Dec 11, 2009
It has not been easy for the Obama administration to deport Rigoberto Padilla, a Mexican-born college student in Chicago who has been an illegal immigrant in this country since he was 6.
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In remote places along the southwest border of the US, the consequences of recent immigration crackdown are changing the face of imprisonment in this part of America. There, public-private prisons are being built to hold immigrants both legal and illegal.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that overhauling the nation's immigration laws is still a top priority for President Barack Obama and that Congress is poised to act despite some lawmakers' concerns that a push could complicate Democratic re-election prospects.
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Hispanic young people born in the United States retain a strong identification with their immigrant parents' homelands but also remain optimistic about their future in this country despite lower- than-average levels of education and income, according to one of the most wide-ranging studies of young Latinos to date.
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Earlier this month, Angela Caputo of Progress Illinois described Rigo Padilla, the 19-year-old honors student facing deportation, pictured in the video above, as "A Local Posterchild For Our Broken Immigration System:" Well, according to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR):"Today, December 10th, we got some great...
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Champions of the anti-immigrant agenda in Congress have recently characterized their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform as concern for American workers and say they are working to ensure that these workers, not undocumented immigrants, get good jobs and high wages. However, a report released today by America's Voice...
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If there is one thing that the movement for comprehensive immigration reform can learn from the congressional fight for health care reform, it's that Republicans will distort the facts and delay in order to block the change Americans need.
They'll even resort to feigning support for policies and programs that...
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Call it immigrant drive, or desperation, but immigrant-owned businesses are popping up at levels unimaginable decades ago. Last year, an estimated 61 percent of new businesses were launched by immigrants, according to a Babson College survey.
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An overhaul of the U.S. immigration laws has for years been a high priority for technology companies that say they need more H-1B visas and green-cards to hire high-skilled workers and keep the industry competitive on a global scale.
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DHS Secretary updated committee members with her department's progress over this past year and emphasized that immigration enforcement is a necessity, but that enforcement alone is not a solution for a broken immigration system. "We can no longer perpetuate a status quo that is unacceptable for workers, employers, law...
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