Letters to the Editor
From seventh graders at the Dolores Huertes Learning Academy in Oakland, California
Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
Where the Candidates Stand: Immigration
More than 12 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States. Most left their home country because of poverty.
Under the Same Moon: A Review
Under the Same Moon shows us how people without legal working papers live in the United States in fear of deportation.
Immigrant Families Threatened by Raids
Peggy Delarosa-Delgado’s house was mistakenly raided by armed immigration officials looking for an “undocumented” immigrant.
Mexican Activist Deported
Elvira Arellano, a Mexican citizen and immigration activist, was arrested and deported on August 19 while visiting Los Angeles.
Letters to the Editor
Kids write in with their opinions about immigrant families in detention and the Armenian Genocide.
Immigration Proposal
The U.S. Senate proposes a plan for more fences and troops at the Mexican border and to make education and skills more important than family ties in deciding which immigrants are allowed to have legal immigrant status.
U.S. Population Hits 300,000,000
300 million people now live in the U.S., but it was only in 1915 when the counter ticked to 100 million. For many years the percentage of people who were immigrants hovered in the single digits. Today, at the
300 million mark, the immigration population is at about 12 percent, close to where it was back in 1915.
