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"Undocumented" is a picture book that's not just for kids

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 9, 2018
Author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh looks at the plight of undocumented workers in the United States.
The cover of "Undocumented: A Worker's Fight" by Duncan Tonatiuh.
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight, by Duncan Tonatiuh © Abrams ComicArts, 2018
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Trump administration drafting dramatic curbs on legal immigration

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 7, 2018
The U.S. government has always been wary of immigrants who might be a drain on the economy, but soon even legal immigrants who’ve enrolled in Obamacare could be disqualified from citizenship if proposed new rules take effect. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
White House adviser Stephen Miller is one of the main architects for this new policy. 
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What U.S. immigration policy has to do with wages and labor shortages

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 20, 2018
The country needs a legal way to allow more high- and low-skilled workers in to fill jobs, one expert says.
Immigrants from Mexico work on a housing construction site in Denver, Colorado.
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How Trump's immigration policy is hurting commerce at the border

by Andy Uhler and Kai Ryssdal
Jun 21, 2018
A fluid border was key to a Texas town's economy, until it wasn't.
The Mexican border town of Matamoros is on the Rio Grande, across the U.S.-Mexico border near Brownsville, Texas.
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A day in court at the Texas border: “The mothers don’t know where their kids are"

by Andy Uhler
Jun 19, 2018
In March, the Trump administration ordered prosecutors to charge every person illegally crossing the border and separate children traveling with their parents. The children are kept at detention centers.
A former Walmart Supercenter now called Casa Padre is being used as a migrant children's shelter, in Brownsville, Texas.
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An Indian tech company is hiring 10,000 workers in the U.S. Here's why.

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Jun 8, 2018
"The Trump factor has caused a lot of uncertainty" in IT, one writer says.
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The Trump administration may restrict visas for certain Chinese students in STEM fields

by Kimberly Adams
May 30, 2018
Reports say grad students may be issued visas good for just a year at a time, rather than the multi-year type that are common now.
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How family-based immigration impacts the economy

by Adrian Ma
May 15, 2018
With all the talk of immigration reform, one of the president’s immigration proposals has gotten less attention lately: Trump and many republicans want to eliminate a law that lets naturalized U.S. citizens sponsor their parents and siblings for permanent residency in the United States. The White House says the rule doesn’t make sense for a […]
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A proposed question on citizenship status on the 2020 census could depress Latino turnout

by Larry Buhl
May 14, 2018
The 2020 census count is two years away but local officials are already planning how to get everyone counted. Census data is used for determining congressional seats and for distributing billions of dollars in federal funds annually. For many reasons, urban communities and communities of color can be harder to count. And for Latinos, a new […]
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Canada's immigration system has created a labor shortage

by Ryan Kailath
May 1, 2018
Haitians, whose temporary protected status is ending in the U.S., are helping to solve the problem.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent walks onto a frozen lake that is split between Canadian territory to the right and the United States in 2006 near Norton, Vermont.
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