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The U.S. Immigration Debate: Legalization or Citizenship?
By Dennis Stinchcomb Photo credit: jenaynay / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Boehner has again hit the brakes on immigration reform, claiming widespread doubt among House...
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By Eric Hershberg and Dennis Stinchcomb Embed from Getty Images Amid fierce debate over the Obama administration’s record on the deportation of undocumented immigrants residing in the U.S. without...
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Turning the Tide on Deportations?
By Dennis Stinchcomb Photo courtesy of ICE U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) recently released statistics showing that deportations in fiscal year 2013 hit an all-time low since Obama took...
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Latin America Skeptical of U.S. Immigration Debate
By Aaron Bell Photo Courtesy of Larry Engel Latin America’s subdued response to the immigration reform debate in the United States reflects a region-wide skepticism buttressed by the recent history of...
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Immigration Reform Legislation: Better than Nothing, But Still Flawed
Immigration reform rally / Photo credit: quixoticlife / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA The comprehensive immigration reform proposal that the bipartisan group of U.S. Senators dubbed the “Gang of Eight”...
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Righting a Wrong: Family Reunification and Immigration Reform
Photo credit: mdfriendofhillary / Foter.com / CC BY-SA As debate around the immigration reform bill is expected to heat up on the Senate floor, a contested provision allowing for some non-criminal...
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The 50 States and U.S.-Latin America Relations
By Aaron Bell Observers seeking to fully understand U.S. relations with Latin America often focus on the federal level, but much is occurring in the majority of U.S. states as well. Over 40 state...
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The Consequences of Deferring “Deferred Action”
Photo by Larry Engel The Obama administration’s recent announcement of a sweeping initiative designed to remove the shadow of deportation from the lives of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants...
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The U.S. Election: A Sigh of Relief, A Moment of Hope?
Photo by: Hanoian | Flickr | Creative Commons Latin American media see a glimmer of hope in President Obama’s reelection that was largely absent during the campaign. The breadth and composition of the...
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The Overlooked Dimension of U.S. Immigration Reform
By Eric Hershberg Immigration reform rally | by Anuska Sampedro | Flickr | Creative Commons The 2012 U.S. presidential elections brought national attention to the Latino vote and, with it, immigration...
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