by Catherine Brzycki | Nov 19, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — In the District of Columbia, having legal migratory status is no longer a requirement for getting a driver’s license. Mayor Vincent Gray signed the Drivers Safety Amendment Act of 2013 at a news conference Monday, allowing the city to issue licenses...
by Catherine Brzycki | Nov 12, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he wants to make it easy for Congress to pass immigration reform. But with a Senate-approved bill stalled in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, it’s become clear that reform legislation will likely get...
by Tanvi Misra | Nov 11, 2013 | Business & Tech, Immigration, National Security
WASHINGTON — When Texas National Guardsman Brandon Schraub returned home four years ago after serving in Iraq, he found himself knee-deep in a tough job search. In 2009, “no one just blatantly said that they wouldn’t hire me, but you know how you go into a job...
by Catherine Brzycki | Nov 6, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON –In June, the Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform with bipartisan support. But once the bill hit the House of Representatives, bipartisanship quickly derailed. What once was a front-burner issue now appears to have little chance of passing the...
by Catherine Brzycki | Nov 4, 2013 | Immigration
Less than a month after the Mexican Embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the “MiConsulmex” app, it has received 25,000 individual downloads in less than a month. The free app targets the Mexican community in the United States and provides information about...
by Jayna Omaye | Oct 30, 2013 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — While immigration reform is stalled in Congress, hundreds of conservative leaders from 40 states gathered here Tuesday to meet with more than 100 members of Congress about passing immigration legislation. “What’s happening today is that Republican...
