Immigrants deported in increased numbers is the story from the Chicago area. Those deported are interviewed and their are good quotes from immigrant advocates. (Published AP story found in the Journal Gazette)
I published a news feed commentary from the New York Times that backed Obama’s choice of Janet Napolitano of Arizona for homeland security secretary, which would make her the country’s top official handling immigration enforcement and border control. Read More
I published a news feed commentary from the New York Times that backed Obama’s choice of Janet Napolitano of Arizona for homeland security secretary, which would make her the country’s top official handling immigration enforcement and border control. Read More
Foreigners who marry Americans are entitled to become permanent residents of the U.S., but in a stricter post-9/11 world, hundreds of widows are being asked to leave the country because their husbands died. Bob Simon of 60 Minutes reports. (Source: CBS 60 Minutes)
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Topics: Civic Life, Family, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Immigrants, News
Topics: Civic Life, Family, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Immigrants, News
Video | 02:27 | European, Latinos, Mexican, Multiple Immigrant Groups | Hollywood, CA
View the trailer for "Crossing Over", a new movie with Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Sean Penn... Read More
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Penn State University Dickinson School of Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights will host its first immigration symposium. The theme of this day-long symposium is “Immigration in a New Administration.”
Barack Obama’s campaign said that the senator had no knowledge of the immigration status of a Kenyan relative who was reported to be living in the United States illegally. Read More at the New York Times Immigration and Refugees Web site
State authorities levied nearly $10 million in fines for wage violations at an Iowa meatpacking plant where nearly 400 illegal immigrant workers were arrested in a raid in May. Read More at the New York Times Immigration and Refugees Web site
The Homeland Security Department will launch a program Monday aimed at identifying illegal immigrants held in county and city jails across the country, but critics worry that nonthreatening individuals could be ensnarled in confusing deportation proceedings or denied legal protections.
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