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Economic impact of illegal immigrants in the United States

Local elementary school students vote for fairy tale and movie-themed gingerbread houses created by pastry students from the San Ysidro Adult School Culinary Arts program in San Ysidro, California on December 9, 2014.

Five things we learned in 2014 about immigrants in the US — documented and undocumented

Global Politics

Federal prisons are housing nearly as many people for immigration offenses as they do for drug offenses. That’s just one of the interesting things we learned about immigrants this year.

Americans find ways to support undocumented immigrants

Global Politics

The muddled debate over immigration and jobs

Business, Economics and Jobs

Undocumented Immigrants Work to Come Out of the Fiscal Shadows, Pay Taxes

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Immigration and jobs

Global Politics
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