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Did Mississippi Mother Lose Her Baby to Foster Care Because She Doesn’t Speak English?

By | 08.28.09 | 2:59 pm

Time has a shocking immigration story in its Aug. 27 issue about an undocumented woman originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, who was reported to the Department of Homeland Security for deportation when she showed up at a hospital in Pascagoula, Miss., to give birth. The agency took the  newborn More…

Anti-Immigration Activists See Opportunity in Health Care Debate

By | 08.14.09 | 1:05 am

When President Obama showed up for a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Tuesday, he heard more than just protests against health care.

“We don’t need illegals,” yelled a white-bearded protester into his megaphone outside the high school auditorium in Portsmouth, caught on video here. More…

Report Finds Widespread Discrimination Against Latino Immigrants in South

By | 04.21.09 | 12:08 pm

A new report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that low-income Latino immigrants face increasing hostility as they fill low-wage jobs in the southern United States, which until recently had few Latino immigrants until recently. Based on a survey of 500 low-income Latinos across the South — More…