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 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 [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that despite the significant problems that the country is facing such as health care and the economy, President Obama and his administration is laying the groundwork to work on resolving another issue that is expected to create controversy and possibly, political division.  The issue is overhauling the immigration system, better known as immigration reform. Insiders in the Obama administration have [...]

The Washington Times reported yesterday that President Obama’s challenge now that he obtained the majority of the Hispanic votes in his election campaign, is to ensure that he keeps them in the hopes of his re-election race in 2012. Critics have said that the determining factor if he will keep the Hispanic vote in 2012 is whether or not he signs immigration reform [...]