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Family members embrace at Corazon de Plata ceremony on Sept. 28, 2024. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)

Program reunites Mexican parents separated from their children by border, bureaucracy

As immigration policy becomes increasingly stringent and visas remain hard to come by, attendees at the event described Corazón de Plata — which translates to Heart of Silver — as a lifeline, allowing them to reconnect with family members they might have never seen otherwise. 

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Why Nevada advocates, businesses want Biden to expand work permits for the undocumented

Though a bevy of proposals — expanding TPS to more nations and issuing executive orders to give more categories of undocumented immigrants work eligibility — have been floated by immigration advocates, any new executive actions beyond TPS are likely to be challenged in court. Even so, business leaders, immigrants and politicians are urging the administration to do more.

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