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Immigration Dilemma: A Mother Torn From a Baby

Date: November 17, 2007

Author: Julia Preston

QUOTE: The case exposes a recurring quandary for immigration authorities as an increasing number of American-born children of illegal immigrants become caught up in deportation operations. With the Bush administration stepping up enforcement, the immigration agency has been left scrambling to devise procedures to deal with children who, by law, do not fall under its jurisdiction because they are citizens.

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Key People:

• Prof. Jacqueline Bhabha Esq.

Key Organizations:

• Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• New York Times Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission
    • Choices/Tolerance/Flexibility
    • Principles / Guidelines / Rules / Policy
  • Motivation/Rewards/Punishments
    • Threats / Intimidation / Extortion / Deterrence

• Family & Friends & Interpersonal
  • Compassion / Empathy
  • Divorce / Death / Separation Issues
  • Family
    • Family: Nuclear (general)

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Government Regulation
      • Individuals

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Multi-Cultural/Minority Issues
    • Ethnic Groups
      • Hispanics/Latinos
    • Immigrants/Refugees

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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