President Seeking Bipartisan Support for Immigration Reform
The Los Angeles Times reported late last week that President Obama has sought bipartisan support from Senators Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York and Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina despite a very uphill battle to convince lawmakers to come together and create legislation to overhaul our nation’s immigration laws.
The President is seeking to bring [...]
Start Up Visa Act of 2010 Introduced in the Senate
Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar introduced legislation last week to promote job creation and increase our nation’s ability to remain globally competitive. If the bill is signed into law, it would help foreign national entrepreneurs pursue a new way to immigrate to the U.S.
The Start Up Visa Act of 2010 would allow foreign nationals who are entrepreneurs to pursue an immigrant visa (green card) on a [...]
Support for the President by Young People Fading
The Orlando Sentinel reported today that a study by the Pew Research Center that will be released today discusses the fading support by young people aged 18 to 29 whose strong turnout back in November 2008 for the Presidential election was claimed by demographers as the start of a new Democratic movement.
The study’s findings are very significant because the results show that the diverse turnout [...]
USCIS Officials Surprised at the Low Number of Haitian TPS Applications
The Orlando Sentinel reported today that U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) officials and immigrant activists are surprised at the low number of applications for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), an immigration benefit that President Obama authorized for Haitian nationals in light of the earthquake that ravaged that country on January 12, 2010.
So far, the USCIS has processed a little over 13,000 [...]
U.S. & Cuba Immigration Talks Resume Amid a High Level of Mistrust
The New York Times reported today that a meeting is scheduled today for for the two governments to discuss ways to to reduce the immigration of Cuban nationals fleeing the island and endangering their lives at sea to reach the U.S.
The last time U.S. diplomats traveled to Cuba about 5 months ago for these talks, they felt that the outcome [...]
