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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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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In recent months, some of the most anti-immigrant Members of Congress have been taking advantage of hard economic times to argue that blocking comprehensive immigration reform would somehow help the American worker. But a closer look at the voting records of these Members shows them to be some of...
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In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano reiterated her support for comprehensive immigration reform and the Obama administration's plans to move forward with legislation in early 2010.
Secretary Napolitano stated her intention to work with Congress "to develop a path forward early...
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Of all the disadvantages that U.S.-born children of Hispanic immigrants might confront, none is more significant than being raised by parents who are in the country illegally.
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The time has come for the U.S. government to focus on other aspects of immigration besides enforcement, a panel of national security and law- enforcement experts said Tuesday.
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New faces lead a Latino advocacy group in Wilmington, but the mission of giving voices to those who don't have them remains the same.
This is what Voices Without Borders leaders want people to remember, especially as the nation prepares to tackle immigration reform as early as next year.
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