The debate continues over comprehensive immigration reform as civil rights activists, lawyers and communities all across the United States express their desire to see a better world created for undocumented immigrants. Advocates for immigration reform are gathering in cities across the country in order to protest the unfair treatment given to immigrants, with discussions over […]
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The Republican Party is well known for its long standing stance against illegal immigration, but Jeb Bush, the former Governor of Florida who is widely viewed as a potential presidential candidate for the Republicans for the 2016 elections, has sounded a different note by saying many illegal immigrants to the United States do so out
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As the fight for immigration reform goes on, it has sometimes been difficult to work out who is its true champions. The Democrats control the Senate, which passed a comprehensive bill last year, which included giving immigrants increased access to foreign US visas, improved border security protocols and created a pathway to US citizenship for
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services are in the process of implementing an initiative which will make it easier for immigrant applicants to use their forms. USCIS are releasing an updated version of Form N-400, also known as the Application for Naturalization form. The revised application form has been introduced as a result of
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The nonpartisan organization known as the Congressional Budget Office says that the immigration reform plan presented by Democrats in the House of Representatives could cut the budget deficit in the United States by as much as $900 billion by the year 2034. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the United States could be able to
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services encourage innovative minds from other countries to study and work in the United States with the help of various types of visas. However, many people think the US government needs to do more to assist students who study in the science, technology, engineering and maths fields in the
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President Barack Obama has been petitioned by Hispanic immigrants who want his administration to put an end to the deportation of undocumented immigrants, with almost two million people having been deported in his time in the White House. The complaints from Latinos are being focused on by Democrats, who worry that the turnout for the
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On Tuesday March 11th immigrant leaders and their supporters called for the stalled talks on the overhaul of the immigration system in the United States to be jump started by Congress’ Texas Republican delegation. Union leader Eliseo Medina and other people visited the offices of two congressmen and pressed Republicans to get moving with legislation
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For two months after the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals created by President Barack Obama was passed into law, back in 2012, immigrants were forced to register to be protected with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement rather than the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Those immigrants who are eligible are now able to have
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Applicants who wish to sit the exam for US citizenship need to understand the English language as read, spoken and written, and need to be aware of the principles of the United States government and have some knowledge of American history. One hundred possible questions have been provided to applicants by the United States Citizenship
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Washington has become the fifth state in the US to offer college financial assistance to undocumented students who were brought into the country illegally when they were children. Wednesday saw Governor Jay Inslee sign legislation that means they are now eligible to receive student grants. Inslee described the bill as being a major win for
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