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ABEYAT, Occupied West Bank

Palestinians Fight Unlawful Deportation

By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Hind Ibrahim Abeyat has spent most of her life separated from her father. “Every house in Palestine has something – someone in prison, a martyr,” the 19-year-old told IPS from her family home in Abeyat village, near Bethlehem.
Many in the Latino community are disappointed by U.S. President Barack Obama

Immigration Policies Wreak Unseen Havoc on U.S. Communities

By Zoha Arshad
Deportation is a devastating experience for a family, breaking it apart and leading to emotional and mental stress for its members. But a new report from the Centre for American Progress shows that such duress extends beyond families and into the larger community as a whole.

U.S.: Latinos Could Shift Outcome of 2012 Elections, Experts Say

By Ethan Freedman
As the Latino population in the United States rises, the demographic shift will affect future as well as current voting habits, and therefore election outcomes, in the United States, according to several experts.
Undocumented immigrants who come to the U.S. as children and are deemed to pose no security risk will no longer be under threat of deportation. Credit: Stephen C. Webster/CC By 2.0

Obama Wins Cautious Praise for Ending Deportation of Minors

By Carey L. Biron and Ethan Freedman
President Barack Obama's administration announced on Friday that the United States would no longer deport certain young immigrants.