People of Asian descent comprise 5 percent of the nation's foreign-born population and 11 percent of all illegal immigrants. And the massive visa backlogs that keep families separated for years - sometimes decades - affect them more than any other single group.
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There has been no shortage of talk about comprehensive immigration reform on Capitol Hill. But years of promises, good intentions and even all-out efforts to pass legislation so far have led nowhere.
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Some Democrats hold out hope that a reform bill can be passed in a post-election lame-duck session. If Republicans win big at the ballot box, the session could be the Democrats' last chance to act for a while.
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Yesterday afternoon we tweeted about the end of MTV's Presidential Townhall, which touched on immigration. Here is what the President actually said -- leave us a comment with what you thought!
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Oct 13, 2010
It should be no surprise that illegal immigration is one of the primary means by which the U.S. economy gains access to low-skilled, low-cost labor.
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Oct 12, 2010
Meg Whitman was asked again about her employment of an undocumented immigrant for more than nine years.
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Start-ups are responsible for most net new jobs in the U.S., and immigrants are almost 30% more likely than non-immigrants to start a business.
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Our nation's economy and its progress are directly linked to how we address the fundamental issue of our immigration policies. The reality of the situation is that we're dealing with many complexities of a broken immigration system, which requires a comprehensive approach.
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As Congress breaks and the 2010 campaigns heat up, political observers are wondering how the immigration debate in Washington, DC and across the country will impact the mid-term elections. Tracking polling by Latino Decisions is showing small but clear movement toward the Democrats, in the wake of a...
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Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) recently introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010. It includes the Uniting American Families Act, which allows citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners, and the DREAM Act.
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