Sep 10, 2010
So, just where do Americans stand on the red-hot issue of illegal immigration? Is it true that they want the government to just "build the dang fence" and be done with it? Are they so fed up with those who have violated immigration laws that they are...
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A careful reading of opinion surveys over several years shows that the public has a sophisticated understanding of what constitutes a pragmatic immigration solution, and what constitutes political pandering.
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Sep 9, 2010
Today, the Deseret News offers the last installment of the three-part series on the deportation of illegal immigrants.
The stories are told through the eyes of those most affected by deportation — the Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers who arrest illegal immigrants, convicted criminals and otherwise; attorneys who represent them...
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In 1909, at the height of the last great immigration wave, when immigrants reached a peak of almost 15 percent of the U.S. population, they made up about half of all public welfare recipients.
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Sep 8, 2010
A major national survey has found that the flow of unauthorized immigrants into the U.S. has slowed dramatically over the past five years, leading to the "first significant reversal" of growth in their population in two decades.
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Sep 6, 2010
A handwritten sign on the door of the Naperville church announces the event where Matthew Soerens, fluent in Spanish, the Bible and the nation's immigration laws, will try to win converts.
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Sep 3, 2010
A new study about the effects of immigration on U.S. employment supports the long-standing arguments of immigration advocates: Rather than displacing American workers, immigrant labor actually makes our economy stronger. Kevin Drum has the details at Mother Jones.
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Illegal immigration has ebbed with the faltering economy. It's a lull Congress should use to fix the broken immigration system in the U.S.
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Sep 2, 2010
More than a third of Latino voters blame both parties in Congress for not trying hard enough to pass immigration reform, and Latino enthusiasm for voting in this year's mid-term elections is down, a new poll shows.
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New polling from Gallup shows that Republicans now have a sizable advantage over Democrats on a range of policy issues, including immigration. When asked if congressional Republicans or congressional Democrats would handle the immigration issue better, Gallup found that the public favors Republicans by a 50% - 35%...
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