By Margaret Besheer Washington 17 October 2006 Immigrants take the oath of U.S. citizenship in Gilbert, Arizona (file photo) The U.S. population has reached 300 million, according to the Census Bureau. Only China and India have larger populations th

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This week Monday, a coalition of advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in Washington to block a pending law in the Western U.S. state of Arizona. Arizona is on the U.S. border with Mexico, and the controversial law is a response to illegal immigration to t

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By Nina Marie Potts Rotterdam, Netherlands 14 February 2006 watch Rotterdam report Immigrants in Rotterdam European assumptions about how easy it is to integrate immigrant communities are being sharpl

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Immigrant nannies. Stroll through any residential Manhattan neighborhood and you'll see these private child-care providers walking hand in hand with their young charges, feeding them, comforting them, taking them to the park. What is life like for th

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By Michael Bowman Washington 01 May 2006 Amid heated debate over illegal immigration in the United States, millions of immigrants cut short their workday or stayed home in hopes of demonstrating their

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 22 June 2006 A new film called That Game of Chess is the story of an Indian immigrant who pursues his dreams in the United States. Filmmaker Viresh Sinha is an immigrant who hopes his first venture into cinema opens do

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Anti-Immigrant Attacks Spur Florence Artists to Action With its stunning architecture and countless galleries, Florence has long been at the heart of Western art. It is the birthplace of the Renaissance, the flowering of Western artistic endeavor tha

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科隆袭击案加剧欧洲移民危机 Europe's immigration crisis has taken a new turn after reports that New Year's attacks on women in Cologne and other cities were organized by immigrant groups. Swedish authorities now have to answer allegations

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: General John Kelly is at the center of what is arguably the most turbulent presidential administration in modern times. A decorated four-star Marine Corps general with four decades in the service, he serves as chief of staff in t

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LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: Over the past year, there have been a lot of big stories in the news about the rights of tribes versus the federal government, themes that have resurfaced over centuries. A new novel explores those themes and their cyclical natur

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested hundreds of parents who are in the country illegally. They are suspected of paying smugglers to bring their children to the U.S. Federal officials say those parents are putting the

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right, now where families may be housed will depend a lot on what the Pentagon can do. The U.S. military has been asked to provide facilities for migrants. NPR's Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman has been trying to get so

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Trump administration is moving to penalize legal immigrants for using government benefits, including Medicaid and food assistance. Although many of the details haven't been set in stone, NPR's Joel Rose reports the idea has alr

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Close to 10,000 protesters descended upon the small East German city of Chemnitz today, sparked by the stabbing death a week ago of a German man allegedly by two Middle Eastern asylum-seekers. The demonstration raised new concern

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 06 May 2006 The immigration debate is heating up on both sides of the Atlantic, pitting advocates for legalizing illegal immigrants against those who support stronger anti-immigra

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 04 May 2006 watch Immigrantion report In the debate over illegal immigration in the United States, the Catholic Church has been a prominent voice in support of immigrant

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By Bogdan Wojciechowski Washington, DC 16 November 2006 watch Afghan Cowboy report There are many cowboys in America. But Miran Fareed is unique because he comes from Afghanistan. This immigrant does not live in the western U.S. like most American c

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今天我们要学的词是influx。 Influx, 意思是流入,涌入。 Local animal shelters saw an influx of stray dogs at the peak of foreclosures, 破产房高峰期间,当地宠物收容所流浪狗的数量大幅度增加。目前,美国职棒

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By Cindy Saine Washington 08 November 2007 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says measures, such as hiring more agents and installing hi-tech detectors, have resulted in 22 percent decrease in arrests of illegal immigrants along the southe

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By Alan Silverman Holloywood 11 March 2007 The American immigrant saga has a South Asian flavor in a new film adapted from the best-selling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri about two generations of a Bengali family living in the United States. Alan Silverman h

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