Jun 14, 2011
House Republicans who trek to Silicon Valley in search of campaign cash keep hearing the same request: We need more visas to hire more highly skilled foreign workers. But that's a deal Republicans have so far been reluctant to make.
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Cheering crowds in the steamy tropical heat are expected Tuesday when President Barack Obama makes a rare presidential visit to Puerto Rico. But the nearly 4 million U.S. citizens who live on the island and can't vote in the general election aren't really the point.
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From the testimony of a Houston police officer's widow to allegations of racism, a daylong legislative committee hearing Monday on a bill banning "sanctuary cities" brought the national immigration debate back to the Texas Capitol.
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The most important immigration news these past few weeks was not that Alabama and Georgia, following the unfortunate lead of Arizona, had passed extreme, racist anti-immigration laws. The most important news is that the tide is beginning to turn.
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President Barack Obama embarks this week on a pilgrimage familiar to generations of New York politicians, making a rare presidential trip to Puerto Rico that accentuates his campaign's emerging focus on Hispanics as central to his reelection bid.
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Commercials are the product of imagination, fanciful thoughts, or, in some cases, outright absurdities. We all know that geckos can't talk, ducks can't alert us of danger at every turn, and that toddlers aren't fully conversant in the complexities of trading stock.
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The state of Alabama enacted the country's toughest anti-immigrant law this week. Even in the 21st century, this southern state apparently remains faithful to its controversial history of discrimination, in which someone's appearance and the color of their skin are enough reason for them to become suspects in the...
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The man held himself out to be a good Christian, going out of his way to provide low-cost legal help to immigrants in desperate need. His swanky business card, emblazoned with his face and the words "Attorney at Law," was passed from detainee to detainee at a San...
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Members of California's congressional delegation called on Gov. Jerry Brown Friday to join three other states in suspending participation in a controversial federal immigration enforcement program.
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The facts researcher Rakesh Kochhar delivered last week to the local chapter of the National Hispanic Professional Organization shouldn't have been a surprise. The economist with the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington told his audience that the Hispanic population in Tennessee and across the United States has been...
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