US citizens and permanent residents have the right to work in the US with few or no restrictions. If a person can show a valid green card or proof of citizenship, they can show that they are authorized to work in the US. Those who are not citizens or green card holders must secure work …
After an applicant has filed for US naturalization, he or she must pass the citizenship test in order to achieve citizen status. The naturalization test is administered by immigration officers and is designed to help determine whether an applicant has an adequate grasp of the English language and US history and civics. Now that a …
Birthright in the US ensures that anyone who is born to US citizens outside of the US and anyone who is born in the US is entitled to US citizenship. Citizenship by birthright was guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, passed in July 1868. The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War, and was designed, …
President Barack Obama says that the bipartisan group of senators who are working on legislation for immigration reform are following a “reasonable timetable” and has suggested that he will push forward to try and have a bill passed within the first half of 2013. In a couple of interviews that took place the day after …
This year, the federal government is expected to deport over 400 000 undocumented immigrants, possibly breaking a new deportation record. These large numbers mean that many cases in immigration courts are pending, in part because the courts cannot keep up with the demand to process cases. Currently, delays for these cases are setting new records. …
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Ever since a controversial immigration law was passed in Arizona, there has been legal opposition to the legislation. Now, the United States Supreme Court is reviewing that law, which requires police to check immigration status of people who are stopped during actions and which police believe may be undocumented immigrants. The law requires immigrants to …
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Although the DREAM Act has not passed in Florida or on a Federal level, several legislators still support the proposed legislation and hope to get some form of the law passed eventually. Recently, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has stated that he would support the act in some forms. Although he has stated that he …
Regardless of whether House majority leader Eric Cantor’s shocking defeat was caused by the issue of immigration, two significant new polls seem to indicate that the great majority of Americans, including many conservative Republicans, continue to be in favor of it. A poll issued on Wednesday by the center-right group American Action Forum showed that …
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The Department of Homeland Security has announced two new proposals to allow 100,000 skilled immigrant workers to become eligible for work visas. This is the latest step toward a change in policy and would get around the continued intransigence of Congress when it comes to addressing this issue. The new proposals, which have the aim …
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With just 33 working days remaining until Congress goes into recess on July 4th, one Democrat in the House of Representatives attempted a new method of getting Congressional members to vote on the issue of comprehensive immigration reform. Representative Tony Cardenas used the House Budget mark-up session for Representative Paul Ryan’s House Republican budget plan …
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Having come under increasing pressure to act on the thorny subject of immigrant deportations the President announced on Thursday that he was considering suspending the process to give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) time to review its practices. Speaking during an Oval Office discussion with Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and Rubén Hinojosa …