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New Immigration Reform Bill Proposed by U.S. Senate
17 Apr 2013 / Immigration ReformApril 17, 2013. Good news from Reuters (emphasis is ours): A group of Democratic and Republican senators on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants and give them an opportunity to eventually become U.S. citizens. Under the proposal, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States [...]
Brookings Issues Report on Immigrant Workers
19 Mar 2012 / H1-B Visas, Immigration ReformBrookings has issued a detailed report on Immigrant Workers in the U.S. Labor Force. Here’s the introduction: Debates about illegal immigration, border security, skill levels of workers, unemployment, job growth and competition, and entrepreneurship all rely, to some extent, on perceptions of immigrants’ role in the U.S. labor market. These views are often shaped as [...]
Families of American Soldiers Should Not be Deported
14 Mar 2012 / Deportation, Immigration ReformIt should be a no-brainer that the families of American soldiers who have risked their lives for America should not face deportation. From immigration direct: Despite putting their lives on the line for the United States, several veterans and their families are still at risk of being deported. The Los Angeles Times found that both [...]
Hunger Striker Demands Release from Jail
12 Mar 2012 / Breaking News, Deportation, The DREAM ActRyan Sullivan reports that Attorneys for Winston-Salem activist Uriel Alberto – who is on a hunger strike lasting more than a week – plan to file a bond motion Tuesday in immigration court to try to get him out of the Wake County Jail: Alberto and two other protesters were charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct [...]
Becoming a United States Citizen: The Rules
09 Mar 2012 / CitizenshipNaturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is conferred upon a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Naturalization The general requirements for administrative naturalization include: A period of continuous residence and physical presence in the United States; Residence in [...]
Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans: Deadline March 12, 2012
08 Mar 2012 / Temporary Protected Status (TPS)This is a reminder that the USCIS has extended temporary protected status for Salvadorans to March 12, 2012. Here is the USCIS’s prior announcement: WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of El Salvador for an additional 18 months, beginning March 10, 2012, and ending Sept. 9, [...]
Latinos Say Immigration Issue is Personal
06 Mar 2012 / Deportation, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, The DREAM ActElizabeth Liorente of Fox News reports that Latinos see Immigration issue as personal, not political: It’s not a dinner table topic for many of them, or the sole issue that will influence whom they support for president in November. But Latinos still listen closely to what candidates say about immigration. A new Fox News Latino [...]
Protest March Against Alabama Anti-Illegal Immigration Law
05 Mar 2012 / ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration ReformFoxNews Latino reports: Alabama’s laws cracking down on illegal immigration have become a new focus for a nearly two-decade-old civil rights march. Organizers expect thousands to participate in the crossing of the Selma bridge for the 47th anniversary of the 1965 incident when peaceful demonstrators were attacked by police in what became known as “Bloody [...]
