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Young Immigrants Can Seek Legal Status This Month

Details of Obama plan released

(Newser) - Illegal immigrants who came to America as children can start applying for legal status this month, and the first two-year work permits will be granted this fall, reports the Los Angeles Times . Federal officials, announcing details of President Obama's controversial policy shift , say forms will be available online by...

New Roadblock for Immigrants: Tattoos

US scans them for possible gang affiliations

(Newser) - Immigrants applying for a green card might want to think before they ink. In recent years, US immigration officials have been scrutinizing the tattoos of foreigners seeking documentation in what some say is a misguided effort to prevent organized crime in Latin America from crossing the border, reports the Wall ...

California Senate Backs 'Anti-Arizona' Bill

Measure would limit deportation after minor crimes

(Newser) - California's Senate has passed a measure that runs counter to federal immigration efforts—one that's been dubbed the "anti-Arizona" bill, Reuters reports. The legislation, which looks set to pass the state Assembly, would hamper police's ability to hand an arrested person over to immigration officials for...

Obama: 'We Have to Remain a Nation of Immigrants'

President calls for immigration reform at citizenship ceremony

(Newser) - President Barack Obama marked the Fourth of July by welcoming two dozen US service members as newly-sworn American citizens, saying the contributions they have already made dramatize the need for Washington to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. "Just as we remain a nation of laws, we have to remain a...

'Genius' Visa Goes to Playboy Playmate

'Frisky Friday' inventor Shera Bechard now resides in US

(Newser) - Want a US visa? Starting a craze like "Frisky Friday," which encourages women to tweet their scantily-clad photos, might just do the trick. "Frisky Friday" inventor and former Playboy Playmate Shera Bechard received a so-called genius visa to live in the US, and she's not alone....

Canadians Don't Threaten to Move to US

Hilariously, Americans vowed to head north over health care ruling

(Newser) - A lot of people were upset over yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of health care reform, and BuzzFeed noticed that more than a few were protesting in a pretty hilarious fashion: by threatening to move to Canada. "I'm moving to Canada, the United States is entirely...

Arizona Ruling a Quagmire for Romney, GOP

Hispanic vote needed for swing states, but GOP loves tough policies

(Newser) - With Republicans and Mitt Romney struggling to get Hispanic votes, yesterday's Supreme Court ruling mostly striking down Arizona's tough immigration law has just muddied an already difficult dilemma, reports the Washington Post . Getting tough on illegal immigration fires up the GOP base, but Romney needs upward of 40%...

Hispanic Voters Focus on Economy, Not Immigration

Other issues ranked above immigration: Gallup poll

(Newser) - Mitt Romney recently rolled out a decidedly more relaxed attitude on immigration , likely in an attempt to appeal to Hispanic voters—but perhaps he needn't have bothered: A new Gallup poll finds that registered Hispanic voters in the US care more about a whole host of other issues than...

Obama&#39;s Immigration Move Is Wrong; Just Ask ... Obama
Obama's Immigration Move
Is Wrong; Just Ask ... Obama
charles krauthammer
Jun 22, 2012 11:54 AM CDT

Obama's Immigration Move Is Wrong; Just Ask ... Obama

But an election year changes everything, writes Charles Krauthammer

(Newser) - President Obama calls his loosening of deportation rules on young illegal immigrants the "right thing to do," but Charles Krauthammer has another description: "naked lawlessness." To support his case in the Washington Post , Krauthammer quotes none other than President Obama. When the Dream Act failed to...

Romney Sings Different Tune on Immigration

He softens stance in speech to group of Latino leaders

(Newser) - In what his critics will no doubt call an " Etch a Sketch " moment, Mitt Romney now sounds a lot more relaxed about immigration than he did during the Republican primaries. When he spoke to a gathering of Latino voters in Florida yesterday, his talk of "self-deportation" was...

House Apologizes for 1882 Anti-Chinese Law

Resolution expressing regret passes unanimously

(Newser) - The House has issued a rare apology for an anti-Chinese law it passed 130 years ago. The Chinese Exclusionary Act of 1882 banned immigration from China, and barred existing Chinese residents—who numbered close to 100,000 at the time—from citizenship and voting. The act remained in place until...

Asians Now Lead Immigration to US

Hispanics now in second place, Pew study finds

(Newser) - The biggest wave of new immigrants to America "aren't the poor, tired, huddled masses" described on the Statue of Liberty, the Pew Research Center says. A new report from the center finds that Asians have surpassed Hispanics as America's largest group of new immigrants and are now...

To Kill Immigration, Just Keep Making America Suck

We're not exactly the 'land of opportunity' these days: Alex Pareene

(Newser) - President Obama's plan to offer immunity to many young illegal immigrants "presents a quandary for the conservative movement," writes Alex Pareene on Salon : While most conservatives are opposed to immigration (yes, some of them are even opposed to the legal kind), they also recognize that they need...

Romney Ducks on Immigration &mdash;5 Times
 Romney 
 Ducks on 
 Immigration 
 —5 Times 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jun 17, 2012 12:13 PM CDT

Romney Ducks on Immigration —5 Times

Plus, a ton of reaction to Obama's shift

(Newser) - As Republicans pounced on President Obama's immigration shift , Mitt Romney was surprisingly noncommittal when asked today no fewer than five times whether he'd repeal the policy. Instead, Romney, who needs to make tracks with lukewarm Latino voters, called for a "long-term solution." He further blasted Obama'...

Immigration Move May 'Make or Break' Obama's Run

Payoff could be huge, but so could the backlash

(Newser) - One thing seems certain about President Obama's move to ease deportation rules on younger illegal immigrants: The political ramifications are big. Some assessments today:
  • The Hill : It could "make or break his relection bid," writes Jordy Yager. Given its potential to galvanize Latino voters, "the political
...

Irked Obama Defends Immigration Move
Irked Obama Fends Off Interrupting Reporter
UPDATED
Jun 15, 2012 3:32 PM CDT

Irked Obama Fends Off Interrupting Reporter

He spars twice during Rose Garden statement on immigration move

(Newser) - President Obama surely expected that his decision to make it easier for younger illegal immigrants to stay in the country wouldn't play well on the right. But he probably didn't expect to confront that criticism in the middle of his Rose Garden announcement. As ABC News notes, Neil...

Obama Offers Immunity to 800K Young Immigrants

Enacts major DREAM act goals without Congress

(Newser) - President Obama has struggled to get his immigration goals through Congress; now his administration is instituting major reforms on its own. In a plan to be announced today, the White House won't deport illegal immigrants younger than 30 who came to the US before they were 16, so long...

Bloomberg: Feds Should Make Cities Take Immigrants

He blasts Obama for failing to lead on immigration

(Newser) - America's immigration system is turning away the very workers it needs for economic growth, Michael Bloomberg warned at a panel discussion yesterday. The New York City mayor, pointing to a report showing that other countries are snapping up skilled migrants, argued that states should be allowed to set immigration...

Minority Babies the New Majority
 Minority Babies 
 the New Majority 
CENSUS DATA
May 17, 2012 7:15 AM CDT

Minority Babies the New Majority

Census reveals demographic watershed moment

(Newser) - For the first time in US history, a majority of babies are members of minority ethnic groups, according to new census figures. Of the roughly 4 million born between July 2010 and July 2011, 50.4% belonged to minority groups. The data show that the huge demographic shift under way...

Mexican Immigration Boom Over: Report

Trend could be permanent, experts say

(Newser) - For the first time since the Great Depression, more Mexicans are leaving the US than are arriving, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center . Immigration from Mexico began to slow down in 2005 and probably reversed by 2010, according to the report. The US economy, tougher border enforcement,...

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