by Lindsey Holden | Jul 21, 2014 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday grilled Obama administration officials on whether they have a plan to improve conditions in Central America to stem the flood of children from those countries illegally crossing into the United...
by Rose Zhou | Jul 21, 2014 | Immigration
With Congress scrambling to pass a $3.7 billion emergency fund to help cope with the ongoing southern border immigration crisis, experts from the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think-tank, emphasize the importance of increased spending on immigration...
by Dima Ansari | Jul 21, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — A top State Department official said Thursday that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that 58 percent of the immigrant minors streaming across the southern border could have a “protection concern” — a claim...
by Rose Zhou | Jul 14, 2014 | Immigration
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by Dima Ansari | Jul 8, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – About 100 advocates for immigrant families and children protested outside the White House Monday, calling on President Barack Obama to quickly make good on his pledge to use executive orders to move immigration reform forward, especially to help the...
by Rose Zhou | Jul 2, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Young immigrants who are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals say they are encouraged by President Barack Obama’s decision to take executive actions on immigration, but they will keep fighting to escalate the reform...