by Chelsea Wallis | Oct 13, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON—Border states aren’t the only ones dealing with crimes arising from illegal immigration. A panel of sheriffs representing counties in Iowa, Arizona, North Carolina and Maryland assembled Wednesday in Washington to ask Congress for help combating what some...
by Tiffany Lane | Oct 12, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama, members of his cabinet and leaders in the Hispanic community spoke Wednesday at the White House forum of American Latino heritage. Leaders called the forum the first event of its kind and talked about accomplishments of Latinos in...
by Chelsea Wallis | Oct 6, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON— U.S. companies are struggling to find electrical engineers with post-graduate training because of an American brain drain, said panelists on immigration policy this week. That’s because the majority of post-graduate degrees awarded in the U.S. in this...
by Chelsea Wallis | Oct 5, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON— The U.S. should consider aid from Colombia to combat violent and organized crime in Mexico, witnesses told a joint subcommittee of the U.S Congress this week. Two subcommittees – both in the House – convened on Tuesday to look at whether current U.S....
by Tiffany Lane | Oct 5, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has changed its approach toward arresting and deporting illegal aliens with criminal records. In just seven days, ICE’s national Operation Cross Check rounded up more than 2,900 criminals who were in the United...
by Chelsea Wallis | Oct 5, 2011 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON— Targeted deportation doesn’t mean amnesty for those who stay out of trouble. It’s an efficient use of funds, said Kumar Kibble, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deputy director, at a hearing this week questioning Homeland Security’s increased focus on...
