[...] While the United States has its roots in being a welcoming place for immigrants, that hasn't always been the case.
It is true that a wave of new arrivals flooded U.S. shores in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but a movement to restrict who was allowed into the country took hold as well.
Chain migration involves family unification that extends beyond an immigrant's immediate family. It is one of the predominant factors that has caused immigration numbers to explode in recent decades.
WASHINGTON, DC (August 21, 2013) — An internationally recognized authority on immigration policy and a Fellow of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), Mr. David North, argues in a new video that the United States immigration policy is “tilted against the people at the bottom of the American labor market.”
[California] State lawmakers pressed ahead with controversial immigrant-rights legislation Monday, including a measure that would open up jury pools to noncitizens who have proof of residency and a separate bill to protect unauthorized immigrants when they seek legal help to stay in the U.S.
[...] The 30 recruits Friday scribbled notes as Desmond and a host of other representatives for the homeless, deaf, gay and lesbian, immigrant and refugee communities visited the academy with tips on interacting with what the department calls "special populations." ...
The Homeland Security Department has lost track of more than 1 million people who it knows arrived in the U.S. but who it cannot prove left the country, according to an audit Tuesday that also found the department probably won’t meet its own goals for deploying an entry-exit system...
A who's who of top Republican donors in Colorado sent a letter Tuesday beseeching Colorado's GOP delegation to embrace comprehensive immigration reform and provide a path to legal status for the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
