<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Immigration</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/immigration?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><description>Immigration</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[For Immigrants, Help Can Be Risky]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10363-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10363-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Mariana C. Cordier, president of the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, has heard an increasing number of complaints over the past year from people who say their immigration applications were botched by consultants.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigrants on Bowie Job Win Back Pay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63968-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63968-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For six weeks, Josue Lagos awoke at 4 a.m. six and sometimes seven days a week to pick up as many as a dozen fellow day laborers in a van and drive to a site in Bowie where they toiled in 10- to 12-hours shifts to build a four-story luxury condominium building.]]></description><author> Ruben Castaneda</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Season Anxiety With an Extra Twist]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54435-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54435-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If tax time brings many Americans an annual wave of frustration, it is perhaps  especially stressful for low-income immigrants.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a Loudoun Rental House, 13's a Crowd]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40447-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40447-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A raid in Loudoun stemmed from growing complaints about large groups of people packing into homes and apartments meant for one family.]]></description><author> Michael Laris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegal Immigrant Foes Play Activist Role]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2044-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2044-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As a dozen Latino men walked into Prince William County court in January to face charges of loitering at a 7-Eleven, Jim McDonald stood outside holding a sign that read, "ACLU and Illegals Please Go Home."]]></description><author> Nikita Stewart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Koreatown' Image Divides Annandale]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32442-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32442-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The naming issue that divides the Korean retail community and its white retail counterpart illustrates the tensions as immigration transforms neighborhoods into ethnic enclaves.]]></description><author> David Cho</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montgomery Plans to Open Second Day Laborer Center]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52562-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52562-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[County officials yesterday announced the planned opening of a new employment center that will offer a range of services to prospective day laborers.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salvadoran Leader Touts Permits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59873-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59873-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Salvadoran President Tony Saca was cheered yesterday in Silver Spring as he launched a campaign to remind Salvadorans to re-register for temporary U.S. work permits.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal Residency Extended for Salvadorans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54436-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54436-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. government yesterday announced an 18-month extension of a program that has given legal residence to about 250,000 Salvadoran immigrants while their country recovers from a pair of powerful earthquakes.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union Organizers Go Where the Accion Is]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48365-2005Jan4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48365-2005Jan4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unions are making stronger efforts to recruit local Hispanic immigrants, who often take low-paying nonunion construction jobs.]]></description><author> N.C. Aizenman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding the  Absconders]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41491-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41491-2005Jan1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department has deployed 18 fugitive squads to catch immigrants who defy orders to leave the United States.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long Homeland Visits Can Trip Up Students]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17718-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17718-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lengthy vacations by immigrant families have caused a conundrum for teachers trying to stay on schedule, as well as for students concerned about their performance.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Va. School, the Face of an Evolution in ESOL]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18667-2004Nov28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18667-2004Nov28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Immigrant's journey from shy newcomer to highly trained teacher illustrates the dramatic evolution of instruction for children learning English.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Student Enrollment Down]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15331-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15331-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The number of foreign students attending colleges in the D.C. area has fallen by about 10 percent since September 2001, according to a report that shows the first nationwide decline in three decades.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Census Numbers Show Area Immigration Boom]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5743-2004Nov22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5743-2004Nov22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The flow of people into the region has continued at a significant pace despite the economic slowdown and more stringent security in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raucous Pr. William Forum on Laborers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A712-2004Nov20.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A712-2004Nov20.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The clash over immigrants who wait outside for day jobs heated up Saturday at a march and town hall meeting in Woodbridge.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day Laborers to Protest Va. Arrests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61127-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61127-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A second wave of arrests this week of job-seeking Latino immigrants is drawing attention to the treatment of immigrants and pressuring officials to find an alternative day laborer site.]]></description><author> David Cho</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake IDs Targeted In Raids by U.S. Agents]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58496-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58496-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal agents arrested 19 people in a dramatic afternoon raid on the sidewalk of a busy commercial strip in Adams Morgan and said they will charge them with selling illegal identification documents.]]></description><author> Sari Horwitz  and Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Father's Death, a Son's Burden]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29168-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29168-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Virginia slaying leaves immigrants' eldest child in role of provider.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day Laborers Arrested  In Va.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A492-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A492-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/immigration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The mass roundup last week was meant to crackdown on loitering, but the move could fracture the fragile trust between local law enforcement and immigrants.]]></description><author> David Cho</author></item></channel></rss>
