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Fast-Track Deportations

Thousands are being deported without a chance to appear before an immigration judge.

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Sara Semelka

September, 2007
More than money
When Lorraine Cruz walks into Ames Middle School each morning, she passes through metal detectors and an X-ray machine, devices that serve as a reminder of the situation she walked into when she became Ames' principal in the summer of 2004. When her predecessor left, half of the teachers also took flight. "There was a big disconnect between the teachers and the students," said Cruz, the...
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September, 2007
Investing Early
It's only 9 a.m., but Debra List's preschool class is already in high gear. About 20 three- and four-year-olds dash about in their summer school room, bouncing from one friend to the next, climbing on chairs and hauling toys from one play area to another. As if by magic, List quickly gathers the giggly group onto the carpet in front of an oversized easel. She asks the children what animals...
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