immigrant
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Seventy-two percent of Americans believe undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for at least five years, have jobs, and have no criminal records should be allowed to stay and earn legal work permits.
A federal audit found that many commercial licenses issued to immigrant drivers were set to expire long past the duration of immigrant truckers’ legal stay in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
Roberts and the court blocked such secret deportations and said the 5th Amendment entitles immigrants, like citizens, a right to “due process of law.”
From Los Angeles Times
By June, the nation’s immigrant population had decreased by more than a million, to 51.9 million — and that decline has probably continued.
From Los Angeles Times
Protection for immigrants: Healthcare officials are prohibited from disclosing a patient’s immigration status or birthplace and from giving immigration authorities access to nonpublic spaces in hospitals and clinics without a search warrant or court order.
From Los Angeles Times
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