immigration

Republicans Warn Obama Ahead Of Planned Immigration Action

5:40pm November 20, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The president's action, to be announced later today, will grant temporary relief to some immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Republicans could strip away funds that would go toward Obama's plan.

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Obama To Unveil Immigration Plan On Thursday

3:14pm November 19, 2014

by Mara Liasson

The president will then address the issue in a speech at a Las Vegas high school on Friday.

U.S. Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Calif., speaks Wednesday as U.S. military veterans, service members and immigration reform advocates look on during a press conference urging President Obama to move forward with immigration reform at the U.S. Capitol in Washingto

Get Ready To Watch This Lame-Duck Congress Sprint

10:21am November 15, 2014

by Ron Elving

From a Hail Mary pass on the Keystone pipeline aimed at saving Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., to attempts to block White House appointments and executive actions, the next month in Congress could be busy.

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Reports: Obama Will Approve Immigrant Work Permits For Millions

4:13pm November 13, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Following on a pledge to use his office's discretionary powers to address immigration, President Obama will remove the threat of deportation for up to 5 million people, says The New York Times.

U.S. Border Patrol agent Richard Funke looks for footprints from illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.- Mexico border near Nogales, Ariz., in 2010.

Dozens Of Countries Take In More Immigrants Per Capita Than The U.S.

3:05pm October 30, 2014

by Nathan Siegel

While the United States has the most total foreign-born residents, they make up a higher percentage of the population in most European countries and some Gulf states, as well as Canada and Australia.

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Immigrant Advocates Challenge The Way Mothers Are Detained

6:54pm October 15, 2014

by John Burnett

Ten plaintiffs are suing the government over policies and practices at a residential center in New Mexico, where 648 women and children are being held while awaiting the outcome of their asylum cases.

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Migrants at a shelter in southern Mexico say that Mexico's interior checkpoints are making it harder to travel north. Some have given up on reaching the U.S. and are trying to stay in Mexico.

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Mexican Crackdown Slows Central American Immigration To U.S.

9:24pm September 12, 2014

by Carrie Kahn

Under pressure from the United States, Mexico has begun arresting and deporting tens of thousands of Central Americans long before they reach the U.S. border.

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National

Child Migrants Settle Uneasily In The Big Easy

9:05am September 11, 2014

by Claudio Sanchez

U.S. immigration officials have allowed tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America to join family members or other guardians in the U.S. Nearly 1,000 are in New Orleans, for now.

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Race

First Syrian Refugees Arrive In Triad

12:32pm September 08, 2014

The first in the current wave of Syrian refugees will arrive in the Triad this week.

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This statue is located in Utah's Capitol building, beneath a mural of Brigham Young and the first Mormon pioneers traveling out west. "Utah is a place that understands the value of immigration," says Utah's speaker of the House, Becky Lockhart.

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Three Years On, Utah's Immigrant Guest Worker Law Still Stalled

7:53am August 01, 2014

by Kirk Siegler

In 2011, Utah decided to let some people in the state illegally apply for work permits. But the law, pending a federal waiver, still hasn't gone into effect — and now, some want to repeal it.

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