LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Our last conversation in Vancouver is with novelist Jen Sookfong Lee. I spoke with her as part of our ongoing series where we talk to regional authors about what the headlines miss about their area. (SOUNDBITE OF RAINFALL)

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Authors Talk Politics: Junot Diaz On Election 2016 play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0006:11repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. SCOTT

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CALIFORNIA California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of t

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By Brian Wagner Miami 17 August 2007 Peru's government has appealed for calm as relief workers try to deliver aid to survivors of a massive earthquake that killed at least 500 people. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that immigrant groups in the

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An Australian legislator has called for a sharp reduction in the number of immigrants allowed in the country, along with more rigorous background checks on new settlers. The intent is to determine whether immigrants from Africa or the Middle East ha

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 08 March 2006 No country faces as severe a population decline as Russia. Disease, accidental death, and a decline in healthy newborns are to blame. In fact, deaths in Russia out

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By Greg Flakus Cactus, Texas 25 January 2007 On December 12, the United States government carried out the largest nationwide operation against illegal immigrants at their workplaces in U.S. history, arresting 1,300 people at six meat-packing plants

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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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By Parke Brewer Turin, Italy 17 February 2006 watch Ice Dancers report American Melissa Gregory almost gave up her ice-dancing career when her partner left her to return to school. Russian Denis Petuk

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 09 January 2008 Illegal immigration has emerged as a dominant campaign issue for Republicans seeking the presidential nomination, with candidates competing to appear the most conservative. But Latino political organiza

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama made his first official visit to Latin America. He arrived Thursday in Mexico City and met with President Felipe Calderon. They discussed the drug war in Mexico, illegal immigrat

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By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 27 July 2006 watch Immigration report Day laborers witing for work The controversy over illegal immigrants in the United States has been heating up during the last few months. Efforts in Congress to curb illegal immi

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By Michael Bowman Washington 30 May 2007 President Bush says a primary goal of immigration reform is to bring millions of illegal aliens out of the shadows and provide a path to legal residency and eventual U.S. citizenship. But while the president c

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Arab Spring Migrants Trapped by Italys Economic Crisis The flow of migrants from Libya to Europe has resumed following the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi in October. Since the uprisings in Libya and Tunisia earlier this year, tens of thousands of migra

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Undocumented Immigrants Face Perilous Journey to US, No Guarantees RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS Every day, hundreds of undocumented immigrants from Central America attempt the arduous journey through Mexico and turn themselves over to U.S. border patrol

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Museum Exhibit Expands Upon Ellis Island's Story ELLIS ISLAND, NEW YORK Ellis Island in New York Harbor is a major tourist attraction in the area, second only to the Statue of Liberty. Some people come to the island to find information about their an

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By Jim Fry Washington 04 May 2007 Two days after thousands of people rallied in several American cities to call for change in U.S. immigration laws, President Bush again spoke out for what he calls comprehensive reform. Members of the president's own

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 08 March 2006 This week, the U.S. Senate will consider legislation that would define milllions of undocumented persons as felons and punish anyone who assists or encoura

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 September 2009 The French government announced it would close a zone occupied by immigrant squatters near the English Channel as part of its larger crackdown on illegal immigration. The move has been sharply criticized for fa

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're taking some time this morning to dive into President Trump's first primetime address from the Oval Office. He spoke last night for about 9 1/2 minutes, making his case for a multibillion-dollar border wall with Mexico. (SOUN

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