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Health of military families should be national priority, report says

by Jayna Omaye | Oct 4, 2013 | Immigration, Science + Technology

A new report by the Brookings Institution and Princeton University suggests that policies and programs that address the health needs of the nearly two million Americans who have served post-9/11 and their families should be a national priority. Although many military...

Youth least likely to follow government shutdown news, report says

by Jayna Omaye | Oct 3, 2013 | Immigration, Politics

WASHINGTON — In the midst of the first government shutdown since 1995, only 13 percent of Americans ages 30 and younger are closely following government shutdown news, according to a new Pew Research Center study. Some young people say they’re more interested in...

Senate and House members still pushing immigration reform

by Catherine Brzycki | Oct 2, 2013 | Immigration

WASHINGTON — Despite the federal government shutdown, reform-minded lawmakers said this week they remain hopeful that an immigration bill will become law, adding their voices to national pressure to get legislation through the House of Representatives. The...

‘We are not marching backwards—we are marching forward’

by Paige Sutherland | Aug 28, 2013 | Immigration

This morning thousands of people took the streets of the Capital in honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Although America has made great strides in closing the racial disparity gap since 1963, much more is needed to be done.

50 years on, the dream still lives on.

by Holly LaFon, Michaela Meaney & Zachary Vasile | Aug 28, 2013 | Immigration, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — Half a century after Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech rang across the world, thousands relived the moment Wednesday by rallying at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate that momentous event. On the steps of Lincoln’s shrine, a star-studded...

The winners in immigration control: Private prisons

by Emily Hoerner & Amina Ismail | Aug 28, 2013 | Immigration, Topics

What if immigration reform advocates used financial arguments to make their case? Ask 10 individuals how they feel about the immigration debate, and you’ll get a range of responses combining humanitarian, employment, population, or economic concerns. You...
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