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COLUMN: Deportations force us to look past our privilege


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This past week, deportations and raids led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement turned Los Angeles from a city of hope into one of fear and uncertainty. Almost 200 undocumented Angelenos were detained and deported. Los deportó la migra. Chills go down my back when I hear those words. The sheer thought that mi mamá […]

Poor health care affects immigration


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As a report by the Center for Social Justice released Tuesday reveals, during the past five years, an estimated 600 immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally have been deported by American hospitals in a little-known removal system called “medical repatriation.” As inhumane as the end decision seems, the underlying complexities regarding illegal immigration and health […]