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Items tagged: undocumented immigrants

Immigrant women defy odds on International Women's Day

From Restore Fairness blog

March is the month where International Women's Day celebrates the strides women have made, in spite of all they have to endure. Like Rosa Morales, an immigrant woman who turned her life around and went from the brink of being deported, to being awarded a scholarship for her contribution to society.


The Dirty Pinball Machine Detention System

In writing this blog post, I have to say that I have learned a tremendous amount about our current immigration system.  All we, as consumers of the mass media, get from our daily portions of television and smatterings of chatter from hallway conversation are a couple key words like: fences, illegal, fewer jobs, rising healthcare costs, etc.  However, we rarely have the opportunity to hear or see the plight of those individuals that are swept up into the immigration system and are never heard from again. 


Undocumented Immigrants Can’t Buy Health Insurance, Even If They Can Pay Full Cost

In response to republicans' liesinappropriate behavior (Joe Wilson R-SC called the President a liar) and anti-immigrant scare tactics to weaken support for health care reform, Obama has decided to cave in to Wilson an