Number of Lone Kids Living in US Illegally on the Rise
By Odette Yousef
A sharp increase in unaccompanied minors migrating to the U.S. illegally has exposed a gap in immigration enforcement. Some Chicago legal advocates are fighting for reform.
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Immigrant Domestic Workers Test New Ways to Settle Disputes
By Nina Porzucki, The World
On a recent Saturday afternoon, a dozen nannies and housecleaners, many of them immigrants from Brazil, gather with employers in a living room in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They snack on cheese and crackers, breaking the ice a bit before talking about talking and how to settle some of the troubles that can bubble up in domestic work.
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Human Rights,
Immigration
How Will Obama Make His Case on Syria?
By Don Gonyea
The U.S. role in the civil war in Syria has been limited to humanitarian aid and nonlethal equipment for the rebels. But that may change with recent revelations about the use of chemical weapons.
The DOMA, Prop 8 Waiting Game Is On
By Jeff Bossert
A lot of people are waiting to see how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on California’s Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. Those include one couple in Champaign.
US Extends Aid to Syrian Rebels
Escalating carnage increases pressure for western intervention
By the British Broadcasting Corporation
The US is to step up its support for the Syrian opposition as it fights to topple President Bashar al-Assad, Secretary of State John Kerry says.