Instructional Video
PBS

National Border Control Council Head on Immigration

9th - 10th
National Boarder Control Council President discusses his views and experiences at the U.S.-Mexican border. Text, audio, and video of this August, 2006, interview are available.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Raids Target Cleaning, Maintenance Workers

9th - 10th
Check out this February 22, 2007, report on the federal government's "raid on a company that contracts cleaning and grounds maintenance services." Learn what resulted from it and the surrounding controversy. From "All Things Considered."
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Activists Seek Halt to Worker Deportation

9th - 10th
Learn about a controversial "crackdown" on illegal immigrants and the advocates who are seeking to stop the deportation of immigrant workers. From "Morning Edition," February 15, 2007.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: County Tries, and Fails, to Find the Costs of Illegals

9th - 10th
Do illegal immigrants cost U.S. taxpayers? Efforts have been made to see if immigrants are costing American citizens or if immigrants are contributing to the economy. Learn more in this "All Things Considered" report.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Arrested Immigrants' Families Struggle in Iowa

9th - 10th
Undocumented workers in Iowa were arrested in December, 2006. Concerned parish priest, Father Jim Miller, "describes how he aided the workers' families who didn't know the details of their loved ones whereabouts."
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Rallies Across Country Protest Immigration Policies

9th - 10th
Over Labor Day weekend (2006), immigrant-rights activists rallied for legal status of undocumented workers. Learn more in this "All Things Considered" report, and check out a link to more on "The Immigration Debate."
Instructional Video
CBS

Cbs News: County Takes on Illegal Immigrants

9th - 10th
Resource presents the fight over illegal immigration through this article detailing a lawsuit in Idaho. Video accompanies this October, 2005, report.