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How roadmap to citizenship would affect unauthorized immigrants and the economy

by Kimberly Adams
Feb 18, 2021
New immigration bill would reform family-based immigration and visa programs and provide protections from exploitation.
The new immigration bill includes protections for immigrant workers against exploitation. Above, marchers calling for economic relief and immigration reform in New York City in January.
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How increased citizenship fees could make life harder for immigrants and their communities

by Cynthia Betubiza
Jan 28, 2020
A proposed 61% hike by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service could bring the citizenship application fee to about $1,100.
People take the oath of allegiance at a naturalization ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Providing medical care to 'birth tourists' from China

by Jennifer Pak
Mar 13, 2019
Chinese parents are attracted to U.S. healthcare. An American doctor appreciates their prompt payments.
Dr. Russell Rapoza has helped more than a thousand mothers from China deliver babies.
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Steps Chinese women take to secure U.S. citizenship for their babies

by Jennifer Pak
Mar 6, 2019
Children born on U.S. soil are granted citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
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Why Chinese parents come to America to give birth

by Jennifer Pak
Mar 6, 2019
Every year, thousands travel to ensure U.S. citizenship for their babies, experts say. Here are two of their stories.
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More than 600,000 American children born to Mexican nationals are living in Mexico

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 13, 2019
Even though they have the right to return to the U.S., they may not know it, a California Sunday reporter says.
Dusk falls over a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Campo, California.
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