Immigration
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 07:40
While people risk everything for a new life in the United States, Washington gears up for another immigration battle.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:24
Three Central American nations that have sent a flood of migrants to the United States are ready to provide $5 billion between them to match a sum Washington says may be needed to help solve the problem, Guatemala's president said on Tuesday.
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 11:06
Keeping Families Together: The President’s Executive Action On Immigration And The Need To Pass Comprehensive Reform
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 11:04
The Impact on Local Communities of the Release of Unaccompanied Minors and the Need for Consultation and Notification
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 06:49
The assistant secretary general of the Organization of American States is calling on Haiti’s politicians to set aside their differences so that long delayed legislative and local elections can take place as soon as possible.
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 11:52
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, welcomed the initiative announced this evening by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, that benefits nearly five million undocumented people, and said “this is the fruit of the struggle they have carried forward for years to achieve a migratory status that distances them from illegality and brings them closer to a life of dignity in this country.”
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 07:16
For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations. It’s kept us youthful, dynamic, and entrepreneurial. It has shaped our character as a people with limitless possibilities –- people not trapped by our past, but able to remake ourselves as we choose.
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 06:35
US President Barack Obama’s decision to suspend the deportation of certain unauthorized migrants will protect millions of people from the corrosive threat of removal, Human Rights Watch said today. The plan outlined, while deficient in key respects, will keep eligible families intact and help immigrants resist workplace and other abuses without fear of deportation.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:41
Reinaldo Menéndez threw himself into his grandmother’s outstretched arms, relieved to be back on Salvadorian soil after an unsuccessful attempt to reach the United States.
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 09:43
Chairman Salmon on the hearing: “In the past 12 months, over 66,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have left their home countries to embark on a dangerous trek to the southern border of the United States..."