If Jairo Cruz had been a professional football player instead of a construction worker, he may well have been deemed a hero for playing his way through injury and taking one for the team.

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Did you know that all employers in the United States must have every new hire complete a Form I-9 on or before his first day at work?

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President Donald Trump had the crowd roaring at his rally in Green Bay last month over his jabs at Democrats for opposing his immigration agenda. He proclaimed how quickly the immigration system could be repaired if Democrats would just join him.

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The Senate is preparing to vote on Wednesday on a short-term proposal to fund the government through Feb. 8, a step that eases the risk of a shutdown and comes only after President Donald Trump backed off his demand for money for a border wall.

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Gov. Scott Walker is bringing immigration to the front of Wisconsin's governor's race, saying in a new campaign ad that his Democratic challenger, Tony Evers, wants "special treatment for illegals."

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A Twin Cities contractor is accused of bringing undocumented workers to Minnesota and threatening to report them to immigration officials if they complained about being underpaid and about dangerous working conditions.

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Construction workers have completed more than half of a new barrier along a desolate stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico as part of President Donald Trump's fight against drug trafficking and illegal immigration.

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A federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday by the state of California and advocacy groups who contend the Trump administration overreached by waiving environmental reviews to speed up the construction of the president's prized border wall along the Mexican border.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, says Congress must act on immigration legislation to deal with what he calls a "flood of people trying to get into this country illegally."

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The Associated General Contractors of America is criticizing immigration-reform proposals now before Congress, saying they would do little to “alleviate the industry’s workforce shortage.”

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