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My Family’s Immigration Story

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In the early 1950s, as a young boy, my father crossed the Atlantic aboard a TWA Super Constellation propeller airplane that took off in Madrid and landed in New York. He says he immediately felt right at home. A nine-hour ride on a Greyhound…
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What is Really Happening with Immigration Reform

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Here’s a prediction you don’t often hear from inside the beltway: Immigration reform that strengthens border security, grows the economy, and gives 11 million undocumented immigrants an eventual shot at citizenship will be signed into…
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Smuggled, an Indie Film Celebrating Immigrant Mothers

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The award-winning film, Smuggled written and directed by Ramón Hamilton, brings to life the sacrifice immigrant mothers make to provide their children with better opportunities by leaving their own countries for the United States. The film…
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Undocumented Immigrants Are Still Struggling to Recover From Superstorm Sandy

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STATEN ISLAND –  Vanessa Ramos does her homework in the bathroom. Family dinner is served on a folded table, a checkered green cloth adding a homely feel. She jostles with eight others for television time, though adults have first-dibs…
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10 Questions on Immigration for Jorge Ramos

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Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series on immigration, leading up to our Twitter Talk on February 13 at 9pm EST with Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos. To take part in the conversation, follow #CountryForAll on Twitter. Given…
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The Immigrant Bill of Rights

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Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series on immigration, leading up to our Twitter Talk on February 13 at 9pm EST with Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos. To take part in the conversation, follow #CountryForAll on Twitter. Jorge Ramos's…
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The Land of Two Million Deportations

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Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series on immigration, leading up to our Twitter Talk on February 13 at 9pm EST with Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos. To take part in the conversation, follow #CountryForAll on Twitter. Welcome…

20 Quotes by Jorge Ramos on Immigration

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Celebrated television journalist Jorge Ramos has for years been a powerful advocate for immigration reform that opens a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants already living in the United States. He’s written…
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In ‘A Country for All’, Jorge Ramos Still Speaks for the “Invisibles”

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Editor’s note: This post is part of a series on immigration leading up to our Twitter Talk on February 13 at 9pm EST with Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos. To take part in the conversation, follow #CountryForAll on Twitter. Award-winning…