Secret House group close to immigration-reform agreement – The Hill From the story: ”A bipartisan group of House negotiators is even further along in drafting a comprehensive immigration overhaul than its counterpart in the Senate, but the path to passage in the lower chamber is lined with thorns.” A rocky road to ...READ MORE
(CNN) — Illinois lawmakers approved a new measure Tuesday that would allow undocumented immigrants to get temporary driver’s licenses. Gov. Pat Quinn has pledged to sign the bill, saying in a statement that it will make the state’s roads safer. “More than 250,000 immigrant motorists on our roads today have ...READ MORE
PHOENIX — As many as 1.26 million immigrants may be eligible for temporary relief from deportation under a new Obama Administration initiative, and another 500,000 more could be eligible in the future, according to revised estimates released by the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute on Tuesday. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...READ MORE
The Dream Act: In Answer To Steve Yale-Loer’s Article by Harry DeMell In the ILW of February 14, 2012 Mr. Yale-Loehr argued that a truncated Dream Act would be immoral and should be opposed. I believe that he is wrong.http://www.ilw.com/articles/2012,0214-Loehr.shtm The immigration bar has made the same mistake over and over ...READ MORE
Secretary Napolitano Announces Rule Proposing Permanent Global Entry Program 02/06/2012 Washington —Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the publication of a Final rule that would establish Global Entry—a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) voluntary initiative, which allows expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travelers to streamline the ...READ MORE
Unauthorized Immigrants: Length of Residency, Patterns of Parenthood by Paul Taylor, et al for the Pew Hispanic Center Overview Nearly two-thirds of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants in the United States have lived in this country for at least 10 years and nearly half are parents of minor children, according ...READ MORE
24
Jan
2012
New immigration rule to help citizen relatives
(AP) WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while they try to win legal status in the United States, a senior administration official said. Currently, illegal immigrants must leave the country before they can ...READ MORE
24
Jan
2012
We Can’t Wait: President Obama Takes Actions to Increase Travel and Tourism in the United States
This morning, President Obama will sign an Executive Order and announce new initiatives to significantly increase travel and tourism in the United States. The U.S. tourism and travel industry is a substantial component of U.S. GDP and employment, representing 2.7% of GDP and 7.5 million jobs in 2010 – with ...READ MORE
07
Dec
2010
Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Immigration Debate
(ABC News) It is rare in the immigration debate for big business to come together with civil rights groups to challenge the constitutionality of legislation. But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has joined groups such as the National Immigration Law Center and the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund in filing ...READ MORE
PITTSFIELD – With the U.S. House of Representatives expected to vote on the DREAM Act this week, local political figures and immigration experts voiced their strong support for the bill. “We’re talking about kids who have done nothing wrong,” said Hilary Greene, program director of the Berkshire Immigrant Center. “Giving ...READ MORE