My name is David Cho and I'm undocumented. I will be a senior studying International Economics and Korean at UCLA this upcoming Fall. While most of my friends will enter the workplace after graduation, I will not be able to even put my name down on a job application because... Continue »
The Obama administration, while deporting a record number of immigrants convicted of crimes, is sparing one group of illegal immigrants from expulsion: students who came to the United States without papers when they were children Continue »
Representatives of India's booming information technology industry said Friday that a border security bill passed by the U.S. Senate would promote protectionism and flout international trade practices. Continue »
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate approved $600 million in funding for additional security measures along the border with Mexico, including new technology and new personnel. The agreement represents election year politics at their worst, as Senate Democrats and Republicans both know that the only route to true border security... Continue »
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate approved $600 million in funding for additional security measures along the border with Mexico, including new technology, personnel, and even a couple unmanned predator drones. I blogged about the proposal yesterday in "Democrats Bow to Republican Border Security Lies, Spend $600 Million On Non-Solutions" Continue »
It's clear that Lindsey Graham and John McCain—Republican senators from South Carolina and Arizona, respectively—have stalled their support for a comprehensive immigration reform bill, refusing to budge despite repeated requests for support, and started parroting the Republican refrain "secure the border first." Continue »
Let's get one thing straight: Congress has been derelict in not reforming immigration laws. But to amend the constitution so as to create even more illegal residents would be nuts....what possible good could come of a measure that would increase the number of people living here illegally? It's already... Continue »
A lot has happened as we complete the third week of the DREAM Now Series. The DREAM Act picked up two new co-sponsors in the U.S. House: Mike Thompson (D-CA-1) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1). Two extremely important and influential organizations have also come out strongly in support... Continue »
We asked you to fax Secretary Janet Napolitano to stop the deportation of "DREAMer" and mother of two, Marlen Moreno. You helped Marlen stay with her family for another year. Thank you. Continue »
The bill the Senate passed yesterday allocating $600 million more for border security and continued calls by Republicans to hold hearings on the possibility of changing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to revoke birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented parents are the top... Continue »