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Deported Father’s Case Ends As Congress Debates Immigration Changes

by Seth Freed Wessler on February 19 2013, 2:15PM

Felipe Montes, who lost his three U.S.-citizens sons when he was deported to Mexico in December 2010 will regain custody of his children.

Topics: Immigration, Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog

A Deported Father Wins a Long, Painful Fight to Keep His Kids

by Seth Freed Wessler on November 28 2012, 9:53AM

Felipe Montes’s story drew national attention and rare federal intervention not because it is unique, but because it is increasingly common.

Topics: Immigration, Felipe Montes

Man Sentenced to 3 Years For Leading Mississippi Prison Riot

by Seth Freed Wessler on November 20 2012, 9:35AM

Juan Lopez-Fuentes became the first inmate to be sentenced for a riot that rattled a Mississippi federal prison in May.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration, /NOW Blog

Felipe Montes Enters Final Day Of Testimony In Fight For His Kids

by Seth Freed Wessler on November 20 2012, 9:12AM

One deported man’s struggle to regain parental custody of his children enters its final stage.

Topics: /NOW Blog, Felipe Montes

Undocumented Can Apply for FEMA Sandy Relief Through Citizen Kids

by Jorge Rivas on November 19 2012, 12:35PM

If history repeats itself undocumented immigrants will be a large part of Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts but they themselves won’t qualify for financial assistance from FEMA.

Topics: Environment, /NOW Blog

Immigrants Make Up Same Share of U.S. Population Today as They Did a Century Ago [Infographic]

by Jorge Rivas on August 21 2012, 3:29PM

Immigrants make up roughly the same share of the U.S. population today as they did a century ago.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

Undocumented Immigrants Ride Through South, Headed For a DNC Coming Out

by Aura Bogado on August 7 2012, 11:49AM

Why would a group of people who are ineligible to vote engage in electoral politics? We talk to a rider on the “UndocuBus” to find out.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Immigration, Politics

U.S. Workers’ Field of Employment Organized by Place of Birth, Illustrated

by Jorge Rivas on June 27 2012, 4:08PM

One in six U.S. workers was born somewhere else.

Topics: Economy, Immigration, /NOW Blog

Seth Wessler Talks Deportation and Shattered Families [VIDEO]

by Rebekah Spicuglia on May 11 2012, 11:20AM

“The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann” invited Colorlines.com reporter Seth Freed Wessler to discuss the Shattered Families report: “Children are being ripped from the arms of their parents at an alarming rate today in America. 5,000 American children are in…

Topics: Colorlines Press

Net Migration from Mexico Has Been at Zero Since 2007, Deportations Still at Record High

by Jorge Rivas on April 24 2012, 11:24AM

The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

Obama Promises Immigration Reform in First Year of Second Term

by Jorge Rivas on April 16 2012, 10:40AM

Obama told Univision he would like to do immigration this year, but Republican opposition is too intense.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

Obama Tells Latinos: Don’t Say I Didn’t Try for Immigration Reform

by Julianne Hing on February 23 2012, 10:47AM

And then calls out lawmakers who’ve pushed “anti-immigrant” laws like Arizona’s SB 1070.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Politics

Rhode Island to Offer In-State Tuition to Undocumented Students

by Jorge Rivas on September 27 2011, 1:11PM

Rhode Island joins 13 other states that offer in-state tuition, scholarships or student loans to undocumented students.

Topics: Schools & Youth

New Dutch Game Show Has Immigrants Compete to Reveal Unjust System

by Jorge Rivas on September 7 2011, 1:06PM

Last week’s winner took home a cash prize. The loser got a bullet proof vest.

Topics: Global Affairs, Immigration

Youth Drum Up Support for Dropping the I-Word in Charlotte, NC

by Mónica Novoa on May 5 2011, 12:18PM

The students rallied more than 1,200 people to sign pledge cards to drop the i-word in just a matter of hours.

Topics: Drop the I-Word

The Casual Violence That Dehumanizing Language Breeds

by Mónica Novoa on April 20 2011, 9:21AM

José Gutiérrez Guzmån is the most recent person to suffer out-of-scale violence from border agents, but he won’t be the last if we continue robbing migrants of their humanity.

Topics: Drop the I-Word, Immigration