There are around 8.5 million immigrants living in the United States who are eligible to receive citizenship and yet less than 800,000 people took this step, the latest figures from the Department of Homeland Security show. Statistics indicate that almost 60% of the rest will eventually do so, but there are still a lot of […]
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A draft solicitation for new immigrant ID cards has been published by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in anticipation of a surge of fresh immigrants in 2016, according to Breitbart. The draft is for a minimum of four million cards per annum for five years, and up to nine million cards per
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New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago have teamed up in a bid to obtain US citizenship for legal immigrants. The Chicago Tribune says that the three cities have joined forces in an initiative entitled Cities for Citizenship, which is intended to allow the cities to expand their naturalization schemes and offer citizenship via Citigroup’s
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Americans are increasingly likely to support the way in which the Republican Party would handle the issue of immigration and to be against legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to start on the pathway to citizenship, according to a new poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News. Public opinion appears to have
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The government of the United States holds a green card lottery every year. This is also known as the Diversity Visa Program, under which a green card is awarded to 50,000 people. Green cards, which are also known as permanent resident cards, are issued by the federal government and allow immigrants to legally live, study
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The amount of undocumented immigrants living in the United States illegally has leveled off in the last few years; however, those who decide to stay in the country on a permanent basis are likely to have much deeper ties than was the case ten years ago, a report released on Wednesday reveals. The Pew Research
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A 54-year-old former immigration officer in the United States was convicted on Friday of having taken bribes in exchange for granting temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants. Billy Louis Nelms Sr, who worked as an immigration office within the Santa Ana federal building, was charged with having promised legal permanent status to Cambodian immigrants. The
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Representative Steve King boldly stated on Saturday that President Obama’s declaration that he would take executive action to deal with immigration reform would result in Republicans in the House of Representatives bringing impeachment trials. King’s argument seems to have more to do with the number of undocumented immigrants already living in the United States than
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Republican Paul Ryan, who has been among those at the forefront of the push for immigration reform, has joined with many other politicians in admitting that there is no chance of immigration reform happening this year. John Boehner, the speaker of the House, has already said that immigration reform will not be happening in 2014,
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A judge in Montana this week ruled that a law approved by voters two years ago was unconstitutional. The law ‒ Legislative Referendum 121 ‒ attempted to put a limit on how much money could be spent on undocumented immigrants by denying them the right to get any kind of federal income, such as a
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has urged lawmakers in the United States to embrace comprehensive immigration reform, arguing that putting an end to special quotas on US visas and offering a pathway to citizenship will boost growth and innovation in the country. The News Corp and 20th Century Fox chairman has also been pressing for immigration
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