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In 2010, 36 percent of new immigrants were Asians compared to 31 percent for Hispanics

(CNN) -- The immigration debate often centers on stemming the flow of people entering the United States illegally and what to do about securing borders to the south. But here's a fact that goes without much attention: Asians have now taken over Latinos as the largest group of new arrivals every year.


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Over a dozen authors pool out of project to protest Israeli human rights violations

(CNN) -- The University of Texas' prestigious Center for Middle Eastern Studies recently got a blunt taste of the turbulent region it studies.


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U.S. Supreme Court will rule on constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act this month

(CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will rule this month on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the health-care reform law that President Obama had signed in March 2010. Here's a look at key moments in the law's history.


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87 percent of the people stopped last year were Black or Latino

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Rather than celebrating Father's Day on Sunday afternoon, Horace Russell marched with several thousand people to take a stand against the New York Police Department's controversial "stop and frisk" policy.


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Four states are voting on the issue in November

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Opponents of gay marriage have an unblemished track record in U.S. elections, chalking up 32 victories in 32 public votes.


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Francisco Reynoso made just over $21,000 in 2011 but debt collectors call him every day

A few months after he buried his son, Francisco Reynoso began getting notices in the mail. Then the debt collectors came calling.


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Although Florida was the first, 24 other states enforce similar versions

The Stand Your Ground law is most widely associated with the Feb. 26 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old killed in Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain who claimed he was acting in self-defense.


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Inside a prostitution sting operation

ANAHEIM, California (CNN) -- It feels odd to be in a car sat next to a guy texting a pimp. Even more odd, he's pretending to be a prostitute. It can all get a little strange in the digital pursuit of human traffickers.


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More young people expressing doubts than at any time since Pew started asking question

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The percentage of Americans 30 and younger who harbor some doubts about God's existence appears to be growing quickly, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. While most young Americans, 68%, told Pew they never doubt God's existence, that's a 15-point drop in just five years.


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People out of work for more than six months make up 42.8 percent of unemployed

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- We all know by now that it's hard for the long-term unemployed to get back into the workforce. But just how hard is it? Economists at the San Francisco Federal Reserve put a number on the odds.


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