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Survey: Nigerians Most Educated in the U.S.

When it comes to education, Nigerians hit highest marks.
03/20/2012
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Commentary: Back to the Future: All Roads Lead to Selma, Alabama

Al Sharpton to march in Selma for voting rights.
03/01/2012
Education - Barack Obama: Obama’s Education Department has instituted the Race to the Top competitive grant program to encourage school districts to create innovative ways to ensure that students graduate from high school college- or career-ready. The administration also has restructured and expanded federal financial aid programs.Newt Gingrich: Gingrich supports the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program, but says he would “dramatically shrink” the Education Department and eliminate most of its regulations.Mitt Romney: Romney favors No Child Left Behind’s federal accountability standards and has reversed an earlier position that would shutter the Education Department.Rick Santorum: Santorum proposes a “significantly” smaller Education Department. He also believes that early-childhood education programs are an attempt by government to “indoctrinate” children.(Photo: MIKE BROWN/Reuters)

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Bring That Week Back Feb. 8

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Five Charged With Smuggling Mexicans by Hiring Black Truck Drivers From L.A.  - Ringleaders of a Los Angeles-based human smuggling operation allegedly hired more than 20 non-Spanish-speaking African-Americans from L.A.’s Compton neighborhood to ferry undocumented immigrants from Mexico to California. Five persons were charged with conspiracy and transporting and harboring illegal immigrants.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Five Charged With Smuggling Mexicans by Hiring Black Truck Drivers From L.A.

Feds say ringleaders sought to avoid suspicion.
02/03/2012
Brazil Grants Haitians Visas, but Border Security to Increase - In efforts to both aid Haitians still seeking stability following the devastating 2010 earthquake and protect its borders from an influx of Haitian immigrants, the Brazilian government announced that it will grant residence visas to 4,000 immigrants currently in the country, while vowing to deport all others that cross its borders illegally. (Photo: EPA/Saul Ramirez/Landov)

Brazil Grants Haitians Visas, but Border Security to Increase

Brazil’s new plan is both sweet and salty for some Haitians.
01/12/2012

Israel Fences Out African Migrants

Prime Minister Netanyahu called the problem an "epidemic."
12/12/2011

Supreme Court to Rule on Arizona Immigration Laws

State officials want more control.
12/12/2011

California’s DREAM Act Brings Sharp Criticism From Opponents

Immigration education law less supported by whites.
11/19/2011

Alabama Federal Judge Calls State Immigration Law "Civil Rights Crisis"

More African-Americans are joining the fight against HB 56.
11/18/2011
U.S. Haiti Deportees Face Deadly Health Risks - Despite the country’s continuing struggles with public health and safety, human rights groups lamented the U.S.’s decision to continue deportations of some Haitian citizens back to the country.“The crisis has not gone away,” said Michel Forst, an expert on human rights in Haiti, according to the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. “The most important help the international community can give to Haiti is to suspend the forced return of Haitians.”(Photo: Daniel Morel/Getty Images)

Haiti Deportees Still Face Deadly Health Risks

Advocates say it is still too soon to deport to Haiti.
11/15/2011