July 2012

The Huffington Post reported that as long as the Defense of Marriage Act is in effect, same-sex binational couples won't be able to petition for the foreign-born partner to receive legal status. In the meantime, though, a group pushing the Obama administration to delay decisions...

Reuters reported that a few hundred protesters, some toting placards reading "Migration is a Human Right," marched in Phoenix on Saturday to protest Arizona's two-year-old crackdown on illegal immigration. State law SB-1070, signed by Republican Governor Jan Brewer in April 2010, seeks to drive illegal immigrants...

The Huffington Post reported that Mark Pongo, a 32-year-old immigrant from Ghana, was released from detention earlier this month after 16 months -- or about 487 days -- away from his U.S. citizen wife and friends, during which his case languished in courts with record-high...

The American Immigration Council reported that who uses H-1Bs and for what types of jobs is a topic of constant debate in Congress and in communities across the country. The Brookings Institute recently released a new report mapping H-1B workers in the U.S which addresses...

The National Journal reported that he world will watch the colorful pageantry of the world's top athletes assembling in London on Friday for the 2012 Olympics. And while all members of Team U.S.A. are U.S. citizens, more than 40 of the nearly 600 athletes representing...

The Los Angeles Times reported that more than 7,180 deportation cases have been closed under an Obama administration program aimed at focusing immigration enforcement on convicted criminals, but the court backlog it was also intended to address continues to swell. Under the review, which was initiated...

Rollcall.com reported that Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin is calling on supporters of the DREAM Act to encourage Republicans to take up the cause. The move is part of a strategy to appeal to the hearts of the opposition and put a face to the issue of illegal...

The Associated Press reported that the Obama administration's new plan to grant temporary work permits to many young, illegal immigrants who otherwise could be deported may cost more than $585 million and require hiring hundreds of new federal employees to process more than 1 million...