By Cristina Marcos Leaders of more than 70 cities and counties signed on to a legal brief on Monday calling for President Obama’s executive actions on immigration to move ahead.A Texas district judge issued a temporary injunction in February to freeze the executive actions to shield certain illegal immigrants from […]
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By Stephen Dinan With the push for a broad immigration bill now dead in Congress, business advocates are ramping up their calls for Republicans who run both chambers to at least consider updating the nation’s guest-worker programs to help boost the economy. From overhauling the visa that allows in farmworkers […]
This new but little-known immigration program seeks to reunite Central American families in U.S.
3 Apr
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By Josh Hicks The Obama administration in recent months has rolled out a new but little-known program that allows Central American immigrants who reside legally in the United States to bring family members to the country. The new policy applies to children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador who face harm from violence and other dangers. Admission […]
The president’s executive action immigration programs could mean $103 billion more in wages for those who qualify and a $230 billion increase in the nation’s gross domestic product in 10 years, according to a study issued Thursday by a group supportive of the programs. The Center for American Progress, a […]