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What happens when you sue the federal government ... and win

by Lizzie O'Leary
Apr 6, 2018
...and what the decision could mean for immigration policy.
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An immigrant's role in the American economy

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 6, 2018
This week, President Donald Trump announced he wanted to send National Guard troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border. This announcement was made in the midst of a national conversation regarding immigration, legal and otherwise, which includes a push to change immigration laws and reduce the number of legal immigrants in the country. Marketplace Weekend’s Lizzie […]
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What role do immigrants play in U.S. labor force?

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 5, 2018
The percentage of immigrant workers has increased since 2000. President Trump and many congressional Republicans want to reverse that trend.
Candidates for US citizenship take the oath of allegiance during a Naturalization Ceremony for new US citizens at the City Hall of Jersey City in New Jersey on Feb. 22, 2017.
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Workers from out of state and other countries have helped Texas, study says

by Renata Sago
Apr 3, 2018
The Texas economy has grown about twice as fast as the rest of the country over the past decade, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. And a new report by the Dallas Fed finds one reason is that immigrants are helping to power the state’s economy. Click the audio player above to hear […]
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Getting an H-1B visa is becoming more difficult

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 2, 2018
The applications for 2018 are open.
President Donald Trump speaks after touring Snap-On Inc. in Kenosha, Wisconsin, April 18, 2017.
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DACA students are not yet living the dream

by Reema Khrais
Mar 23, 2018
The $1.3 trillion spending bill doesn't include a permanent solution for people brought into the country illegally when they were children.
Dozens of immigration advocates and supporters attend a rally outside of Trump Tower along Fifth Avenue in August in New York City.
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For American children of Mexican immigrants, a battle to get documented in Mexico

by Jorge Valencia
Mar 13, 2018
More than a quarter million people who were born in the U.S. to Mexican parents live in Mexico and haven’t been registered in either place.
Daniela Silva Abascal and her father Daniel Silva Soto at home in Puebla, Mexico.
Jorge Valencia for Marketplace
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What it actually takes to bring a relative to the U.S.

by Reema Khrais
Mar 5, 2018
When a U.S. citizen sponsors a relative to come to the country, it can take a few months or as long as 25 years.
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Violent crime in El Salvador has taken a damaging toll on the country's economy

by Levi Bridges
Mar 5, 2018
Temporary Protected Status ended for El Salvador, but many Salvadorans are still eager to work in the U.S. as undocumented immigrants.
Train tracks in Ixtepec, Mexico. Marvin Villalobos traveled along this railroad with his three brothers in 2017 on their way to find jobs in the United States. The trip turned fatal for Villalobos when he fell off a train.
Levi Bridges/ for Marketplace
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As immigration deal stalls, "Dreamer" business owners deal with uncertainty

by Jana Kasperkevic and Peter Balonon-Rosen
Mar 2, 2018
The political stalemate makes planning ahead “very difficult.”
Demonstrators rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program near Trump Tower in New York on Oct. 5, 2017.
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