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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that religious leaders in the Central Florida area renewed their call yesterday to Congress to pass immigration reform that if signed into law, would legalize millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.  The leaders have said that it is time for both the Obama administration and Congress to address this issue. The leaders, led by Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, [...]

The Los Angeles Times reported today that Congressman Luis Gutierrez criticized President Obama and his administration for not doing more to seek legislation that would legalize the approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.  Despite his criticism, he also mentioned that he lacks the necessary votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to actually pass the bill that he sponsored. [...]

The Miami Herald reported today that in light of the rising unemployment rate (approximately 10%), an all important question has come up in the immigration reform debate.  That question is, “Will legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants further hurt or help the economy?” The answer is difficult to come by due to conflicting reports that were issued recently.  One such report released last week endorsed [...]

The New York Times reported today that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged that he will promote a more open U.S. immigration policy during his now third term in office in light of legislation extending term limits as mayor from 2 to 3. At the mayor’s swearing in ceremony recently, he mentioned that he we will assemble a bipartisan [...]

The Miami Herald reported today that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is turning up the heat to pressure President Obama and his administration to do what is necessary to legalize the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants this year. The Catholic Church in the U.S. has historically favored immigration reform.  Its recent efforts to push the immigration reform issue confirmed its [...]

The New York Times reported recently that four immigrant students on New Year’s Day began a 1,500 mile walk from downtown Miami to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness to what they say is that the Obama administration is moving slowly to pass legislation that will reform our country’s immigration laws to grant legal status to the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Supporters and [...]