Dec 21, 2009
Bringing millions of undocumented workers out of the shadows and streamlining immigration are in America's best interest. The best idea in the bill is allowing an unlimited number of visas for foreign graduate students from American universities. The bad ideas are increased paperwork and oversight for visas. But the...
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House Democrats have introduced a bill sponsors say would be fair to taxpayers, enforceable and tough on enforcement. It also would create a permanent resident status for undocumented immigrants to allow them to eventually achieve citizenship if they pay a fine, learn English and pass criminal background checks.
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Soon after Superintendent Arlene Ackerman arrived in Philadelphia in 2008, officials set up what was to be a friendly meeting with parents and representatives from immigrant groups.
The meeting lasted two hours and focused on one issue, according to people present: Immigrants were being beaten and harassed in city classrooms....
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A coalition of local immigrant advocacy groups will take part next month in a 2,000-mile walk from Miami to Washington, D.C., to urge passage of legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to become legalized U.S. residents and citizens.
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When Venezuelan military officers José Antonio Colina and Germán Rodolfo Varela arrived at Miami International Airport on the night of Dec. 19, 2003, they told passport control officers they were fleeing from persecution in Venezuela and wanted asylum.
They hoped authorities would let them go to a hotel and show...
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The Border Patrol has hit on an idea to discourage undocumented immigrants from entering southern Arizona, the nation's busiest illegal border crossing. When agents catch them, they put them on a bus and send them 570 miles away to the remote port of entry between Presidio, Texas, and Ojinaga,...
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The four states that still allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses have escaped running afoul of a national identification law because its implementation was delayed Friday.
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Dec 17, 2009
Two days after the Justice Department announced federal indictments related to the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant in Shenandoah, Pa., federal authorities said the charges were part of a larger effort to step up civil rights enforcement after nearly eight years of decreased hate crime prosecutions.
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As federal lawmakers continue to debate overhauling immigration law, the Census Bureau on Wednesday released a set of population projections that highlight the effects of immigration on the U.S. economy.
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Fabian Gutierrez logged more than 60 hours a week slicing meat and stocking shelves with cheeses and milk at a neighborhood grocery for less than minimum wage and no overtime.
The 32-year-old Mexican immigrant said he put up with the situation for months because he was desperate to support his...
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