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Heritage Report Rips Comprehensive Immigration Reform Created: Sunday, May 19, 2013 Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Controversial Heritage Foundation report says that comprehensive immigration reform will cost the government $6.3 trillion.
John Morton, Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013
President Obama selected John Morton to become director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2009 and he has tried to reform the agency.
Republicans Covet Hispanic Voters Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013
After their election defeat in 2012, Republicans are trying to reach out with new policies to immigrant voters in general and Hispanic voters in particular.
Andrei Kirilenko, National Basketball Association Star Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Russian immigrant basketball star Andrei Kirilenko of the Utah Jazz became a U.S. citizen in 2011.
What Is Chain Migration? Created: Monday, April 29, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
"Chain migration" is a pejorative term that refers to immigrants bringing their extended families into the United States.
Immigrant Remittances Stabilize Created: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Immigrant workers' remittances from the United States to Latin America and the Caribbean gradually returning to pre-recession levels.
Immigrants Learn English Faster Outside 'Enclaves' Created: Sunday, April 28, 2013 Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013
Purdue study finds that immigrants learn English faster when they aren't part of 'ethnic enclave' communities.
Supreme Court Limits Automatic Deportation Created: Saturday, April 27, 2013 Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Supreme Court rules that Jamaican immigrant green-card holder can't be automatically deported for minor drug offense.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, House Cuban-American Created: Friday, April 26, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fled Castro's Cuba when she was 8 and went on to push for the DREAM Act as a member of the U.S. Congress.
What Is the Border Security Trigger? Created: Friday, April 26, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
The comprehensive immigration reform plan calls for border security triggers to be met before immigrants living in the country illegally can move forward on a pathway toward citizenship.
What's the History of Comprehensive Immigration Reform? Created: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013
The comprehensive immigration reform legislation in Congress includes provisions to increase border security and create a path to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Created: Thursday, April 18, 2013 Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013
Senate's Gang of Eight releases details of historic proposal for comprehensive immigration reform bill.
Luis Leon, Cuban-American Pastor Created: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Luis Leon, the Cuban-American Pastor at Washington's historic St. John's Episcopal Church, delivered the benediction and President Obama's second inauguration.
Immigration Holds Are Costly Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Federal immigration holds burden jails and cost local governments plenty, University of Washington study finds.
Mexican Economy Rises, Migration Falls Created: Saturday, March 30, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
As the Mexican economy has grown stronger, the U.S. Border Patrol reports fewer migrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border.
What Is the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986? Created: Saturday, March 30, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 sought to end illegal immigration into the United States by granting legal status to undocumented residents.
Jeb Bush, Former Florida Governor Created: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Republican former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush reverses himself on the pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Citizenship Questions Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Immigrants who want to become U.S. citizens will have to pass an oral test on civics administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
What Are the Rights and Responsibilties of U.S. Citizenship? Created: Sunday, December 30, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013
What are the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship?
Midwest Needs Immigrant Workers Created: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
A study by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs concludes that immigrant workers are essential to the Midwest's economy, and the region needs comprehensive immigration reform from Washington.
Immigrants Lift Housing Market Created: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Immigrant homeownership is rising steadily and it helped carry the U.S. economy through the housing crash during the last decade.
What Is the Plan for National IDs? Created: Thursday, February 28, 2013 Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Some supporters of comprehensive immigration reform believe all Americans and U.S. residents should have national ID card to verify who they are and what they're doing in the country.
Immigrants Assimilating Fast Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
A Pew Research Center finds that second-generation immigrants are assimilating fast, earning and learning more than their parents.
Mexican Homebuyers Flee to Texas Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Mexican immigrants are fleeing the drug violence in their country and buying homes in Texas, boosting the state's real estate market.
Arguments Against Comprehensive Immigration Reform Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Opponents of comprehensive immigration reform say that allowing legal residency to the 11 million illegal immigrants in the country amounts to amnesty that will encourage more migrants to cross the...
Cuban-Americans' Political Shift Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
As the Cuban-American exil community ages, its political views grow more moderate and less confrontational toward Cuba dictator Fidel Castro, a change that benefits Democrats.
Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Mayor Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Antonio Villaraigosa, a two-term Los Angeles mayor, is a rising star in the Democratic Party and a leading political player among Latinos and Hispanics.
What is E-Verify? Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
E-Verify is a federal computer database that allows employers and businesses to check the immigration status of prospective employees before hiring them.
What Was 'Operation Peter Pan'? Created: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
About 14,000 Cuban children were brought to the United States between 1960 and 1962 during Operation Peter Pan to escape Fidel Castro's oppressive regime.
Alfred Molina, Actor Created: Thursday, January 31, 2013 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
British actor Alfred Molina, the son of an Italian mother and Spanish father, knew a lot about the challenges facing immigrants when he became a U.S. citizen.
The Gang of Eight Created: Thursday, January 31, 2013 Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013
'Gang of Eight' in Senate negotiates a compromise plan for comprehensive immigration reform.
Study Shows Arizona Law Hurts State Economy Created: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Arizona Economic Study by Center for American Progress finds that state's hardline immigration law is hurting the economy.