Immigration Reform: The Senate Way, The Obama Way
Immigration Reform: The Senate Way, The Obama Way
By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA. Two proposals for comprehensive immigration reform were released this week, from a bipartisan Senate committee and from President Obama. As we launch into political negotiations […]
Bipartisan House Group Hopes to Unveil Immigration Reform Plan
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino While it has not been made public by the members themselves, a bipartisan group in the House, including Democratic Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez, California Democratic Congressman […]
Mexicans Naturalize at Lower Rate Than Other Immigrants
By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino Compared to other groups of immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexicans have the lowest rate of naturalization. Nearly 61 percent of immigrants eligible for naturalization […]
Border Patrol Get Bonuses & Vacations for Increased Arrests
By Pilar Marrero, NewsTaco You would say that a nice incentive program is a good thing to have when you are looking to reach some goals in an organization. The […]
Michigan Reverses: Will Give Licenses to DREAMers
By Emily Deruy, ABCNews/Univision In a reversal from its original position, Michigan said Friday that DREAMers will be eligible for driver’s licenses. Click on picture to read story. [Photo by UMHealthSystem]
Texas Immigration Politics: Enforcement First, Outreach Later?
By Sylvia Manzano, Latino Decsions Earlier this week a bipartisan group of eight senators announced their preliminary plans for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) legislation. Neither senator from Texas is among […]
Republican Fear Factor Drives Immigration Reform
By David Horsey, Los Angeles Times Even if Republicans support an immigration reform bill, Latinos are not going to become instant conservatives. Click on picture to read story. [Photo by Donkey […]
Latino Immigrants Assimilating As Fast As Earlier Groups
By Dylan Matthews, The Washington Post Wonkblog In 2007, the political scientists Jack Citrin, Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami and Kathryn Pearson decided to test Huntington’s theory against the available evidence about Latino assimilation. They found […]
Three Ways U.S. Immigration Reform Might Impact Mexico
By Olga Khazan and Nick Miroff, The Washington Post Click on picture to read story. [Photo by Kordian] Read more immigration stories here: Eugene Robinson: Immigration reform is a solvable problem, […]
Before We Bicker on Immigration, Let’s agree On Definitions
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco If we’re going to get anywhere in this looming immigration debate, we’ve got to start in the same room, using words we all understand. I don’t […]
