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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Unlikely to Pass GOP

Apr 20th 2011 – 5:04AM

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama revisited a key campaign promise when he hosted a White House meeting of elected officials and experts on immigration. But if a major overhaul of the nation's immigration policy is his goal, Republicans in Congress say he shouldn't hold his breath. They say any bill that even hints at...

4-Year-Old Girl Sent to Guatemala in Immigration Dispute Returns to NY

By Lisa FlamMar 30th 2011 – 12:03PM
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A 4-year-old girl sent back to her family's native Guatemala in an immigration dispute earlier this month has returned home to New York, where she was reunited with her family early today. Emily Ruiz, who hadn't seen her family in five months, was greeted with hugs from her mother at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport,...

Protests Spike in Greece as Government Weighs Support of Attack on Libya

By Anthee CarassavaMar 21st 2011 – 12:44PM
Petros Giannakouris, AP

Petros Giannakouris, AP

ATHENS, Greece -- Demonstrators took to the streets of the capital today to protest international air strikes against military assets of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as Greece weighed its support of the allied offensive. Toting anti-war banners and shouting slogans against the bombing raids, hundreds of leftist...

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Angy Rivera: Stalled Potential in New York Continue Pushing for the New York Dream Act

Jun 03rd 2012 - 09:35AM

I was 18 the day I found out I didn't qualify for financial aid.

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Amy Novick: Immigration's 10 Worst State & Local Politicians

Jun 02nd 2012 - 10:07AM

This week, Immigrants' List unveiled the inductees into its second annual Local Hall of Shame.

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Ali Noorani: To Create Jobs, Fix Immigration

Jun 01st 2012 - 04:21PM

Right under the noses of pro-business Republicans and Democrats is an anti-business immigration system that impedes innovation and puts family farmers out of business.

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Nevada Hispanics, New Conservative Group, Targets Obama On Gay Marriage In Nevada

Jun 01st 2012 - 02:22PM

A new coalition of groups is rallying conservative Latino voters with an anti-gay marriage campaign launched on Wednesday in Nevada, a crucial swing state where President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by only 48 percent to 46 percent, according to the latest poll.

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Araceli Martinez Arrested For Posing As ICE Agent, Bilking Thousands From Immigrants

Jun 01st 2012 - 01:16PM

A woman that investigators believed was posing as a fake immigration officer was arrested at LAX Thursday just minutes before her flight was scheduled to leave for Mexico.

immigration News From the Web

  • 06/03/12 How Obama aided and abetted Scott's voter purge mess Source: Miami Herald - Miami FL Gov. Rick Scott's administration created a mess by trying to get rid of noncitizen voters.
  • 06/03/12 Details About Obtaining the EB5 Visa Source: GMR (Ziff Davis) Appeals and Motions From a US Visa Denial , Immigrants Who Became Victims of Crimes , Immigrants Who Became Victims of Crimes Unemployment rate in Australia has become low up to now decade especially depth . all of those other world.
  • 06/03/12 Asian Americans, Immigration Enforcement, & SB 1070 Source: SF Bay Area Indymedia Arizona's anti-immigrant law SB1070 permits local police to stop individuals perceived to be "undocumented" and demand to see their immigration documents.
  • 06/03/12 Undocumented & Unafraid: Asian / Pacific Islander... Source: SF Bay Area Indymedia Come join Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education (ASPIRE), the first Asian Pacific Islander undocumented student group of its kind in a candid conversation about what struggles students without legal status confront every day.
  • 06/03/12 Children of undocumented families ‘outing' their... Source: Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago IL Across the country, children of families who live in the United States illegally are "coming out"— marching behind banners that say "undocumented and unafraid," staging sit-ins in federal offices, and getting arrested in the most defiant ways.

Background on immigration

Immigration (derived from Latin: migratio) is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

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