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Feds may have held off Arizona law, but border law gets the green light

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 12:55

From Restore Fairness blog. Although a federal judge struck down on some of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB 1070’s major provisions in a critical victory, the untrue notion that Washington has lost control of the border remains.


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Let's get real about harsh anti-immigrant laws and their implications

Thu, 06/24/2010 - 15:00

From the Restore Fairness blog.


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Promising Harvard sophomore, Eric Balderas, faces deportation

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 15:04
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From the Restore Fairness blog.

Until two weeks ago 19 year old Eric Balderas was a sophomore on a full scholarship to Harvard University with a major in molecular biology and the ambition of becoming a cancer researcher. In an instant, he went from representing the promise of the country’s future to being threatened with deportation to Mexico, a country that he has no recollection of.


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Landmark Supreme Court ruling gives due process to immigrants facing deportation

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 15:13

From the Restore Fairness blog.


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Arizona's SB1070 cannot answer what an undocumented immigrant looks like?

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 16:18

From Restore Fairness blog


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Does National Geographic's "Border Wars" series sensationalize border enforcement?

Mon, 01/25/2010 - 15:55

From the Restore Fairness blog.


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Esmeralda: A transgender asylum seeker speaks out against immigration detention

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:40
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Courage comes in many different forms. For Esmeralda a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice. Kept in a segregated cell with other transgender detainees, Esmeralda never realized that her experience in detention would match the trauma of discrimination she had faced back home. But her story is also one of hope for change.


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