Mar 11th, 2010 · President Obama met Thursday with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) who are trying to craft a bipartisan immigration bill. The meeting comes less than two weeks before immigrant rights activists are planning a march on Washington to draw attention to their cause, but so far the White House has been reluctant to put the issue on the front burner.
Mar 11th, 2010 · President Obama met Thursday with senators who are trying to craft a bipartisan immigration bill. The meeting comes less than two weeks before immigrant rights activists are planning a march on Washington to draw attention to their cause, but so far the White House has been reluctant to put the issue on the front burner.
Mar 11th, 2010 · In Brooklyn, which traces a woman's journey from Ireland to New York in the 1950s, Colm Toibin weaves a classic tale of immigration and the loneliness that follows.
Mar 5th, 2010 · Thousands of wealthy foreigners have gotten visas by investing at least $500,000 in a new business that will create jobs in the U.S. While some think everyone wins under this arrangement, others scoff at what they say is a "pay to play" system.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · A group of Somali immigrants escaped imprisonment and torture to start new lives in the U.S. While here, they discovered that one of the men who headed the regime responsible for their suffering was also living here. The question before the Supreme Court: Can the Somalis sue their former captors?
Feb 24th, 2010 · Fourteen-year-old Josseline Quinteros died while trying to cross into the U.S. along the Mexico-Arizona border. Quinteros' is just one of the border crossing stories Margaret Regan tells in her book, The Death of Josseline.
Feb 9th, 2010 · Seventy percent of migrants entering the European Union arrive through the Greek archipelago. With job opportunities vanishing in northern Europe, more and more immigrants are staying in Greece, even as a weak economy prompts a rising intolerance of foreigners.
Feb 5th, 2010 · A few weeks after the Obama administration's announcement that Haitians in the U.S. illegally can apply for a legal work permit, or Temporary Protected Status, are Haitians taking advantage of the opportunity? What do they stand to gain, and what are the inherent risks and barriers? Fraudulent immigration "consultants" are jumping to take advantage of immigrants who don't know they can get free help from qualified attorneys.