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Category: Ask Immigration Decoded

As the immigration debate rages on, we investigate reader questions about how new developments, existing policies and how the system affects people’s daily lives.

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Data defies Trump’s claims that refugees and asylees burden taxpayers

by Madeline Buiano and Susan Ferriss May 8, 2019March 1, 2022

In this post, we’re answering a question we received from Jen: What is the economic impact of refugees in the near and long term (transition time between needing assistance and adding to the economy)? Since the beginning of his presidency, Donald J. Trump and top advisers have portrayed refugees and asylum seekers as a risky, […]

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Hiding from ICE miles from the White House to avoid Trump’s deportation policies

by Madeline Buiano January 24, 2019January 28, 2022
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Trump justifies shutdown, wall by bashing immigrants’ role in economy. What’s true?

by Susan Ferriss January 8, 2019January 28, 2022
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Understanding immigration in the Trump era

by Madeline Buiano December 20, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inAsk Immigration Decoded, Immigration, Immigration Decoded

Vote now for the next Immigration Decoded story

by The Center for Public Integrity November 6, 2018January 28, 2022
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ICE data: Tens of thousands of deported parents have U.S. citizen kids

by Madeline Buiano October 12, 2018January 28, 2022
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Family separations: What happened to the nursing baby?

by Madeline Buiano and Susan Ferriss October 1, 2018January 28, 2022
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Submit your questions to Ask Immigration Decoded

by The Center for Public Integrity August 30, 2018January 28, 2022
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Family separation, U.S. treaties and asylum obligations: What’s legal?

by Madeline Buiano and Susan Ferriss July 26, 2018January 28, 2022
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What’s behind the policy separating kids from their parents at the border?

by Susan Ferriss June 19, 2018January 28, 2022

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