by Maggie Hyde | Jul 22, 2010 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — With the 2011 withdrawal date for U.S. forces in Iraq drawing closer, experts Thursday warned members of a U.S. security commission that protections are needed for Iraqis who have helped U.S. forces and face threats of assassination by insurgents....
by F. Brendan Wilkerson | Jul 21, 2010 | Immigration
Get the Flash Player to see this content. WASHINGTON — With only three more weeks for Congress to pass immigration reform, undocumented students from around the country are mobilizing in Washington to turn up the heat on lawmakers. The protesters are celebrating...
by Maggie Hyde | Jul 15, 2010 | Immigration
Maggie Hyde/MNS Richard Land (center), a Southern Baptist Evangelical, was one of the expert witnesses at a subcommittee hearing discussing the ethical imperative of immigration reform. Land is president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Committee of the Southern...
by F. Brendan Wilkerson | Jul 7, 2010 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Immigration interest groups at both ends of the spectrum are gearing up for what promises to be a hard-fought legal battle between the federal government and the state of Arizona over its controversial statute. The Department of Justice filed a...
by F. Brendan Wilkerson | Jul 2, 2010 | Immigration
Get the Flash Player to see this content. WASHINGTON — Just days before Congress takes its annual Independence Day recess, President Barack Obama on Thursday challenged lawmakers to pass comprehensive immigration reform. The president was careful to avoid...
by Holly LaFon & Zachary Vasile | Jun 12, 2010 | Business & Tech, Immigration
WASHINGTON — People who come to the United States every year seeking protection from persecution are struggling while their cases stall in the backlogged dockets of the nation’s immigration courts. As a result of heightened immigration enforcement in the past...
