immigration
Official Trump policy: Take refugee kids away from parents
May 11, 2018There have been at least 700 cases of migrant families forcibly separated since late last year.
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‘The Chinese Exclusion Act’: PBS documentary shows commonalities with current immigration struggles
May 4, 2018Current immigration debates revive echoes of the race-based system which defined U.S. immigration policy for well over half a century.
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Supreme Court shows partisan split on Trump’s “Muslim ban”
April 26, 2018Remarks from oral arguments yesterday indicate GOP-named Justices are for Trump, Democratic-named ones against.
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L.A. Times Food Bowl: Beyond elitist culinary excursions
April 20, 2018“No one needs another food event that’s just concentrated on ‘fancy’ stuff," says L.A. Times food editor Amy Scattergood. This year's L.A. Food Bowl promises to be anything but.
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Banned by Trump: The families affected by his Muslim “shutdown”
April 20, 2018“This is my real life. That’s what I’m fighting for,” Radad Alborati says, holding a photo of him and his sons. “This country is built on family. And this is my family.”
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