Immigration

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May 25, 2010
OPINION - It's time for black leaders to stand on the side of black citizens and legal immigrants over lawbreakers…
May 19, 2010
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (AP) - Michelle Obama faced a tough, personal immigration question from a second-grader Wednesday when she visited…
May 19, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a showy display of solidarity, President Barack Obama welcomed Mexican President Felipe Calderon to the White…
May 13, 2010
OPINION - By removing ethnic studies, Arizona spits in the face of the civil rights legacy, and tells people of…
May 12, 2010
OPINION - There is a quiet but glaring disconnect between civil rights leaders backing immigration reform and the antipathy many…
May 12, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) - State schools chief Tom Horne said the Tucson school district's Mexican-American studies program teaches Latino students they…
May 11, 2010
GENEVA (AP) - Arizona's new law on illegal immigration could violate international standards that are binding in the United States,…
May 11, 2010
OPINION - While immigration trends have led to immigrants filling low wage jobs that were historically filled by African-Americans, no…
May 6, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) - Suns fans wore "Los Suns" jerseys and T-shirts and a group of four even entered the arena…
May 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said he wants to begin work this year on legislation overhauling the U.S. immigration system,…
May 5, 2010
OPINION - The Suns' protest will probably give other athletic teams the courage to follow suit...
May 5, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) - Organizers plan a gathering at a church near downtown Phoenix and then a three-mile candlelight procession to…
May 4, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) - Owner Robert Sarver says it's "to honor our Latino community and the diversity of our league, the…
May 3, 2010
OPINION - Racial profiling had virtually disappeared as a sore point of debate and contention before Arizona's immigration battle...
May 2, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - From Los Angeles to Washington, activists, families, students and even politicians marched, practiced civil disobedience and "came…
April 30, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - Immigrant rights activists hope Arizona's controversial immigration law will spark scores of people to protest in rallies…
April 30, 2010
OPINION - Once people begin to accept that taking away this piece of our humanity and values is ok, it…
April 30, 2010
SLIDESHOW - theGrio has compiled for you our top ten favorite tweets on the topical events of the week that…
April 30, 2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Rep. Duncan Hunter said he would support deporting U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants, adding that "it…
April 29, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) - A referendum drive and a lawsuit have emerged as potential road blocks to Arizona's tough new law…