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With a Supreme Court ruling, young immigrants win more time to fight for their future

By Jacqueline García
As DACA is spared, a journalist reflects on the program that helped her realize her dreams, get a job, and tell the stories of people forced to live in the shadows.
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What does Trumpism mean for health of immigrant kids? This reporter set out to tell their stories.

By Ruben Castaneda
A reporter recounts his journey to find the stories that shed light on how Trump’s rhetoric and policies are impacting the health and wellness of kids of undocumented immigrants.
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Timeline: An uncertain year for immigrants

By Rebecca Adams
Rebecca Adams reported this story with support from the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being, a program of the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism.
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DACA recipients cope with health challenges in face of uncertainty

By Ruben Castaneda
Dulce Castro, an 18-year-old DACA beneficiary, used to sleep eight hours a night, but since Trump announced he was ending the program on Sept. 5, she's been lucky if she gets four hours of uninterrupted rest.

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5/25 Webinar: ‘Dying for Care’ in America’s Nursing Homes

Nowhere was the massive COVID wave of winter 2021 more devastating than in America’s nursing homes, where 71,000 residents died in the surge. In this webinar, we’ll hear from the lead reporter in the USA Today series "Dying for Care," who will show how an original data analysis and an exhaustive reporting effort revealed a pattern of unnecessary deaths that compounded the pandemic’s brutal toll. Sign-up here!

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