by Nadya Faulx | May 24, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON—Texas Rep. Filemon Vela praised a think tank report on border security released Thursday for looking at the thorny issue from the vantage point of both the U.S. and Mexico—and for moving beyond apprehensions of people illegally crossing as a measurement....
by Colette Luke | May 22, 2013 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – Biometric checks for immigrants leaving the country aimed at strengthening security will be tested by Customs and Border Patrol agents to determine their effectiveness and impact on passenger delays at airports, a top CBP official told a House...
by Nadya Faulx | May 16, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON—Uzoma Nwachukwu had only recently graduated from college and was working as an engineer in his native Nigeria when he got the news that he was finally going to receive the green card he had applied for just months before. Like thousands of other African...
by Nadya Faulx | May 14, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — For Palestinians around the world, the Nakba still weighs heavily in collective memory as one of the darkest moments in their history. Wednesday marks the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, an Arabic word meaning catastrophe. In the uprisings that followed...
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...
