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ICE is again changing the way it handles mothers and children who come here illegally, beginning to release most of them instead of detaining them in controversial "family-friendly" jails.

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Obama Actions Would Likely Protect Vast Majority Of Undocumented Immigrants

July 24, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Marc Rosenblum, the author of a new Migration Policy Institute study that found Obama's executive actions could protect some 87 percent from deportation.

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At Low Pay, Government Hires Immigrants Held At Detention Centers

July 24, 2015

"The government, which forbids everyone else from hiring people without documents, has effectively become the biggest employer of undocumented immigrants in the country," says Carl Takei, an attorney with the ACLU National Prison Project.

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Merced Farmers Support Bill To Grant Work Permits To Undocumented Farmworkers

July 20, 2015

(AP) - Some Merced County farmers say a bill that would allow undocumented farmworkers to access work permits could be a solution to labor shortages.

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U Visas Aid Undocumented Immigrants Who Are Victims Of Crimes

July 20, 2015 | Bob Moffitt

Each year, thousands of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. obtain visas by helping law enforcement agencies solve crimes.

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Sanctuary Cities Draw Scrutiny

July 13, 2015 | Katie Orr

The alleged murder of a San Francisco woman by an undocumented immigrant with a criminal history has revived a debate in the California Capitol over sanctuary cities.

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