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Immigrants Facing Deportation by U.S. Hospitals

Deborah Sontag

Shooing away flies and beaming at the tiny, toothless elderly mother who is his sole caregiver, Mr. Jiménez, a knit cap pulled tightly on his head, remains cheerily oblivious that he has come to represent the collision of two deeply flawed American systems, immigration and health care. Read more…

New Americans Democracy Day this Saturday!

Join Senator Dick Durbin, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, and hundreds of immigrants rights leaders from around the country for New Americans Democracy Day!, a national celebration of Immigrant Voting Power! Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is confirmed to attend. Read more…

Iowa Voters Reject Politics of Hate

Despite the best efforts of some candidates, talk radio hosts, and others to stir up anti-immigrant sentiment in their state, participants in last night’s Iowa presidential caucuses resoundingly rejected the politics of hate.

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