Statistically, this means that 76% of Republican voters are in agreement with Donald Trump, who accused undocumented immigrants from Mexico of causing increased crime in the United States. Just 33% of Democrats feel the same, while 52%of those who do not affiliate with either of the two major political parties agree. 57% of white voters […]
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There is a sharp party divide between potential voters on the issue of immigration reform in the state of Iowa, which is an early battleground for the presidency. 83% of Democrat voters want undocumented immigrants to be able to put in an application for permanent residency in the United States, compared with just 34% of
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President Obama has been accused of making it easier for undocumented immigrant criminals to remain in the United States by lawmakers in the House of Representatives. The Priority Enforcement Program created by the Obama administration, which prevents more immigrants being targeted for deportation by immigration agents, began to roll out last week. Lawmakers in the
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Around 5.5 million children who have US citizenship but whose parents do not will be affected by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ upcoming ruling on the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program (DAPA), a new report claims. The program, which is part of the executive action announced by President Obama late last year,
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A survey by Latino Decisions reveals that Spanish-dominant or immigrant Latinos are less likely to seek assistance from public service programs than those born in the United States. The survey interviewed 1,405 Latinos from across the US between January 29th and March 12th this year. The great majority of the respondents held US citizenship or
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As undocumented immigrants continue to seek the chance to obtain legal status in the United States under President Obama’s executive action, the waiting list for those trying to legally enter the country has grown longer – as has the time they have to spend in the pipeline. US citizen Jimmy Gugliotta is currently living in
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Former Florida governor and 2016 potential Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is remaining firm on his stance regarding immigration, despite his support for the overhaul of existing immigration laws in the United States being perhaps his biggest challenge when it comes to winning votes from his fellow Republicans in the presidential primaries. In an interview
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Hillary Clinton called for a path to US citizenship for undocumented immigrants at a Nevada campaign appearance yesterday, clearly delineating a difference between her and Republican candidates for the presidency. At a high school in Las Vegas the Democrat presidential candidate stated that the only true solution to the immigration problems of the United States
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House of Representatives speaker and Republican John Boehner says he is willing to allow Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding to lapse as part of his party’s desperate bid to block the executive action taken by President Obama on immigration reform. The deadline to fund the DHS is February 27th and with this date looming,
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With the Republican party sweeping to victory in last week’s midterm elections in the United States, observers believe that the party has the chance to ensure its victory in the presidential election in 2016 if it can pre-empt executive action by President Obama and enact immigration reform itself. “Unquestionably,” says Clint Bolick of the Goldwater
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The Homeland Security Department is creating a new system that will automatically inform both local and state authorities when an immigrant with a serious criminal record is let free into their jurisdictions, two Texas lawmakers claim. Democrat Representative Beto O’Rourke and Republican Senator John Cornyn have written a letter to Thomas Winkowski, the acting director
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