Bringing the border closer to home, one immersion trip at a time
Many if not most Americans have never crossed the U.S. border with Mexico by land or spent any time in that region.
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Apr 19, 2019
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News tagged with undocumented immigrants
Living arrangements of 'Dreamers' are more complex, less stable, study shows
Undocumented Mexican and Central American immigrants who came to the United States as children or teens, commonly known as "Dreamers," live in more complex and less stable households than their documented or native-born counterparts, ...
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Feb 5, 2019
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White Americans see many immigrants as 'illegal' until proven otherwise, survey finds
Fueled by political rhetoric evoking dangerous criminal immigrants, many white Americans assume low-status immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Syria, Somalia and other countries President Donald Trump labeled "shithole" ...
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Oct 11, 2018
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U.S. undocumented immigrant population roughly double current estimate
The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States is roughly twice as high as commonly believed, according to new research from MIT Sloan and Yale professors.
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Sep 24, 2018
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Americans are not as divided or conservative on immigration as you might think
Lawmakers in Washington, from the president down to first-term members of Congress, may be misjudging how the public feels about immigration.
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Jul 3, 2018
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Nearly 70 percent of undocumented Mexican immigrants report discrimination
A new study from Rice University found that 69 percent of undocumented Mexicans living in high-risk neighborhoods near the California-Mexico border reported interpersonal discrimination due to being undocumented.
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Jun 15, 2018
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Study shows undocumented immigration doesn't increase violent crime
Undocumented immigrants reduce the rate of violent crime in the United States, according to a new study, despite immigrants struggling with many socioeconomic factors shared by people who are more likely to commit crimes.
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Apr 24, 2018
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'Dreamers' could give US economy – and even American workers – a boost
Earlier this month, hopes were high that a bipartisan deal could be reached to resolve the fate of the "Dreamers," the millions of undocumented youth who were brought to the U.S. as children.
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Jan 19, 2018
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Undocumented immigration doesn't worsen drug, alcohol problems in US, study indicates
Despite being saddled with many factors associated with drug and alcohol problems, undocumented immigrants are not increasing the prevalence of drug and alcohol crimes and deaths in the United States, according to a new study ...
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Aug 1, 2017
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Immigrants on Temporary Protected Status more civically engaged
U.S. immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras on Temporary Protected Status, despite its in-between and temporary nature, generally do better than undocumented immigrants in educational attainment and civic engagement ...
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Jun 30, 2017
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