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Jennifer's Immigration Issues Blog July 2009 Archive

By Jennifer McFadyen, About.com Guide to Immigration Issues

ICE Detainees Reveal Human Rights Violations at Detention Facilities

Friday July 31, 2009
ICE detainees in the privately-owned South Louisiana Corrections Facility in Basile, Louisiana are on their fifth hunger strike in four weeks to protest inhumane conditions that violate human rights and ... Read More

Wordless Wednesday: Immigrants and Health Care

Wednesday July 29, 2009
In this photo, two-month-old Karina, the child of undocumented Mexican immigrants, receives drops of children's Tylenol after getting a vaccination at the low-cost Rocky Mountain Youth Clinic on July 28, ... Read More

Suspects Detained in Border Patrol Shooting

Sunday July 26, 2009
The Associated Press is reporting Mexican police have arrested four men in connection to Thursday night's killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas. The FBI has not commented on ... Read More

Border Patrol Agent Shot and Killed

Friday July 24, 2009
News reports out of San Diego say a U.S. border patrol agent was shot and killed late Thursday night near the U.S.-Mexico border. The agent, who was reportedly shot multiple ... Read More

Obama's Citizenship Still Questioned

Wednesday July 22, 2009
Are we really still talking about this? Remember the controversy surrounding Obama's status as a U.S. citizen that was brought up during the campaign? Well the rabble rousers are back ... Read More

Military Pilot Program Recruits Skilled Aliens

Wednesday July 22, 2009
A pilot program authorized by the Defense Department gives legal aliens with skills considered to be vital to national interest--doctors, nurses, and certain language experts--the opportunity to expedite the naturalization ... Read More

Visiting the U.S.? Don't Forget Your Visa!

Saturday July 18, 2009
Are you a foreign citizen planning to come to the U.S. for a short stay? Citizens of other countries may come to the United States temporarily for a variety of ... Read More

Odds of Winning DV Lottery Cut in Half Over Two-Year Period

Friday July 17, 2009
The number of qualified entries received in the diversity visa (DV) lottery has more than doubled over the past two years, cutting the odds of being selected to apply for ... Read More

Sotomayor Comments on Immigration During Confirmation Hearing

Thursday July 16, 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is being held this week. Sotomayor's judicial record on immigration-related cases as a federal ... Read More

Senator Al Franken on Immigration

Saturday July 11, 2009
On the second day of his new job, SNL alumni and Minnesota Senator Al Franken voted against Senator DeMint's amendment to Homeland Security's 2010 Appropriation Bill requiring double-layer fencing along ... Read More

CFR Task Force Recommends Moving Forward on Immigration Reform

Friday July 10, 2009
A new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) independent task force has released its report on U.S. immigration policy. The group not only recommends the Obama administration and Congress move forward ... Read More

Senate Votes to Build a Stronger Fence

Wednesday July 8, 2009
The Senate voted 54-44 today in favor of requiring physical fencing along 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Senator Jim DeMint's amendment to Homeland Security's 2010 Appropriation Bill states that ... Read More

Becoming an American on the Birthday of a Nation

Saturday July 4, 2009
Ngoc Zhuy Thi Mai from Vietnam and Mariana Ajyony from Romania say the Pledge of Allegiance July 3, 2009 at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They were ... Read More

Would You Pass the Naturalization Test?

Friday July 3, 2009
It's Independence Day weekend, which means Americans are out celebrating their nation with backyard BBQs, city-wide festivities and of course, fireworks. But how many natural-born American citizens would pass the ... Read More

The Next Step in the HIV Travel Ban Repeal

Thursday July 2, 2009
The next step to repeal the HIV travel and immigration ban is underway. The proposed rule to remove HIV from the definition of communicable disease has been published. The proposed ... Read More

DV-2010 Entrants Comment on Online Status Check

Wednesday July 1, 2009
DV-2010 green card lottery applicants have begun checking the status of their entries through the E-DV website. There may have been a server overload this morning, judging by the comments, ... Read More

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