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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New research on immigration from the University of North Carolina, Rice University and the Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies suggests that the United States should consider re-evaluating its definition of skilled workers to incorporate the informal skills of immigrant workers. Identifying and Measuring the Lifelong Human Capital of ‘Unskilled’ Migrants in the
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Mark Zuckerberg, the tech mogul best known as the creator of Facebook, has recently become more and more active in politics. He has begun to make use of FWD.us, the immigration advocacy group he was responsible for starting, to make it clear to the Republican party in no uncertain terms that the time has come
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Senator Michael Bennet predicted in January last year that the troubled immigration system in the United States would be reformed by Congress by the end of 2013; however, despite a number of analysts agreeing with his prediction and a comprehensive bill being passed last June by the Senate, it ultimately did not happen. In the
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The approval ratings of President Obama have taken a big hit over the course of the last few weeks, primarily due to the continuing stagnation of the immigration crisis. This is according to Southwestern US Gallup, which provides polling and data drive news. The agency reported on Friday that Obama’s handling of the immigration crisis
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Democratic lawmakers announced new legislation on Monday to provide lawyers to the thousands of unaccompanied immigrant minors pouring across the border into the United States, stating that forcing youngsters to have to face deportation proceedings without legal representation is against fundamental American values. “It is a fantasy to believe that they have a fair shot
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Texas authorities have increased security at the Mexican border in an effort to cut down the number of undocumented immigrants flowing into the south-western state. Governor Rick Perry, Texas House speaker Joe Strauss and Lt Gov David Dewhurst announced the decision last Wednesday night, demonstrating Texan sovereign action in a situation some would insist is
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Mayors from across the United States have renewed their calls for immigration policy to be urgently implemented in the wake of the massive increase in the amount of unaccompanied immigrant minors illegally crossing the border into the country. The United States Conference of Mayors’ Immigration Reform Task Force met in Dallas on Sunday to count
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Protesters blocked the garage doors at the downtown Milwaukee office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more than two hours on Thursday. The protesters, who were part of the Voces de la Frontera (Voices of the Frontier) group, were acting in response to a number of immigration raids that have taken place recently in
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With thousands of undocumented immigrants from Central America ‒ many of them unaccompanied minors ‒ continuing to pour across the border to the United States, immigration experts seem to have formed a consensus opinion that efforts for immigration reform are over; however, there are some federal lawmakers who do not agree with this pessimistic view.
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With the comprehensive immigration bill that was passed last June by the Senate having stalled in the House of Representatives, those opposed to such reform have focused many of their criticisms on the issue of border security. A combination of factors, such as poor economies in their home countries and increased gang violence, has resulted
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