by Nadya Faulx | May 7, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON–With wedding season just around the corner, dozens of brides- and grooms-to-be came out for the fourth annual Same Love, Same Rights Gay and Lesbian Wedding Expo Sunday. The happy couples perused gay and gay-friendly vendors as they planned their big...
by Colette Luke | Apr 25, 2013 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives will take its turn on immigration by introducing a bill this week – the first of many in the coming weeks – that includes a temporary agricultural guest worker program and an e-verification system for U.S employers...
by Nadya Faulx | Apr 23, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — U.S. homeland security chief Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that border security loopholes that allowed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev to go unnoticed on a trip to Russia in 2012 would be tightened under the Senate’s new immigration...
by Nadya Faulx | Apr 18, 2013 | Immigration, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON—Arizona Sen. John McCain urged the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday to develop an index to gauge border security, a measurement he called “fundamental” to the just-introduced bipartisan immigration reform plan. Homeland Security Secretary Janet...
by Nadya Faulx | Apr 15, 2013 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto scheduled to meet for the first time next month, Mexican Ambassador Eduardo Medina-Mora outlined Monday a “new era of collaboration” between the two countries. Trade, border...
by Colette Luke | Apr 12, 2013 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON –A group of moderate House members known as the New Democrat Coalition argues that comprehensive immigration reform would create more jobs and make the country more competitive in the global market. “Our history has shown that immigrants and their children...
