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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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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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
Interactions with [...]
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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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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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