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Bipartisan Group Introduces Immigration Reform Bill

Proposal includes path to citizenship, increase in border security The group of senators working on an immigration bill for months released the major components of the proposal on Monday, April 15. The draft called: Outline of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, would offer a path to citizenship to the [...]

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Experts Say Immigration Reform Has a Thorny Path Ahead

  Latino activists say recent plans on immigration reform may not be unfolding the way they expect. On Thursday,  the Latino Policy Forum and immigration advocacy groups held an informational panel to discuss how the debates on immigration reform could play out in a time when Congress struggles to compromise. Among the panelists was Oscar [...]

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The Path Not Taken

New Data: Two-thirds of legal Mexican Immigrants are not U.S. Citizens Nearly two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico are not citizens of the United States, even though they are eligible to naturalize. Their rate of naturalization—-36 percent—-is only half that of legal immigrants from all other countries combined, according to an analysis [...]

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Senate Bipartisan Plan Outlines Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Millions of undocumented immigrants could obtain legal status in the United States if the new bipartisan plan presented on Monday Jan. 28 moves forward. The new framework includes the creation of a path to citizenship for those who are in the country illegally.The plan will curve illegal immigration by allowing undocumented immigrants to work and [...]

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Undocumented Youth: Dreaming, Waiting, Falling Through the Cracks

Interviews and Reporting by THE GATE’s Youth Journalists Spanish translation immediately follows at the end of this article. Traducción en español sigue inmediatamente al final del articulo. Although exact numbers are hard to attain, it is no secret the Back of the Yards neighborhood is home to a large population of undocumented youth who arrive [...]