Democrats
A new study released by the Pew Research Center reveals that second-generation Americans, children born to immigrant parents, fare better than their parents in socioeconomic terms.
With the debate on immigration reform still swirling, labor leaders are beginning to throw their support behind changing immigration policy.
It looks as if U.S. representatives in the Republican Party--long opposed to providing a pathway to immigration for undocumented Republicans--may be ready to reconsider their position, which bodes well for pending immigration reform proposals on Capitol Hill.
The road to immigration reform once again goes through Capitol Hill Tuesday as business leaders and labor union reps debate how to fix the immigration system--a guest worker program being one of the things they will consider.
In the week following the busy push for immigration reform, President Obama and his administration are looking to keep the pressure on regarding fixing the immigration system.
The long-awaited push for changes to immigration policy in the U.S. looks ready to take flight after President Obama called for immigration reform Tuesday during the same week that a group of bipartisan U.S. senators presented a concrete plan for immigration reform.
By the numbers, it looks like a majority--a slim one--support the idea of giving undocumented immigrants permission to apply for U.S. citizenship and stay in the country.
After months of haggling and debate from both sides regarding the controversial topic of immigration reform, a group of bipartisan senators have come up with a proposal for fixing the immigration system--one that includes a path to citizenship, with better secured borders.
President Obama has a full plate as he begins his second term in the White House this week, but immigration reform tops that list. And it doesn't look like he's waiting long to dig in.
The growing call for immigration reform among Latinos is echoing from even the ranks of Hollywood.
A recent poll by Gallup revealed that a majority of Americans would vote "for" enacting term limits for members of Congress and would vote "for" eliminating the Electoral College.
President Obama's previous pledge to enact comprehensive immigration reform looks to be gaining steam, the Obama administration reportedly planning to push an extensive overhaul in immigration to Congress that would include a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants.
The new immigration law that allows certain undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States while applying for permanent visas is drawing mostly positive reaction, but immigration experts and critics say that more is needed if there is to be true reform to the broken immigration system.
Lines in the sand are expected to be drawn in Washington in the battle to reform immigration.
The push for new legislation that would reduce the waiting time facing voters at the polls has already started this week just as the newly sworn-in Congress begins anew.
