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Immigrants sexually abused in centers: report

Immigrants reported being sexually abused at federal detention centers nearly 200 times since 2007, documents released Wednesday show.

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ICE deports record number of immigrants in year (AP)

AP – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Tuesday his agency deported nearly 400,000 individuals during the fiscal year that ended in September, the largest number of removals in the agency’s history.

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Immigrants fearing deportation make plans for kids (AP)

In this Oct. 6, 2011 photo taken from video, Jazmin Rivera, right, a case manager with the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, works with an unidentified immigrant in her office in Birmingham, Ala. Parents living in the country illegally are scared of deportation under Alabama's new immigration law, and Rivera has helped many with paperwork to provide care for their children in case the parents are arrested. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP – Terrified by Alabama’s strict new immigration crackdown, parents living in the state illegally say they are doing something that was unthinkable just days ago — asking friends, relatives, co-workers and acquaintances to take their children if they’re arrested or deported.


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‘Brain waste’ thwarts immigrants’ career dreams (AP)

In this March 9, 2011 photo, Maria Montenegro, originally from Colombia, poses for a picture in New York. As a family practitioner Montenegro estimates she saw thousands of patients after finishing medical school in Bogota. Obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency medicine, even surgery - she did it all. But since coming to the United States she's had to work as a sales clerk, babysitter, medical assistant - and that last one definitely rubbed raw at times. “I know I was working in my field,” the 34-year-old Queens resident said. “But that is medical assistant. I’m a doctor.”  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP – After finishing medical school in Bogota, Colombia, Maria Anjelica Montenegro did it all — obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency medicine, even surgery. By her estimate, she worked with thousands of patients.


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Chipotle under fire for hiring illegal immigrants, fires hundreds

The Mexican food chain Chipotle, which serves gut-busting burritos, tacos and tortilla-less burrito bowls in nearly 1,100 locations across the U.S., fired hundreds of workers in Minnesota recently amid a probe by immigration authorities.

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In Congress, a harder line on illegal immigrants (AP)

AP – The end of the year means a turnover of House control from Democratic to Republican and, with it, Congress’ approach to immigration.

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Democrats delay action on young immigrants bill (AP)

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., center, accompanied by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., left, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, speaks about the Dream Act legislation,  Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – The Senate moved Thursday to delay a politically charged showdown vote on legislation carving out a path to legal status for foreign-born youngsters brought to this country illegally, putting off but probably not preventing the measure’s demise.


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