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KC Currents
10:59 am
Wed April 17, 2013

Photography Exhibit Portrays 100 Years Of Missouri Immigrants

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Credit Juan Montana
Chico Bakery--Cherokee St., St. Louis
Credit Missouri History Museum
Men's Gymnastics Class at the Concordia Gymnastics Society (Turnverein), 1907.
Credit Oscar Pedroza
El Bolero
Credit Missouri Valley Special Collections / Kansas City Public Library
Group of Latino Women and Children, 1926
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  • An interview with Daniel Gonzales and Oscar Pedroza.

The cultures of Kansas and Missouri was shaped by wave after wave of immigrants: from Germany, Ireland, Italy and Eastern Europe. A new exhibit called, The Missouri Immigrant Experience: Faces and Places portrays vivid images of the state’s diverse immigrants from the early nineteenth century to today.  The exhibit was sponsored by the Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA), a coalition of organizations that advocates for immigrants.

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Government
9:20 am
Mon April 15, 2013

Missouri House Committee Looks At Revoking Public Assistance For Some Immigrants

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Missouri Statehouse.
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Mo. State Rep. Wanda Brown (R, Cole Camp), sponsor of HB 765.
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Legislation that would repeal public assistance for some immigrants is being considered by a Missouri House committee.

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Government
10:24 am
Fri December 14, 2012

Missouri Senate Panel Holds Final Immigration Meeting

Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City.
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By and Marshall Griffin

The Missouri Senate’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Immigration held its final meeting Thursday.  Among the issues discussed was legislation that would require driver’s license exams be given in English only. 

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Government
5:04 pm
Tue November 13, 2012

Policy Change Brings 800 New Immigration Service Jobs To Region

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A change in U.S. immigration policy last summer has translated into 800 new jobs for metro Kansas City.  The work will be both sides of state line and pay no less than $27,000 a year.

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Central Standard
10:08 am
Tue October 16, 2012

The Distance Between Us

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On Tuesday’s Central Standard author Reyna Grande describes her experience living as in illegal immigrant in the U.S.

Her memoir, The Distance Between Us, is an intimate, graphic narrative about her early years left behind by her parents in Mexico, tumultuous time as a youth in America and journey to becoming a U.S. citizen.

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