Immigration

Legislation aimed at speeding up international border crossings is headed for a final vote in the Minnesota Senate.
DFLers introduce immigration reform package
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's longstanding opposition to a higher education bill for immigrants hasn't deterred DFL lawmakers from pushing for the measure again this year.
Audit: Errors rife when immigrants apply for health care
County human services workers make many errors when they process applications from immigrants for public health care, allowing some to get benefits they may not be entitled to, according to an audit released Wednesday.
Immigration issue could be political windfall for Pawlenty
Gov. Pawlenty has called for cracking down on illegal immigration, and although his proposals are unlikely to get through the Legislature intact this session, he could get some political traction from the issue.
DFLers come up with their own immigration proposal
The list of immigration reform ideas at the state Capitol is growing longer. DFL senators unveiled a package of proposals Wednesday that focuses on education and workforce issues.
MPR News reporter Toni Randolph joined Hmong families at the Twin Cities International Airport in June 2004 as they awaited the arrival of relatives and friends planning to resettle in Minnesota from refugee camps in Thailand.
In a four-part documentary in 1999, MPR News reporter Lynette Nyman explored the ways members of St. Paul's Hmong community wrestled with issues of culture and identity, with maintaining ties to the past and seeking to thrive in modern urban America.
MPR News reporter Chris Roberts talks to the playwright and cast behind "We are Hmong," an original play collaboratively produced in St. Paul in 1992.
MPR News reporter Kate Smith talks to Mai Vang, a woman who is working to support her parents and siblings in Rosemount, Minn.
MPR News reporter Tom Meersman reports from Twin Cities International Airport as Northwest flight 128 arrives from Bangkok. Among its passengers are nearly three dozen Hmong refugees planning to resettle in Minnesota.