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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p><strong>PHOENIX</strong> — Maricela De Jesus has renewed hope that passage of an immigration bill in the Senate will finally allow her and her husband to step out of the shadows, after 13 years of living in the United States without legal documents.</p>
<p>“It would help me go back to Mexico and see my family,” said De Jesus. “My father died, and I couldn’t go back to see him.”</p>

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p><strong>PHOENIX</strong> — A federal judge ruled on Friday that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio engaged in racial profiling of Latinos, violating their constitutional rights in his crackdown on illegal immigration. Civil rights advocates expect the ruling to send a chilling message to other law enforcement agencies that are planning to engage in immigration enforcement.</p>

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p>Two immigrant mothers stood outside the downtown Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office holding a sign that read, “They have a Dream.” The women stood in silence — they shouted no slogans and sang no chants. They didn’t need to. The lyrics to a song being performed live right in front of them told their story and that of so many others like them.</p>

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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p><strong>PHOENIX, Ariz.</strong> – Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide in Arizona are claiming victory following Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on the state’s immigration law known as SB 1070.</p>