Skilled immigrants a 'brain waste' in California's workforce

Skilled immigrants a 'brain waste' in California's workforce

About 300,000 college-educated legal immigrants in the state, and 1.3 million nationwide, are unemployed or working in low-level jobs because their credentials aren't recognized here, a study finds. »

OPINION: Rules of deportation

Immigration authorities need to release the guidelines...
Central American immigrants adopt Mexican ways in U.S.

Central American immigrants adopt Mexican ways in U.S.

Many who come to the U.S. from El Salvador and elsewhere say...

Neither camp concerned about issue of Obama's aunt

A top advisor to Barack Obama on Saturday shrugged off the...
An immigrant's emotional journey
Opinion
At the turn of the century, she found the U.S. a joyful place. Her mood, and the...
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Man may be deported even though charges of entering U.S. illegally were dismissed
Immigration officials have arrested O.C. resident and are trying to reinstate 4-...
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The attorney twice fails to submit papers. The father has been deported. The mother wins new day in...
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Citizenship often determines who gets medical care
Kidney dialysis is a case in point: Some states won't treat illegal immigrants,...

Former Police Chief Daryl Gates debates enforcement and illegal immigrants
A controversial rule, Special Order 40, that Gates helped draft has received...
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An ACLU attorney showed authorities his birth certificate and other documents to obtain his release.
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Making their dreams pan out
COLUMN ONE
In restaurants around L.A., immigrants from Latin America who began as...
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U.S. to renew push for crackdown on illegal workers
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff says he will seek to lift an injunction...
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Veteran activist shows support for immigrant rights protesters
Dolores Huerta tells group fasting in Olvera Plaza that they are fighting for...
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Gardasil, recommended for young female residents, is required for their immigrant counterparts. Its...
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Although most of the nonpartisan campaigns are helping Latinos with the voting process, some groups are...
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Mexico's agreement to deport Cubans smuggled into the country is likely to curb the number who make it to...
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Brothers Raul and Fidel Villarreal were being investigated on suspicion of smuggling illegal immigrants...
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The justices will decide whether illegal workers can be convicted of identity theft if they didn't know...
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Republican immigration policies have tilted them toward the Democrat, the study says.
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Immigration, abortion and the next president
Editorial
McCain and Obama are closer on immigration issues but differ starkly on...

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