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Spain to allow for thousands of migrants in country illegally to earn residency and work permits

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

Spain will grant residency and work permits each year for the next three years to about 300,000 migrants who are in the country illegally.

Trump could target temporary protections that more than 1 million migrants in the U.S. rely on

By Anita Snow, Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press

More than 1 million migrants are living and working legally in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status.

Trump’s victory won’t halt migration, experts say

By María Verza, Fernanda Pesce, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to reduce immigration. But by narrowing the already limited legal pathways into the U.S., migrants will just recalibrate their plans and resort in greater numbers to hiring smugglers, according to experts.

Italy brings first migrants of thousands to Albanian port to process asylum request

By Llazar Semini, Associated Press

An Italian navy ship docked at the Albanian port of Shengjin to bring the first group of 16 migrants intercepted in international waters.

Vance continues fueling false rumors about migrants in Ohio as community receives threats

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

For two days straight, bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings in Springfield, Ohio, with some emailed threats referencing an influx of migrants into the community.

Several more migrants have died attempting to cross the English Channel, French authorities say

By Associated Press

The incident Saturday occurred nearly two weeks after a boat carrying migrants ripped apart in the English Channel as they attempted to reach Britain from northern France, plunging dozens into the treacherous waterway and leaving 13 dead, officials said.

Ohio city with Haitian migrant influx thrust into political spotlight

By William Brangham, Mary Fecteau

Springfield, Ohio, is at the center of one of the most fraught issues in this election. GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance wrote that “Haitian illegal immigrants” are “draining social services and generally causing chaos.” Springfield has seen its population…

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A Labor Day story of migrant farmworker Larry Itliong’s fight for better conditions

By StoryCorps

In 1965, Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano grape strike and boycott for better wages and working conditions. It was the birth of the farmworkers labor movement and led to a landmark contract. In this animated feature…

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WATCH: U.S. indicts Guatemalan national in smuggling case over deaths of 53 migrants in Texas truck

By Sonia Pérez D., Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

Officials announced Thursday that Rigoberto Román Mirnado Orozco is charged with six counts of migrant smuggling resulting in death or serious injury in the deadliest attempt from the U.S. Mexico border.