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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
1. DHS estimates of the size and characteristics of the resident nonimmigrant population for 2011
2. U.K.: Reports on immigration, migration, monthly asylum applications, and international migration for 2011
REPORTS, ARTICLES, ETC.
3.
New report from TRAC
4. Three new papers from the Institute for the Study of Labor
5. Five new reports and features from the Migration Policy Institute
6. Thirteen new papers from the Social Science Research Network
7. Two new reports from the International Organization for Migration
8. "Options for Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexican Border"
9. "U.S. Birth Rate Falls to a Record Low; Decline Is Greatest Among Immigrants"
10. Canada: New working paper and research summary from CERIS
11. "Causes and consequences of international migration: sociological evidence for the right to mobility"
12. "Harnessing Remittances and Diaspora Knowledge to Build Productive Capacities"
13. "Migrating Towards Participation: Immigrants and Their Descendants in the Political Process"
BOOKS
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Class, Contention, and a World in Motion
15. The Mediterranean Dimension of the European Union's Internal Security
16. Military Migrants: Fighting for YOUR Country
17. Punjabi Immigrant Mobility in the United States: Adaptation through Race and Class
18. Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century
19. The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits
JOURNALS
20.
Ethnic and Racial Studies
21. Forced Migration Review
22. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
23. Resenha
1.
Estimates of the Size and Characteristics of the Resident Nonimmigrant Population in the United States: January 2011
By Bryan Baker
DHS Office of Immigration Statistics, Population Estimates, November 2012
http://www.dhs.gov/sites/cis.org/files/publications/immigration-statistics/ois_ni_pe_2011.pdf
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Immigration Statistics, July-September 2012
U.K. Home Office, November 29, 2012
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/immigration-q3-2012/immigration-q3-2012snr1?view=Binary
Monthly asylum application tables - September 2012
U.K. Home Office, November 29, 2012
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/asylum-sep-2012
Migration Statistics Quarterly Report, November 2012
Office for National Statistics, November 29, 2012
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_288105.pdf
Long-Term International Migration, 2011
Office for National Statistics, November 29, 2012
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/long-term-international-migration/2011/index.html
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New from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Continued Decline and Shifting Focus Seen in Criminal Immigration Prosecutions
November 2012
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/300/
Excerpt: The latest available data from the Justice Department — current through August 2012 — show a continuing decline in the number of criminal prosecutions resulting from referrals made by agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). During the last 12 months there have been 81,496 such prosecutions filed, nearly 10 percent fewer than in August 2011 when the 12-month total had been 90,139 (see Table 1).
TRAC shared its findings with both ICE and CBP and asked for comment for these declining numbers. A CBP spokesman explained this decline as a direct result of the fall in border apprehensions:
"We believe that the investment the American people have made in personnel, infrastructure and technology on the borders of the United States are continuing to pay dividends in the form of lower apprehension numbers."
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New from the Institute for the Study of Labor
1. Immigrants, Ethnic Identities and the Nation-State
By Amelie F. Constant and Klaus F. Zimmermann
Discussion Paper No. 7020, November 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7020
2. English Deficiency and the Native-Immigrant Wage Gap
By Alfonso Miranda and Yu Zhu
Discussion Paper No. 7019, November 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7019
3. Refugee and Asylum Migration to the OECD: A Short Overview
By Timothy J. Hatton
Discussion Paper No. 7004, November 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7004
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New from the Migration Policy Institute
1. Transnational Crime in Mexico and Central America: Its Evolution and Role in International Migration
By Steven Dudley
November 2012
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/RMSG-TransnationalCrime.pdf
2. Engaging the Asian Diaspora
By Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias and Kathleen Newland
November 2012
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/engagingdiasporas.pdf
3. Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States
By Qingqing Ji and Jeanne Batalova
Migration Information Source, November 2012
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=915
4. US Election Realigns Stars for Immigration Reform, But Significant Hurdles Remain
By Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron
Migration Information Source, November 2012
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?ID=914
5. Belgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration
By Milica Petrovic
Migration Information Source, November 2012
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=913
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New from the Social Science Research Network
1. Educational Attainment Across Generations: The Role of Immigration Background
By Deborah Cobb-Clark and Trong-Ha Nguyen
Economic Record, Vol. 88, Issue 283, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2181806
2. Routine Exceptionality: The Plenary Power Doctrine, Immigrants, and the Indigenous Under U.S. Law."
By Susan Bibler Coutin, University of California, Irvine School of Law, and Justin Richland, University of Chicago
September 12, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2181071
3. Immigrant Selection in the OECD
By Michèle Belot, University of Oxford, and Timothy J. Hatton, Australian National University (ANU) School of Economics
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 114, Issue 4, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2181265
4. Do Immigrants Affect Firm-Specific Wages?
By Nikolaj Malchow-Møller; Jakob Roland Munch, University of Copenhagen Department of Economics; and Jan Rose Skaksen
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 114, Issue 4, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2181264
5. Dangerousness on the Loose: Constitutional Limits to Immigration Detention as Domestic Crime Control
By Frances Miriam Kreimer
New York University Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 5, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2180662
6. Federal Immigration Detainers After Arizona v. United States
By Christopher N. Lasch, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Forthcoming
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2178524
7. International Migration: A Global Complex Network
By Emmanouil Tranos, Masood Gheasi, and Peter Nijkamp
VU University of Amsterdam
Discussion Paper 12-123/VIII, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2176744
8. Restrictive State and Local Immigration Laws: Solutions in Search of Problems
By Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Santa Clara University School of Law, and Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside
November 15, 2012
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Issue Brief, November 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2176374
9. Immigrant Laws, Obstacle Preemption and the Lost Legacy of Mcculloch
By Lauren Gilbert, St. Thomas University School of Law
Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2012
St. Thomas University School of Law Research Paper No. 2012-11
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2176282
10. Immigration Federalism & Preemption in Arizona v. United States
By Troy Fuhriman, Kyungpook National University Law School
Study of American Constitutional Law, Vol. 23 No. 2, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2174907
11. A Glimmer of Hope for Noncitizens and Their Advocates: Why Missouri v. Frye Necessitates a Reevaluation of Strickland's Prejudice Prong
By Matthew Neal
November 13, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2175301
12. Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Transatlantic Discourses on Language, Identity, and Immigrant Schooling
By Rosemary C. Salomone, St. John's University School of Law
Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 87, p. 2031, 2012
St. John's Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-0020, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2175043
13. Skilled Immigration and Innovation: Evidence from Enrollment Fluctuations in US Doctoral Programs
By Eric Stuen, University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Economics; Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak; and Keith E. Maskus, University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Economics
The Economic Journal, Vol. 122, Issue 565, pp. 1143-1176, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2174839
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New from International Organization for Migration
Engaging the Asian Diaspora
IOM-MPI Issue in Brief No. 7, November 2012
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/MPI_Issue_No7_20Nov2012.pdf
Migration Health – Report of IOM Activities 2011
November 2012
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/MHD_AR2011_inside_web.pdf
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Options for Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexican Border
By Alicia Carriquiry and Malay Majmundar
National Research Council, November 2012
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13498&page=R1
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U.S. Birth Rate Falls to a Record Low; Decline Is Greatest Among Immigrants
By Gretchen Livingston and D’Vera Cohn
Pew Research Center, November 29, 2012
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/11/29/u-s-birth-rate-falls-to-a-record-low-decline-is-greatest-among-immigrants/
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New from Canada’s Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)
Indirect pathways into practice: A comparative examination of Indian and Philippine internationally educated nurses and their entry into Ontario’s nursing profession
By Margaret Walton-Roberts and Jenna Hennebry
CERIS Working Paper Series No. 92, November 2012
http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CWP92_Walton-Roberts_Hennebry.pdf
Patchworks of access: Education and healthcare for immigrants with precarious legal status
By Patricia Landolt, Paloma E. Villegas, Francisco J. Villegas
Research Summary, November 2012
http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/patchworkofaccess_Landolt.pdf
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Causes and consequences of international migration: sociological evidence for the right to mobility
By Tanya Golash-Boza and Cecilia Menjívar
The International Journal of Human Rights
Vol. 16, No. 8, December 2012
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/jhr/2012/00000016/00000008/art00007
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Harnessing Remittances and Diaspora Knowledge to Build Productive Capacities
The Least Developed Countries Report 2012
United Nations Conference on Trade And Development, November 2012
http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ldc2012_en.pdf
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Migrating Towards Participation: Immigrants and Their Descendants in the Political Process
By Rodrigo Castro Nacarino, Vít Novotny, and John Lageson
Centre for European Studies Policy Brief, October 2012
http://www.1888932-2946.ws/ComTool6.0_CES/CES/E-DocumentManager/gallery/Policy_Briefs/Migrating_towards_participation_web.pdf
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Class, Contention, and a World in Motion
By Winnie Lem and Pauline Gardiner Barber
Berghahn Books, 250 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1845456866, $70.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845456866/centerforimmigra
Paperback, ISBN: 0857457942, $29.95, 246 pp.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0857457942/centerforimmigra
Book Description: Prevailing scholarship on migration tends to present migrants as the objects of history, subjected to abstract global forces or to concrete forms of regulation imposed by state and supra state organizations. In this volume, by contrast, the focus is on migrants as the subjects of history who not only react but also act to engage with and transform their worlds. Using ethnographic examples from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East, contributors question how and why particular forms of political struggle and collective action may, or indeed may not, be carried forward in the context of geographic and social border crossings. In doing so, they bring the dynamic relationship between class, gender, and culture to the forefront in each distinctive migration setting.
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The Mediterranean Dimension of the European Union's Internal Security
By Sarah Wolff
Palgrave Macmillan, 288 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0230299938, $85.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0230299938/centerforimmigra
Book Description: EU internal security concerns such as migration, police and judicial cooperation are today part of EU foreign policy. This book shows how those concerns dominate the EU agenda towards Mediterranean countries. Adopting a rational-choice institutionalist approach, it explores EU policy and the strategic choices made after the 2011 Arab revolts..
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Military Migrants: Fighting for YOUR Country
By Vron Ware
Palgrave Macmillan, 352 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1137010029, $85.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1137010029/centerforimmigra
Book Description: The modern British soldier is routinely portrayed as a hero, while military service is represented as a form of sacrifice that requires recognition from society as a whole. The migrant, in the other hand, remains a focus of resentment, more likely to be seen as a scrounger who drains public resources without giving anything in return.
In 1998 the British Army began to recruit from Commonwealth countries, a strategy that simultaneously addressed a labour shortage and the new legal obligations to diversify its workforce. This led to the creation of a new category of migrant-soldiers who found themselves lauded as "heroes" but stigmatised as "himmigrants" and "foreigners."
This book explores the phenomenon of Britain's multi-national army, a topic that has passed virtually unnoticed in public debates about immigration, citizenship, multiculturalism, national identity and war. In doing so, it poses searching questions about the relationship between the armed services and the society they are charged to defend.
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Punjabi Immigrant Mobility in the United States: Adaptation through Race and Class
By Diditi Mitra
Palgrave Macmillan, 226 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1137032847, $85.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1137032847/centerforimmigra
Book Description: How did so many Punjabi immigrants come to find themselves behind the wheels of so many New York City taxi cabs, and what do their stories have to teach us about how immigrants must navigate life in a new society? Diditi Mitra analyzes how race and class influence settlement patterns in the United States, based on her extensive interviews with 59 Punjabi taxi drivers, organizers of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, laywers who represent drivers in taxi courts, owners of taxi fleets, and an official of the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission. What emerges is an unprecedented exploration into how society shapes the 'choices' made by immigrants as they adapt to America.
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Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century
By David L. Leal and Jose E. Limon
University of Notre Dame Press, 504 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0268013357, $43.15
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0268013357/centerforimmigra
Book Description: The advent of the twenty-first century marks a significant moment in the history of Latinos in the United States. The “fourth wave” of immigration to America is primarily Latino, and the last decades of the twentieth century saw a significant increase in the number of Latino migrants, a diversification of the nations contributing to this migration, and an increase in the size of the native-born Latino population. A backlash against unauthorized immigration, which may indict all Latinos, is also underway. Understanding the growing Latino population, especially its immigrant dimensions, is therefore a key task for researchers in the social sciences and humanities.
The contributors to Immigration and the Border address immigration and border politics and policies, focusing on the U.S. side of the border. The volume editors have arranged the essays into five sections. The two chapters in the first section set the stage and discuss the binational lives of Mexican migrants; chapters in the subsequent sections highlight specific political and policy themes: civic engagement, public policies, political reactions against immigrants, and immigrant leadership. Because the immigration experience encompasses many facets of political life and public policy, the varied perspectives of the contributors offer a mosaic that contextualizes the impact of and contributions by contemporary Latino immigrants. Their research will appeal not only to scholars but to policymakers and the public and will inform contentious debates about migration and migrants.
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The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits
By Catherine Herridge
Crown Forum, 272 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0307885259, $16.83
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307885259/centerforimmigra
Paperback, ISBN: 0307885267, $12.99
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307885267/centerforimmigra
Kindle, ASIN: B004J4WNM6, 2303 KB, $11.99
Book Description: TERROR WALKS AMONG US. Born here, raised here, plotting here, the terrorists of al Qaeda 2.0 aim to kill Americans. And our government helps.
Who are the recruits for the next wave? They live next door.
A radicalized army major guns down forty-five, killing twelve soldiers and one civilian; an airport shuttle-bus driver plots a subway slaughter; a legal immigrant tries to blow up Times Square while another fanatic hopes to kill hundreds at a Christmas tree–lighting ceremony . . . and a radical Muslim born in New Mexico has a legion of fanatics in his web.
The Next Wave reveals the shocking story of how that blood-crazed American, Anwar al-Awlaki—now hiding in Yemen—was treated to Pentagon pomp as a “moderate Muslim,” and how our Justice Department hid his movements from the 9/11 Commission . . . even though al-Awlaki aided the 9/11 hijackers.
The terrorists next door turn our tech against us, exploiting Facebook, Skype, and our outdated laws. Online terror recruiters are one of the Web’s greatest success stories—yet our government refuses to stop them. Activists howl about “inhuman” conditions at Guantánamo—while pampered inmates laugh at our weaknesses.
The next wave of deadly terror is here and now. Washington shuts its eyes. And the next massacre in the name of Islam will be “Made in the U.S.A.”
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Ethnic and Racial Studies
Vol. 35, No. 12, December 2012
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/current
Selected articles:
Who benefits from the white coat? Gender differences in occupational citizenship among Asian-Indian doctors
By Lata Murti
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2011.631555
Roma women in Athenian firms: do they face wage bias?
By Nick Drydakis
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2011.634981
Nationalism as meaningful life projects: identity construction among politically active Tamil families in Norway
By Stine Bruland
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2011.599851
Being British vs Being American: identification among second-generation adults of Nigerian descent in the US and UK
By Onoso Imoagene
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2011.631556
Manipulating national identity: the strategic use of rhetoric by supporters and opponents of the ‘Cronulla riots’ in Australia
By Ana-Maria Bliuc, Craig McGarty, Lisa Hartley, and Daniela Muntele Hendres
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2011.600768
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Forced Migration Review
25th Anniversary collection, November 2012
http://www.fmreview.org/25th-anniversary
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Vol. 39, No. 1, January 2013
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjms20/current
Articles:
Does Immigration Promote Long-Term Economic Development? A Global and Regional Cross-National Analysis, 1965–2005
By Matthew R. Sanderson
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.723244
Social Capital, Migration and Health in the Urban Chinese Context
By Neal Palmer and Qingwen Xu
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.723245
The Duration of Migration Decision-Making: Moving to Israel from North America
By Karin Amit and Ilan Riss
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.723246
The Inter-Ethnic Contacts of Immigrants and Natives in the Netherlands: A Two-Sided Perspective
By Borja Martinovic
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.723249
Polish Migration to Ireland: ‘Free Movers’ in the New European Mobility Space
By Torben Krings, Alicja Bobek, Elaine Moriarty, Justyna Salamonska, and James Wickham
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2012.723250
The Role of Language Resources in Labour Market Entry: Comparing Estonia and Ukraine
By Kristina Lindemann and Irena Kogan
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2012.711050
Antiracism and Social Movements in Norway: The Importance of Critical Events
By Carl Endre Espeland, and Jon Rogstad
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.723251
Khat, Governance and Political Identity among Diaspora Returnees to Somaliland
By Peter Hansen
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2012.711060
Migrants and Non-Migrants in Küçükkale: Consumption and Cultural Differentiation in the Transnational Village
By Connie Carøe Christiansen
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2012.711070
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Resenha
Ano 23, No. 89, November 2012
http://csem.org.br/images/downloads/resenhas/Resenha_n__89_-_Novembro_2012.pdf
English language content:
Immigrant women more likely to own businesses in U.S. than women born in the country, new study reveals
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/104-immigrant-women-more-likely-to-own-businesses-in-u-s-than-women-born-in-the-country-new-study-reveals
DREAM Act a Win Win Good for Immigrant Women and Good for Economy
http://newamericamedia.org/2011/08/dream-act-a-win-win-good-for-immigrant-women-and-good-for-economy.php
Urbanisation in Bangladesh proves a double edged sword for women
Bangladesh's textile industry has given women greater economic power, but exploitation and discrimination are major problems
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/nov/05/urbanisation-bangladesh-women
Immigrant mothers-living with a heart divided
http://www.voxxi.com/immigrant-mothers-living-heart-divided/
Undocumented Latinas more vulnerable to domestic violence
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/217-undocumented-latinas-more-vulnerable-to-domestic-violence
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