According to NBC News, the plans labeled as ‘Operation Mega’ for immigration raids across the US by the Department of Homeland Security, to target over 8400 undocumented immigrants later in September, were well underway. But the plans have been shelved after the recent Hurricane Harvey, and the upcoming Hurricane Irma. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]
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On Tuesday the federal judge who slapped an injunction on President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform refused to rescind his order after a request from the White House.US District Judge Andrew Hanen said that the order, which would protect almost five million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation, would remain under the injunction
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In a major change to the immigration rules, which is also designed to boost the education and tourism industries, the United States will from today begin to reciprocally expand the validity of tourist, exchange and student US visas with China, as well as short-term business visas. Exchange visitors, qualified students and their dependents from China
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Republican members of Congress are getting hot under the collar about the announcement by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services that up to 34 million new green cards are to be ordered. The Republicans believe that President Obama is intending to take extreme measures when he fulfills his promise to enact immigration reform via
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Senator Harry Reid yesterday warned Republicans in the House of Representatives that if they do not hold a vote on comprehensive immigration reform by August 1st this year then they will force President Obama into taking administrative action over the issue. Reid says that the Obama administration is already in the process of reviewing its
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Allentown City Council has taken a stand, albeit a somewhat symbolic one, in support of immigration reform by unanimously passing a resolution recommending “federal enactment of rational solutions to fix our broken immigration system” on Wednesday night. The resolution states that between 11 and 14 million undocumented immigrants in the United States regularly contribute to
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A new advert sponsored by the Council for American Job Growth, the immigration rights advocacy group that is an affiliate of the FWD.us group, has been launched, with the aim of putting pressure on the Republican Party to force them to enact immigration reform before the end of 2014. The chief executive officer of Facebook,
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US President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto have been meeting up in order to discuss agreements over trade and travel, as well as border enforcement. The three nations are in agreement that managing border controls and streamlining trade are top priorities. During the North American Leaders Summit
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Immigration reform advocates, together with the nonpartisan organization the Congressional Budget Office, have declared in public that the United States would be positively affected by immigration reform in a number of different ways. Thousands of jobs would be created by immigration reform every year, spurring economic growth and dramatically reducing the nation’s deficit. As well
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The six New York Republicans in the House of Representatives are in support of having a vote about immigration reform in 2014 but are currently unwilling to make any criticisms of the leaders of their party for not having yet set a timetable to do so. Last June a comprehensive immigration reform bill was passed
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Documented and undocumented immigrants from all over the United States are showing their support for immigration reform that would make it easier for people born overseas to seek US citizenship. Some people have even decided to take drastic action in order to make sure that people hear their message of equality. In 2010 four people
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