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Is It Too Late for Obama On Immigration Reform?
Unless the Supreme Court acts fast, the window might be closed for President Obama on immigration reform.
November 11, 2015
America's Immigration Battle By the Numbers
The U.S. has deported an average of 403,500 people each year during the Obama administration. What else do the numbers say about the nation's immigration system?
October 21, 2015
More from the Filmmakers: "How Democracy Works Now"
Independent filmmakers Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini take viewers behind closed doors in Washington’s corridors of power in the acclaimed series "How Democracy Works Now."
October 20, 2015
What Makes Opponents of Immigration Reform So Effective?
In American political debates, money often has the loudest voice. But that has not always been the case with immigration reform.
October 20, 2015
Has the U.S. Really Shifted on Deportations?
A year after the Obama administration changed its policy on which undocumented immigrants it would target for deportation, it's not clear who is being sent back.
October 20, 2015
Watch How One Freedom Caucus Member Sees the GOP's Latino Voter Problem
"We're writing off too many people," Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) says in "Immigration Battle," a feature film presentation from FRONTLINE and Independent Lens that airs tonight on PBS.
October 20, 2015
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Immigration Battle
A special two-hour presentation from FRONTLINE and INDEPENDENT LENS explores why it's been so hard for Washington to fix the country's broken immigration system.
October 20, 2015
Female Farm Workers Awarded $17 Million in Florida Abuse Case
The jury award is among the largest on record in a case involving the sexual abuse of one of the most invisible members of the U.S. workforce -- migrant workers in the agriculture industry.
September 15, 2015
In Big Sky Country, a Campaign Finance Fight Reverberates Still
A former Montana lawmaker has been banned from politics in an ongoing controversy around the role of "dark money" groups in the post-Citizens United campaign landscape.
August 27, 2015
How AT&T Helped the NSA Spy on Millions
A new investigation finds that the NSA's relationship with the nation's second biggest wireless carrier was "unique and especially productive."
August 17, 2015
Human Trafficking: A Crime Hard to Track Proves Harder to Fight
With human trafficking generating an estimated $150 billion each year in illegal profits, the trafficking in persons has become one of the fastest growing criminal industries worldwide.
July 29, 2015
New Photos Show Bush Administration Reaction to 9/11 Attacks
The never-before-released images, taken by Vice President Cheney's staff photographer, were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by FRONTLINE.
July 24, 2015