The re-election of President Barack Obama, who made it a point to support US immigration reform both throughout his first term as President and his re-election campaign, has seen a number of prominent politicians from both major political parties follow suit in order to throw their support behind comprehensive immigration reform, the Huffington Post says. […]
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program applications peaked at 5,715 per day three months ago back in September, but during the first half of November that number fell to 4,527 per day. The Obama administration launched the program four months ago back in August, which is designed to offer temporary legal status for people who
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A recent survey that was released on the 6th December by Quinnipiac University, which is situated in Connecticut, found that the great majority of voters in the United States support the right of undocumented immigrants to be able to put in an application for US citizenship. Fifty-seven percent of voters support the idea, while in
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People like Rosol Kadhim from Iraq and dozens of immigrants and refugees have attended an informational meeting that was hosted by the World Relief in the Quad Cities III. A whole line of families and couples waited for help at the Martin Luther King Jr Community Center in order to prepare an application for US
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Given that only a fraction of eligible immigrants actually do put in an application for US citizenship, efforts to assist more permanent residents to become citizens have been increased by the New Americans Campaign. Last year around 8.5 million immigrants were actually eligible for naturalization, yet just 750,000 of those actually filled out an application,
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The legal fight over the illegal immigration law in the state of Georgia has already become a long-running saga and could go on for even longer if officials decide to appeal their case to the US Supreme Court. Georgia officials yesterday claimed that they were still considering their options following the decision by Atlanta’s 11th
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Until 71% of the Latino community voted for the re-election of President Barack Obama on Election Day, it was difficult to make Republicans on Capitol Hill listen to the message that the party desperately needed to make America immigration reform a priority, according to Brad Bailey. However, that situation is now quickly changing as a
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A category of work visa for people who demonstrate “extraordinary ability” in the areas of science, athletics, business or education was created by the Immigration Act of 1990, and being granted a visa necessitates a very high level of prestige, such as winning the Nobel Prize. However, the first table tennis Olympian of Iran, Afshin
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A non-immigrant T-visa has recently been granted by the US Citizenship and Immigration Service to a Filipino woman who claimed to be the victim of human trafficking, GMA News Online reports. New York’s Best Care Agency hired Jacqueline Aguirre to work for them but when the approval for her H-1B paperwork came through, the firm
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Election Day marked the very first time that the great majority of Puerto Rican citizens, who also have US citizenship, cast their votes in favor of statehood during a nonbinding referendum. Voters cited the economic downturn and a shrinking population as the major reasons for their support, although it should be noted that 58% of
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Two senators on opposing sides of the political process are proposing comprehensive immigration law reform that would include a path to US citizenship for approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States. Republican Lindsey Graham from South Carolina and Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York have offered up similar proposals on two
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