illegal immigration
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.
After years of debate on immigration reform, President Obama says that a comprehensive bill on immigration could become law only six months from now.
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.
With immigration reform taking the forefront again in the nation, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., says that keeping high tech jobs in the United States should be a major reason why immigration reform should be passed.
The call for changes to the nation's broken immigration system is growing louder with each week.
On the first official day of his next four-year term, President Obama's language during his inauguration speech gave the U.S. a glimpse of his apparent intentions to move forward on long-awaited reforms to the country's immigration system.
Days after her family was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Arizona, a prominent young Arizona immigration activist has joined a newly elected Arizona Congresswoman's office.
The debate on immigration has garnered a push from a new advocate who could benefit from skilled immigrant labor--the technology sector.
With the immigration debate taking shape amid a new plan from the Obama administration to fix the immigration system, two high-profile Hispanic politicians have come forward speaking on both sides of the argument on immigration overhaul.
