…of staff harassment. The BJS collected information from federal and state prisons as well as correctional facilities run by tribal governments, the U.S. military and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In…
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…results in some communities being overlooked entirely, such as Asians and Native Americans, while stories about Latino communities focus predominantly on immigration, she said. Hannah-Jones discussed the challenges of surfacing…
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…case about the reach of immigration laws into a “major constitutional confrontation,” she said. “That said to me that the court is veering out of control in our political environment.”…
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…on Education and the Workforce refers to certificates as “bite-sized educational awards … [that] provide the on-ramp to college education and middle-class jobs for low-income, minority and immigrant Americans who…
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…in a 2005 study published in Social Science Quarterly, “Language Provisions Under the Voting Rights Act: How Effective Are They.” Keywords: bilingual, ballot, precinct, immigrants, Yo Vote, Vote Aqui…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email When given a choice of public schools, middle-class parents choose those located in wealthier areas with fewer immigrants and fewer residents who practice minority religions…
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…House!’ Home and Mobile Home Ownership among Latino/a Immigrants in Florida,” finds that Latinos who live in mobile homes view them as “a symbolic marker of upward social mobility and…
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…paper on food stamp use by Mexican immigrant families. A 2015 paper in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics discusses the political economy of the farm bill. A 2017 paper…
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…Christian communities; on the Catholic community; on religion and immigration policy; and on Muslim Americans. In 2012 the Pew Research Center found no significant difference in church attendance between white…
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…drug 12 months later. A 2017 paper in Addictive Behaviors finds immigrants are about half as likely as native-born Americans to develop a substance-use disorder. Journalist’s Resource has written on healthcare…
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