Although both of the major political parties are talking about immigration reform, a sticking point remains the idea of granting a path for US citizenship for illegal immigrants. The majority of Democrats are pushing for citizenship, but there are a number of Republicans who are less than keen on the idea of taking immigration reform […]
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The Berkeley campus of the University of California last week announced that $1 million has been given by a private foundation in order to fund scholarships for undocumented immigrants. These scholarships are to be given to around 200 students who are ineligible for government grants, loans or work-study positions, according to the school. A private
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The majority of the population of the United States will not be white by the year 2043, according to brand new census projections. There is a historic shift taking place that is reshaping the schools, workforce and electorates of the country. The official forecast was released by the Census Bureau on Wednesday and now puts
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The decisive re-election of President Barack Obama in the United States last month has highlighted the rapidly changing face of the country, with liberals particularly hopeful that minorities are leading the nation along a path toward a more multicultural future in the 21st century. In the meantime, the Republican Party has been left to do
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The United States is a country of immigrants. With the exception of a very small number of Native Americans, all Americans originally came from elsewhere, and even relatively recent immigrants are able to rise to top political and economic roles. In recent times, however, the political landscape of the United States has come with a
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Once the confrontation over fiscal policy is done and dusted, the Obama administration is to commence an all-out drive to achieve comprehensive immigration reform, including giving 11 million illegal immigrants the chance to pursue a path to US citizenship, officials who have been briefed on the plans say. Although a number of crucial tactical decisions
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For the very first time in more than a century, Hispanic immigration to the United States in 2011 was beaten by immigrants from Asia, with the amount of undocumented Hispanic immigrants also continuing to decline. The new census data, which was released yesterday, confirms that there has been a clear and sustained fall in illegal
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Former US President George W Bush has come back into the limelight in order to urge Congress to pass America immigration reform, declaring that immigrants help to “invigorate our soul.” “As our nation debates the proper course of action relating to immigration, I hope we do so with a benevolent spirit and keep in mind
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Alejandro Mayorkas, the Director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced in November an initiative that would assist immigrant entrepreneurs who wish to start a business in the United States to be able to navigate the immigration process. Reports have discovered that highly skilled immigrants actually end up creating more jobs for Americans, and
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Niren & Associates, an award-winning America immigration law firm, is taking their commitment to help those who face immigration challenges to the next level by kicking off their second contest on Facebook where the prize is $1,200 worth of immigration legal services. The contest kicked off yesterday on the 4th December and will carry on
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With the emphasis in politics in the United States currently being placed firmly on the issue of immigration reform, a number of experts think that lawmakers could do worse than to look to Canada to get inspiration on fair but effective immigration laws, according to a recent Bloomberg News article by Shikha Dalmia. Many aspects
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