Stories tagged: "undocumented immigrants"

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Elections Biden: I Will Create a Task Force to Reunite 545 Children With Families on Day One

The Trump administration separated thousands of children from their families at the border between 2017 and 2018, and 545 children remain without their families.

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz October 29, 2020 11:13 am EDT
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Immigration 545 Undocumented Children Are Orphans Because of Trump

The missing parents are from Trump’s 2017 pilot program to separate families at the border.

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz October 21, 2020 1:50 pm EDT
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Immigration ICE Plans to Fast-Track Deportations of Undocumented Immigrants Without Due Process

A US Court of Appeals has given more power to ICE agents and taken constitutional rights away from undocumented immigrants.

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz October 12, 2020 3:47 pm EDT
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Commentary My Parents Are Undocumented Immigrants. I’m Voting in North Carolina Because They Can’t.

A first-generation American and NC community college student tells us why immigrant rights and women’s rights are driving her to vote.

Carolina Caltzoncint-Herrera Carolina Caltzoncint-Herrera September 22, 2020 8:00 am EDT
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Coronavirus Salvadoran Man Becomes First ICE Detainee to Die From Coronavirus

Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia and his sisters came from El Salvador with their mother in 1980 during the country’s civil war, and he was the only one unable to obtain a green card.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright May 7, 2020 2:46 pm EDT

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
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