New immigrants are projected to be the main driver of the U.S. workforce over the next 20 years. That trend is already playing out in Maine, which has an aging white population with a low birth rate.
A 2013 California law that granted driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally reduced hit-and-run accidents by 7 to 10 percent in 2015, meaning roughly 4,000 fewer hit-and-runs.
Immigrants and human rights advocates say federal authorities under President Trump are discouraging asylum requests and turning away immigrants fleeing persecution.
For producers John Ridley and Michael J. McDonald, the decision to set this season, which tackles immigration and labor, in North Carolina was both creatively and politically significant.
A decade ago, federal agents detained hundreds of workers in the massive immigration raid in New Bedford, Mass. But some say the raid brought the people of the community together.
"I cannot teach reading and writing and U.S. history without my kids [first] feeling safe and welcome. You have to attend to the lower brain functions before you can expect any higher brain activity."
LA is the only major U.S. city where selling food on the sidewalk is illegal. President Trump's immigration policies have pushed the city council to change the law. But the devil is in the details.
In Vice President Pence's hometown of Columbus, Ind., there are a lot immigrants with H1-B visas who were affected by the on-hold executive order. Others are scared they could be next.