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Illegal Immigrants’ Children Suffer, Study Finds

By KIRK SEMPLE
Eulogia was scared and adrift. At 25, she was poor, pregnant and an illegal immigrant. She worried about how she would pay for medical care and raise her baby, and even whether a trip to the hospital might prompt her deportation to Mexico.
But when she plunged into a postpartum [...]

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Filed under: Education, Immigration — admin, July 13, 2011 @ 1:43 pm

Newly minted teachers come long way from first day in U.S. to graduating from Long Island University

New York Daily News

By Ben Chapman

Sunday, June 20th 2010,

These new teachers know what it’s like to come to America and learn the language from scratch.

Among them is a Russian immigrant who will teach at a school in Bensonhurst, a Haitian immigrant who’s headed for a school in [...]

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Filed under: Immigration — admin, August 22, 2010 @ 11:43 am

A Place to Call Home: What Immigrants Say Now About Life in America,

A Place to Call Home: What Immigrants Say Now About Life in America,
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Introduction: Views On Immigration
Part One: The Right Move
Part Two: Fitting In
Part Three: Common Threads,
Different Voices
In Their Own Words
Survey Questions & Answers
Views of the U.S.
Life as an immigrant
Parents and children
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Filed under: Immigration — admin, May 4, 2010 @ 9:16 pm

NCLR: Latino Children’s Future Is Nation’s Future

By Mary Ann Zehr on April 29, 2010 10:04 AM | No Comments
http://www.nclr.org/content/publications/detail/63002/

The National Council of La Raza and Population Reference Bureau have compiled statistics about Latino children in the United States and their well-being to make the case that the group deserves focused attention by policymakers. The authors of the report, “America’s Future: Latino [...]

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Filed under: Immigration — admin, @ 9:15 pm

Haitian Students Find Local Safety Net: An Interview with Flanbwayan Director Darnell Benoit

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Filed under: Immigration, Schools, Uncategorized — admin, April 1, 2010 @ 8:17 am

Candidates woo immigrants

08/13/2009

Candidates woo immigrants

by Willow Belden , Assistant Editor

One might have thought all the candidates for the District 26 City Council seat were running together rather than against each other, based on what they said at a forum on Tuesday evening.

The debate, hosted by an immigrant advocacy group called Make [...]

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Filed under: Immigration — admin, September 26, 2009 @ 1:22 pm

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