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Hair braiders trying to weave success face licensing snarls
BOSTON – For Gladys Freeman, an African immigrant, her skill at braiding hair in traditional ways gave her the key to charting her…
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DHS released nearly 20,000 criminal immigrants last year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. tried repeatedly to deport Jean Jacques, an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, but his native…
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City Councilor Michelle Wu fights for Boston’s immigrant communities
Although only in her first term as a Boston City Councilor At-Large, Councilwoman Michelle Wu is already breaking down barriers – both in…
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Immigrant kids placed with adults also in US illegally
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The vast majority of immigrant children who arrive alone at the U.S. border are placed by the government…
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Healey uses immigrant rally to bash ‘extremist’ Trump
BOSTON – As hundreds of immigrants and supporters gathered to lobby for legislation to benefit their communities, state Attorney General Maura Healey, a…
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Home inspiration for Indian entrepreneur
By all accounts Suman Lal was headed for a career in medicine, but it was conversations with a fellow scientist Pradeep Paul…