By Amy Taxin SANTA ANA, Calif. — Nubia Rodriguez was assaulted and kidnapped by an ex-boyfriend, crimes that made her eligible for a special visa for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. To apply, she needed law enforcement officials that handled the case to sign paperwork documenting the crime and her […]
Immigration Reform News: Following 9-Day Fast In Front Of 5th Circuit, Hunger Striker Focused On 2016 Presidential Election
23 Oct
by Foster, on News
Immigrants like Nora Hernandez are really angry at the 5th Circuit Court. How angry? Enough to use her vacation time to fly to the steps of the New Orleans court and not eat any food for nine days. The Latin Times spoke to Hernandez on Friday, the day after the fast […]
Donald Trump has opened the floodgates to lies about immigration. Here are the myths, and the facts MYTH: Immigrants take away American jobs. Wrong. Immigrants add to economic demand, and thereby push firms to create more jobs. MYTH: We don’t need any more immigrants. Baloney. The U.S. population is aging. Twenty-five years ago, each retiree […]
Economists tend to agree that immigration is good for the economy: Immigrants create jobs and make U.S-born workers more prosperous. Opponents of this idea often cite the work of Harvard labor economist George Borjas to argue that, at the very least, low-skilled immigrants steal jobs that low-skilled Americans would normally […]