary Shilling and Richard Lefrak that ran in The Wall Street Journal on March 17, 2009. The solution they propose is simple. If an immigrant family can come up with a... 163 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Policy on immigration: what is the Obama administration planning?
The White House Web site provides an outline of President Obama’s policy stance on immigration that is similar to that which appeared on his campaign Web site. Five objectives summarize Obama’s goals. The first expresses his intention to increase border protection through... 273 views | 21 recommendations | 0 comments
Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work
"Arreola was one of 28 illegal immigrant workers arrested in February after agents from U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement raided a car engine repair business. According to the immigrants, a small army of federal agents surrounded Yamato Engine Specialists in Bellingham... Calderon presses Obama, U.S. on immigration
"Mexican President Felipe Calderon, ahead of a meeting and joint press conference with President Obama, called on the United States to pass an immigration bill as part of a new partnership between the two countries, even as he said Mexico welcomes U.S. business investment.... Reflections
Everything is either white or reflective in my grandmother’s bedroom. Of the two beds, I slept on the waterbed because it hurt her back. I would sprawl out under the tangle of white blankets and stare at my...
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