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16 Nov President Obama Indicates Push for Immigration Reform in January 2013

Posted at 09:53h in Uncategorized

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that four years ago, President-elect Barack Obama promised to push for comprehensive reform to fix a broken immigration system by the end of his first year in office. This afternoon, at his first press conference since winning re-election last week, President...

09 Nov Election Sets a New Path for Immigration

Posted at 16:25h in Uncategorized

The American Immigration Council reported that even before the election was called for President Obama, pundits and pollsters were remarking on the fact that immigration—or more specifically, anti-immigrant policies—were a death knell for Mitt Romney. Today, the analysis of whether and how the Republican party...

09 Nov Congress to Take Up Immigration Reform

Posted at 12:02h in Uncategorized

The Huffington Post reported that Senate Democrats are planning to quickly revisit immigration reform after President Barack Obama's inauguration, according to several Democratic sources. What type of legislation they will end up pushing has yet to be discussed in detail. But the party feels emboldened by...

08 Nov Immigration Reform on Agenda for President Obama’s Second Term

Posted at 14:15h in Uncategorized

The Hill.com reported that an outpouring of support from Hispanic voters helped to usher President Obama to a resounding reelection win Tuesday, and immigration reformers say those dynamics have set the stage for a bipartisan reform deal next year. Conservatives in Congress have successfully killed efforts...

07 Nov President Obama Re-Elected with Support of Latinos

Posted at 12:56h in Uncategorized

The Huffington Post reported that President Barack Obama won reelection on Tuesday thanks in part to near-record levels of support from Latino voters, who came out in huge numbers to support him over GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. An impreMedia-Latino Decisions poll released Tuesday as an...

05 Nov High Tech Visa Talks Resume in Congress

Posted at 18:58h in Uncategorized

Rollcall.com reported that House and Senate negotiators hope that legislation granting additional permanent visas to highly skilled immigrants could be revived before the end of the year. But the presidential election makes finding a compromise more difficult. Staffers from the offices of House Judiciary Chairman Lamar...

03 Nov Immigrant Workers to Help with Reconstruction Following Hurricane Sandy

Posted at 15:30h in Uncategorized

The American Immigration Council reported that Hurricane Sandy may be gone, but the monumental task of reconstruction remains. In New Jersey and New York in particular, thousands of workers will be needed to rebuild or restore roads, homes, and office buildings damaged or destroyed by...

03 Nov Productivity of Immigration Courts Decreasing

Posted at 15:28h in Uncategorized

The Hill.com reported that The Justice Department’s immigration courts have become less productive despite hiring more judges to handle deportation cases, according to a report released Thursday. The report, issued by the DOJ’s inspector general (IG), found that the number of cases completed by the Executive...

03 Nov USCIS Releases Revised Form I-140

Posted at 15:24h in Uncategorized

USCIS announced the availability of a revised Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker. USCIS says that editions dated January 6, 2010 and later will be accepted until December 30, 2012. After this date, they will only accept the October 1, 2012 edition....

29 Oct More Immigration is Key to US Economic Improvement

Posted at 12:33h in Uncategorized

Bloomberg Businessweek reported that for those in favor of immigration reform, it might have been a relief that the presidential candidates spent more time describing how workers overseas are stealing American jobs than they did accusing foreign workers of stealing jobs right here in the...