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* THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE

December


* Report Criticizes Record Of Sheriff-Turned-TV Star (12-27-08)
* Father Returns To Mexico; Should Son Follow? (12-26-08)
* Minorities Less Prepared For Digital Shift (12-24-08)
* Immigrants Return Home (12-23-08)
* Recession Hits New Refugees Hard (12-22-08)
* Pass The Foie Gras: Christmas Menu Hard To Digest (12-21-08)
* Ecuador Feels Loss Of Money From Abroad (12-20-08)
* Could Texas Lose Its Solidly Republican Identity? (12-19-08)
* Obama Said To Pick Hilda Solis For Labor Secretary (12-19-08)
* In 'The Visitor,' Richard Jenkins Takes A Lead Turn (12-15-08)
* A Priceless Lesson In Humility (12-15-08)
* Iraqi Refugee Sinks Roots In Atlanta (12-15-08)
* Teens See Themselves In Photos Of Immigrants (12-13-08)
* Rules May Make Hiring Foreign Farmworkers Easier (12-12-08)
* Juarez Sees Huge Spike In Drug-Related Murders (12-11-08)
* Once Snubbed By GOP, Now Hailed As Its Future (12-10-08)
* Americans, Europeans Split On Immigration Views (12-07-08)
* Poggioli: Letter from Europe (12-06-08)
* Fence Affects Border Town Culture, Relationships (12-05-08)
* Immigrant Wins Award For Scholarship Work (12-05-08)
* Living In A Multicultural America (12-05-08)
* New NPR Funding Credit Raises Eyebrows (12-04-08)
* Economy, Drug Wars Hurt Cross-Border Business (12-04-08)
* Political Survivors Filling Obama's Cabinet (12-03-08)
* Political Junkie: Obama Builds His Cabinet (12-03-08)
* Agents Use High- And Low-Tech Tracking At Border (12-03-08)
* Napolitano's Past Jobs May Help With New Post (12-02-08)
* Immigration Experts Predict Fewer Workplace Raids (12-02-08)
* Deported Immigrants Struggle To Re-Enter U.S. (12-02-08)
* Homeland Security: Rethinking What Works (12-02-08)
* Series Overview: Examining A Relationship In Flux (12-01-08)
* Drug Deaths, Violence Plague Border In Tijuana (12-01-08)

November


* Author's First Thanksgiving Dinner Not Memorable (11-27-08)
* Immigrant Family Eases Into Thanksgiving Dinner (11-27-08)
* Author Junot Diaz Shares Thanksgiving Memories (11-27-08)
* Joseph O'Neill, The New Immigrant Experience (11-26-08)
* What's Next For Sen. John McCain? (11-26-08)
* Jhumpa Lahiri's Struggle To Feel American (11-25-08)
* Junot Diaz On 'Becoming American' (11-24-08)
* Border Security Challenges Next Administration (11-23-08)
* Thursday Morning: Biden's Birthday; Napolitano For DHS; And Waxman Vs. Dingell (11-20-08)
* Obama Eyes Napolitano For Homeland Security (11-20-08)
* Border-State Gov. Napolitano Tapped For DHS (11-20-08)
* Holder is Obama's Pick for Attorney General (11-18-08)
* Hispanic Turnout May Spur Immigration Overhaul (11-17-08)
* Plant Closures Create Kosher Meat Shortage (11-13-08)
* Latinos Increasingly Targeted For Hate Crimes (11-12-08)
* A Economic Strategy for Obama (11-11-08)
* Memo to the President (11-9-08)
* Latino Voters Defy Pundits, Vote For Obama (11-7-08)
* Jobs For Immigrant Day Workers Dry Up Amid Crisis (11-6-08)
* Mexico Hopes Obama Victory Helps U.S. Relations (11-5-08)
* Latino Voters Gave Obama Boost In Key States (11-5-08)
* Politics Undercut Mortgages For Illegal Workers (11-4-08)
* Labor Unions Now Recruiting Immigrant Workers (11-4-08)
* Housing Dream Backfires For Immigrant (11-3-08)

October


* Kosher Slaughterhouse Former Manager Arrested (10-31-08)
* Ex-Manager Of Iowa Meatpacking Plant Arrested (10-30-08)
* Anti-Obama Ads, Amid An Onslaught Of Emails (10-27-08)
* Ariz. Sheriff Finds Foes Of Immigration Campaign (10-25-08)
* Promoting An Ethnic Wedge Issue (10-24-08)
* Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (10-22-08)
* How McCain Fits Into Arizona's Political Landscape (10-22-08)
* Bipartisan Islamophobia Frustrates Muslim Voters (10-22-08)
* The Republican Party After Bush (10-22-08)
* Two Black Republicans, Divided On Obama (10-21-08)
* Op-Ed: Powell Endorsement 'Devastating' For GOP (10-20-08)
* PAC Puts Obama And 9/11 Together (10-17-08)
* What Happened To Illegal Immigration As An Issue? (10-17-08)
* From The Iraq War, A Troubled Romance In America (10-17-08)
* For Republicans, It's the Nut of the Problem (10-15-08)
* ACORN Has Long Been In Republicans' Cross Hairs (10-15-08)
* In Pennsylvania, Democrat Kanjorski In Trouble (10-13-08)
* Niyaz: From Iran To India To Los Angeles (10-12-08)
* Growing Latino Population Redefines Small Town (10-11-08)
* Honoring First Immigrant Processed At Ellis Island (10-10-08)
* Political Rewind: NPR's Best Election-Related Stories (10-9-08)
* How Is The Election Affecting Black Republicans? (10-9-08)
* Cracking Down On Illegal Immigration (10-9-08)
* In N.C., Pro-Immigration Hispanics Face Threats (10-9-08)
* Immigration Issues In The Buckeye State (10-9-08)
* New Mexico's Powerful Hispanic Vote (10-9-08)
* Race Remains An Election Wild Card in Ohio (10-8-08)
* Political Junkie: Presidential Debate Recap (10-8-08)
* 'Latinos ?08' Probes Importance to Presidential Bid (10-8-08)
* White House Seeks To Halt Release Of 17 Detainees (10-8-08)
* What We (Still) Don't Know About Obama and McCain (10-8-08)
* Roundtable: Why Do Some Women Hate Palin? (10-6-08)
* Chicago Charter School Network Defies Expectation (10-5-08)
* McCain's Mixed Messages on Immigration (10-2-08)
* Credit Markets, The Economy And Immigration: The Link (10-2-08)
* After Raid, Iowa Meatpacker Seeks Palau Workers (10-2-08)
* Fired Muslims To Sue Over Prayer Break Dispute (10-2-08)
* Low Expectations, Critical Role For Palin In Debate (10-1-08)
* Candidates Vie For Key Latino Votes (10-1-08)

September


* Politics: It's All In What You Hear (9-30-08)
* A Portrait Of The U.S., 'State By State' (9-28-08)
* How McCain, Obama Approach The Latino Vote (9-26-08)
* Historic Financial Crisis Shakes White House Race (9-26-08)
* Election Enthusiasm Spurs Drive For Citizenship (9-25-08)
* Hispanic Vote May Tip The Balance In Colorado (9-24-08)
* Laurel, Miss., Mulls Immigration Raid Aftermath (9-23-08)
* Political Rewind: How About Some Relief With That Bailout? (9-22-08)
* Wayne Wang Revisits The Immigrant Experience (9-21-08)
* Letters: Overseas Voting, Border Fences, Yellowstone (9-21-08)
* Immigration Finds Itself As Ballot Issue Again (9-19-08)
* Thursday Morning: McCain Looks for Economic Message, Obama Spanish-Language Ads Come Under Fire, and Potential Election Day Chaos (9-18-08)
* Spanish-Language Ads Bash Obama, Support McCain (9-17-08)
* Being Young And Arab In Post-Sept. 11 America (9-16-08)
* Life As An Immigrant in Germany (9-15-08)
* Flip, Flop, Flip? (9-12-08)
* Ads Warn That Immigration Must Be Reduced (9-12-08)
* Many Arab-Americans Still Perceived As A 'Problem' (9-11-08)
* Kosher Meat Plant Faces Child Labor Allegations (9-10-08)
* Joan Baez: Playing For 'Tomorrow' (9-07-08)
* Tom Russell: 'Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?' (9-07-08)
* Possible Immigration Changes (9-07-08)
* Calif. Church Provides Sanctuary To Immigrant (9-07-08)
* U.S. Immigration Agency And Deportation (9-07-08)
* How Would You Tackle Illegal Immigration? (9-06-08)
* Case Closed: Arizona Mystery Immigrant Identified (9-02-08)
* At Iowa Meatpacking Plant, New Workers Complain (9-02-08)
* California Dreamin': Immigration (9-01-08)
* Iowa Plant Charged With Hiring Minors (9-01-08)

August


* 'This American Moment': A Latino Perspective (8-26-08)
* Doctors Fear Effects Of Illegal Immigrant's Arrest (8-26-08)
* Immigration Study: 'Second Generation' Has Edge (8-24-08)
* Daughter Of Immigrants Defies Odds, Stereotypes (8-23-08)
* Voluntary Deportation Program Ends (8-23-08)
* Arkansas Community Sees Changing Face of Immigration (8-20-08)
* Border Oversight Sought After Arrest of Contractors (8-15-08)
* Cuban Doctor Found Home, Healing In U.S. (8-15-08)
* White Americans No Longer A Majority By 2042 (8-13-08)
* Government Ads Nudge Immigrants To Self-Deport (8-13-08)
* Self-Deportation Program Raises Questions, Skepticism (8-13-08)
* A Little Taste Of Senegal In Harlem (8-12-08)
* Fund Would Aid Those Seized In Workplace Raids (8-11-08)
* Dispatch from Mexico: The Numbers Crunch (8-07-08)
* Hospitals Fly Immigrants Back To Native Lands (8-07-08)
* Polls About Race Can Elicit Dishonest Responses (8-06-08)
* Will Illegal Immigants Volunteer To Leave? (8-05-08)
* Critics Say 'Scheduled Departure' Is PR Stunt (8-05-08)
* Illegal Immigrants Urged To Schedule Departure (8-05-08)
* Notes From The Undocumented 'Underground' (8-04-08)
* Mexico's HIV/AIDS Patients Seek U.S. Asylum (8-04-08)

July


* San Francisco Under Fire For Immigrant 'Sanctuary' (7-31-08)
* Ariz. A Leader In Efforts To Curb Illegal Immigration (7-31-08)
* Roundtable: Muslim Americans Battling Bias (7-29-08)
* Tracing Patterns In Politicized Hiring At Justice Dept. (7-29-08)
* Locals Challenge Ariz. Sheriff's Immigration Policy (7-29-08)
* Iraqi Refugee Finds Welcoming Home In The West (7-28-08)
* Election 2008: Candidates on the Issues (7-24-08)
* Obama In Berlin: No 'Walls' Should Divide Us (7-24-08)
* Immigrant Rights Groups Challenge ID Theft Arrests (7-24-08)
* Guantanamo, From The Inside Out (7-21-08)
* Candidates Split On Homeland Security Spending (7-21-08)
* Interpreter Details Detention In 'My Guantanamo' (7-21-08)
* DNA Tests Refugees' Claims Of U.S. Relatives (7-20-08)
* Bill Would End U.S. Ban On Visas For Those With HIV (7-19-08)
* McCain Walks Tightrope On Immigration (7-16-08)
* Headlines: Haitian Immigrant Dies in Detention Center (7-15-08)
* McCain Defends Immigration Stance In San Diego (7-15-08)
* Politicians: Flip-Flopping Or Changing Their Minds? (7-14-08)
* Students Recall College Life as Undocumented Immigrants (7-14-08)
* Obama Attacks McCain's Record On Immigration (7-09-08)
* Through Ads, Candidates Vie For Hispanic Voters (7-06-08)
* San Francisco Admits To Shielding Immigrant Felons (7-04-08)
* Immigration Agency Responds to Abuse Claims (7-04-08)

June


* Governors Resist as Guard Readies to Leave Border (6-25-08)
* Immigration Issue Doesn't Divide McCain, Obama (6-10-08)
* Immigration Raid Leaves Mark on Iowa Town (6-09-08)

May


* Vicente Fox on U.S. Immigration (5-28-08)
* Africa Update: Immigrants Flee South Africa (5-27-08)
* California Representative Says Immigration Issue Misunderstood (5-27-08)
* McCain Courts Voters of Color (5-23-08)
* Italy Tackles Garbage Crisis, Illegal Immigration (5-22-08)
* Football Star's Murder Spurs Immigration Law (5-20-08)
* Deportation Hearings Follow Iowa Raid (5-19-08)
* Border Patrol Policy Could Hinder Evacuations (5-19-08)
* Miss. Makes Working with False Documents a Felony (5-16-08)
* 'Careless Detention' Exposes Deadly Neglect (5-14-08)
* Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely? (5-13-08)
* Conditions at Detention Centers Questioned (5-13-08)
* Immigration Raids Shake California Schools (5-12-08)
* Mexican Smugglers Take to Sea to Cross into U.S. (5-07-08)
* Reporters' Roundtable: Indiana, N. Carolina Primaries (5-02-08)
* Origins and Future of U.S. 'Exceptionalism' (5-02-08)
* Poll: Fewer U.S. Immigrants Sending Money Home (5-01-08)

April


* Alabama Immigration Law Causing Marriage Discord (4-25-08)
* Employers Escaping Charges in Immigration Raids (4-25-08)
* Tomato Growers Cut Crop amid Immigration Worries (4-25-08)
* Intrusion Becomes Friendship in "The Visitor" (4-17-08)
* Overcrowded Jails Follow Immigration Crackdown (4-15-08)
* 'The Visitor' (4-10-08)
* Right or Wrong? (4-10-08)
* Immigrant Families Face Stress of Detention (4-10-08)
* El Salvador Struggles to Re-Absorb U.S. Deportees (4-09-08)
* Book: Finding America, Losing Home (4-08-08)
* Deportee Back Home After Near-Death Trip to U.S. (4-07-08)
* Job Opportunities for Day Laborers Decline (4-04-08)
* U.S. Companies Scramble for Foreign Worker Visas (4-01-08)
* Ariz. Proposes Bill to Stop Loss of Migrant Workers (4-01-08)
* Mexico Helps Migrants Expelled from U.S. Get Home (4-01-08)

March


* Arizona Considers Guest Worker Program (3-31-08)
* Making a Home in an Unfamiliar Homeland (3-27-08)
* A Tomato Farmer Closes Shop Over Immigration (3-26-08)
* Border Fence a Great Divide for Texas Landowners (3-24-08)
* Officer Demands Sex for Green Card (3-21-08)
* Elderly Immigrants Flow into California (3-17-08)
* McCain Faces Hurdle in Uniting Party on Immigration (3-17-08)
* Bill Gates Targets Visa Rules for Tech Workers (3-12-08)
* The Man Behind Arizona's Toughest Immigrant Laws (3-12-08)
* Latino Immigrants Fight to Be Counted in November (3-12-08)
* Community Organizer Fights for Immigrants (3-11-08)
* 'Guest Workers' Sue Mississippi Shipyard (3-10-08)
* 'America's Toughest Sheriff' Takes on Immigration (3-10-08)
* Deportation Pact Alarms Vietnamese Immigrants (3-05-08)
* Rivera Takes on Anti-Immigrant Fervor in 'His Panic' (3-04-08)
* Expansive Border Fence Stirs Fights Over Land (3-03-08)

February

* Delay in Muslims' Citizenship Process Leads to Suits (2-28-08)
* Border Fence Project Riddled with Problems (2-28-08)
* Iraqi Refugees Struggle to Build a Life in the U.S. (2-28-08)
* Manicurists Win Suit Against Salon (2-20-08)
* What of American Democracy Is Worth Exporting? (2-20-08)
* Suit Accuses Homeland Security of Illegal Searches (2-15-08)
* Illegal Immigrants Leave Familiar Items Behind (2-15-08)
* Visa Rules Hinder Couple's Celebration of Love (2-14-08)
* Mich. License Policy Keeping Out Skilled Workers (2-13-08)
* Calderon to Visit Mexican Immigrants in U.S. (2-10-08)
* Drug Informant Fights Deportation (2-07-08)
* Where the Candidates Stand on Illegal Immigration (2-01-08)

January

* U.S. Border Guards Set to Demand Passports (1-31-08)
* Can McCain Bridge Immigration Divide in Arizona? (1-31-08)
* San Francisco Police Focus on Abused Immigrants (1-30-08)
* Immigrants Expected to Boost U.S. Housing Market (1-29-08)
* NPR: Election 2008: The Candidates on Immigration (1-22-08)
* The Candidates on the Issues (1-25-08)
* Walking the Immigration Line (1-24-08)
* Examining King's Influence on Latino Community (1-20-08)
* New TV Ads Tout Immigrants' Value to Economy (1-19-08)
* Naturalization Applications Spike Ahead of Election (1-18-08)
* Huckabee Signs No Immigration Pledge (1-17-08)
* Tucson Braces for Strains of Migrant Prosecutions (1-15-08)
* Vt. Town's Way of Life Fades as Border Tightens (1-15-08)
* Border Battles, Immigration Issues and You (1-14-08)
* Local Police Taking On Immigration Enforcement (1-11-08)
* Local Agencies Taking On Immigration Enforcement (1-11-08)
* Immigrants Leave Okla. After Tough Law Enacted (1-02-08)
* Arizona Targets Employers of Illegal Immigrants (1-01-08)
* Arizona Implements Immigration Change (1-01-08)

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