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The New York Times reported today that President Obama commented yesterday in a meeting with immigrant activists that he would continue his efforts with immigration reform this year as long as he could garner a significant amount of Republican support.
However, insiders have said that an immigration reform bill cannot become a reality if the President used a legislative tactic known as reconciliation [...]

The Washington Times reported today that immigrant rights activists and their supporters are having a rally on March 21, 2010 at the National Mall in Washington, DC to pressure Congress to pass an immigration reform bill and urged the President to end deportations.
Immigrant rights groups and their supporters who voted for the President feel that they have lost patience with him and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]