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Amazon might go Canadian for its second headquarters

by David Brancaccio
Oct 27, 2017
Applicants weren't limited to the U.S.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might be embracing Amazon next year.
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For two DACA entrepreneurs, it may be the end of business as usual

by Reema Khrais
Oct 25, 2017
One couple in San Diego confronts an uncertain future for themselves and the businesses they've built
Dulce Garcia and Luis Tinoco have been dating for more than 15 years. They're both DACA recipients who own businesses just a few blocks away from each other.
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Hurricane recovery for an unauthorized immigrant in Houston has added obstacles

by Andy Uhler
Oct 25, 2017
Challenges like housing, transportation and finances are especially difficult.
A truck drives through high water along a street in Orange, Texas, on Sept. 6, more than a week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall.
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Undocumented residents not eligible for FEMA cash payments after disasters

by Andy Uhler
Oct 17, 2017
After Hurricane Harvey, the hundreds of thousands of undocumented people living in the Houston area will have to find financial relief in other ways.
Flooded homes following Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas.
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The cost of being a DACA recipient

by Lizzie O'Leary
Oct 13, 2017
It's $495, to be exact. Where does the money go?
People rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program near Trump Tower in New York on Oct. 5.
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When it comes to immigration, family ties may no longer bind

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 9, 2017
The White House sent Congress a letter yesterday, outlining what it wants in immigration reform. The list of White House wants was long. Just a few items: ending funding for so-called sanctuary cities, the completion of construction of President Trump’s wall along the Mexican border, and reducing the number of refugees the U.S. admits each […]
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Crowdsourcing to help DACA recipients renew their status

by David Brancaccio
Oct 4, 2017
MacArthur "genius" grant winner Jose Quinonez of Mission Asset Fund in San Francisco talks about his efforts to help DACA recipients renew their permission to stay in the U.S.
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Yazidis find a home in Lincoln, Nebraska

by Reema Khrais
Sep 26, 2017
The state capital is the home of the largest Yazidi community in the country.
Khaled Hesso and his family were among the first Yazidis to move to Lincoln, Nebraska.
Daisy Palacios/Marketplace
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Amid Trump’s immigration crackdown, farmers look for reform

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 26, 2017
Farmers want to see reform to the H-2A visas program, that allows foreign agricultural laborers to work legally in the U.S.
Gary Paulk, a muscadine and berry farmer in Irwin County, said he lost about $200,000 in 2011 due to a labor shortage.
Elly Yu for Marketplace
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Checking in with Syrian refugees one year later

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 20, 2017
A family of six adjusts to life in the Connecticut suburbs.
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