On Monday, President Obama met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderón. Following the meeting, Obama made it clear that he doesn't expect immigration reform to pass until 2010, as the Washington Independent reports:
Even if legislation is drafted this year, healthcare reform demands attention first....
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Walt Staton wanted to help people, and his tool was a water jug. On the morning of Dec. 4, he and three others drove southwest from Tucson, to the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, which tens of thousands of illegal immigrants traverse each year.
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As Virginia grapples with a budget deficit brought on by the current recession, state and local policymakers would do well to keep in mind that immigrant communities are a potent force for economic recovery.
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If you think it's embarrassing for an African-American to have to identify himself to the police while in his own house, imagine how humiliating it is for U.S.-born Hispanics to have to prove their citizenship in their own country
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Latino leaders have long called for comprehensive immigration reform. During the presidential campaign, it finally seemed destined for reality as candidates sought the crucial Latino vote.
But today, where's immigration reform on the list of priorities?
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Aug 12, 2009
Last week the Obama administration announced reforms to an immigration detention system increasingly tainted by allegations of abuse. It is estimated that 300,000 non-citizens are held in detention each year, and that number continues to rise. As more immigrants enter the system, the government has been flooded with stories...
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Detained immigrant children and their families were expected to be out of a former Central Texas prison in the next few months, the Department of Homeland Security's special adviser on detention said Wednesday.
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After signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson reportedly said Democrats were "signing away the South for 50 years." The Republican Party can only hope that the 31 Republican senators who voted against making federal judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice, did...
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Netroots Nation is right around the corner and this year's conference will kick off in Pittsburgh, PA tomorrow!
We're excited here at America's Voice. Not only are we sending eight, talented, immigration bloggers to the conference with a new scholarship program, we've also got some talented members of our own...
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11/08/09 a 9:58am Pero el Congreso y la Secretaria Napolitano tienen que evidenciar liderazgo para cumplir con la meta de aprobar esa reforma a principios del 2010 Washington, DC – El presidente Barack Obama reiteró su compromiso de avanzar la reforma migratoria comenzando este año. Sus declaraciones durante la...
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