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Immigration News – 2014 Part 2

21 Oct

Date News Stories  

10/16/2014 Hondurans fled to the US because their lives were in danger. The US sent them back.  
10/15/2014 New York Considers Limiting Immigrant Detention  
10/12/2014 The Ireland-Texas connection  
10/11/2014 Migrant children: Out of sight, still in mind  
10/9/2014 Influx of unaccompanied immigrant children slowed again in September  
10/9/2014 Wave of Immigrants to U.S. Resurges  
10/8/2014 Immigration activists say feds are stepping up home raids  
10/7/2014 ICE removes South Korean woman wanted by Korean authorities for embezzlement  
10/6/2014 U.S. deported a record number of undocumented immigrants in 2013, DHS says  
10/6/2014 Report: Since Eisenhower, Executive Action Used for Immigration  
10/3/2014 Obama: Action on immigration not if, but when  
10/2/2014 Nashville looks to avoid immigration ‘cauldron’  
9/28/2014 Illegal Immigrants Seeking Asylum Face a Higher Bar  
9/25/2014 Military Path Opened for Young Immigrants  
9/25/2014 Without H-1B Visa Changes Microsoft May Continue Foreign Expansion  
9/24/2014 Growing religious movement shields undocumented immigrants  
9/23/2014 7-Eleven Owners Busted for Harboring and Hiring Illegal Immigrants  
9/22/2014 Round Rock business indicted for allegedly employing undocumented immigrants  
9/18/2014 Speaker John Boehner says immigration reform would help economy  
9/18/2014 Against the Odds, Finding Refuge in El Paso  
9/16/2014 Push for Immigrants to Become Citizens  
9/16/2014 To Help Unaccompanied Minors, New York City Posts Representatives at Immigration Court  
9/15/2014 Immigrants aren’t stealing your jobs  
9/11/2014 US Sharply Cutting Deportations  
9/10/2014 Deportation case against Salvadoran woman criticized as ‘overkill’  
9/10/2014 Immigrant children face uncertain future in courts  
9/9/2014 What Obama’s delay on executive action means for immigrant families  
9/8/2014 Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson: ‘Worst is over for now’ on border crisis  
9/6/2014 Obama to delay immigration action  
9/5/2014 In Remote Detention Center, a Battle on Fast Deportations  
9/3/2014 Immigration Lawyer Charged With Investment Fraud  
9/2/2014 Immigrants find state responses to DACA vary  
8/29/2014 Obama Weighing Delay in Action on Immigration  
8/26/2014 Obama pressed to expand deportation program for millions of immigrants  
8/22/2014 Obama action on immigration could affect midterms  
8/21/2014 Employers’ ‘Specialty Occupation’ Dilemma: Why an H-1B Lottery Win Isn’t a Free Pass  
8/20/2014 Obama Weighs Broader Move on Legal Immigration  
8/19/2014 Advocates Seek to Delay Deportations for Millions  
8/18/2014 Obama Weighing Business-Friendly Immigration Actions  
8/12/2014 Ex-Bush attorney general backs executive action on immigration  
8/11/2014 Two Ways President Obama Could Act On Immigration  
8/11/2014 From reunion to reality: Honduran family navigates new life after a decade of separation  
8/7/2014 7 alleged human smuggling network members arrested in Guatemala  
8/7/2014 Flow of child immigrants slows along Texas border  
8/5/2014 As U.S. Speeds the Path to Deportation, Distress Fills New Family Detention Centers  
8/5/2014 Open to Both Sides, Homeland Security Chief Steps Into Immigration Divide  
8/5/2014 SEVP releases quarterly report on international students studying in US  
8/4/2014 From DREAMers To Border Crisis, Changing Face Of Immigration Keeps Upending Debate  
8/4/2014 Obama Eyes Limits of Executive Power in Immigration Move  
8/1/2014 Obama readies executive action on immigration  
7/31/2014 Response to border crisis falls apart on Capitol Hill  
7/30/2014 What Happens If the Border Funding Bill Fails?  
7/29/2014 Immigration battle 2014: House to vote on slimmed-down bill for border  
7/28/2014 Obama mulls large-scale move on immigration  
7/25/2014 Federal immigration crackdown begins to fall apart  
7/24/2014 State Department technical glitch creating major passport, visa delays  
7/24/2014 The dark, disturbing world of the visa-for-sale program  
7/23/2014 To Cope With Child Immigrants, Competing Plans Emerge From Congress  
7/23/2014 The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist  
7/22/2014 Immigration Judge Warns Against Swamped U.S. Courts: ‘We Are Reaching A Point Of Implosion’  
7/22/2014 Despite Crush of Children, Illegal Immigration Low  
7/22/2014 Secretary Johnson Announces 192 Criminal Arrests in Ongoing Ice Operation to Crack Down On Human Smuggling to the Rio Grande Valley  
7/21/2014 Immigration crisis: Children migrant issue turns political  
7/17/2014 Lost in a Pressing Crisis: Perpetual Immigration Issues  
7/17/2014 With Surge in Child Migrants, New York Forms Task Force on Aiding Them  
7/16/2014 Americans Really Worry About Immigration When They Pay Attention to It  
7/15/2014 Two Texas Lawmakers Propose Bill To Handle Surge Of Child Migrants  
7/15/2014 Here’s How Hard It Is for Unaccompanied Minors to Get Asylum  
7/14/2014 U.S. Deports Honduran Children In First Flight Since Obama’s Pledge  
7/10/2014 House GOP backer of immigration reform throws in towel  
7/9/2014 Fleeing Gangs, Children Head To U.S. Border  
7/9/2014 Immigration court backlog adds to border crisis  
7/4/2014 Foster Webinar on I-9 and E-Verify  
7/4/2014 Obama calls for immigration reform at Independence Day citizenship ceremony  
7/1/2014 Here’s What President Obama Said About Immigration Reform  
6/30/2014 Obama Announces Unilateral Action on Immigration  
6/30/2014 Tea Party Vs. The Tech World: Is Immigration Reform Dead In 2014  
6/30/2014 Immigration Bill Officially Dead: Boehner Tells Obama No Vote This Year  
6/28/2014 Obama to Seek Funds to Stem Border Crossings and Speed Deportations  
6/27/2014 Bleak Prognosis From Both Sides of Aisle in House for Immigration Overhaul  
6/23/2014 Flawed system means child immigrants can legally stay in US for years without consequences  
6/21/2014 U.S. Moves to Stop Surge in Illegal Immigration  
6/16/2014 Stateless babies: Born into a world without citizenship  
6/16/2014 Expatriate Americans Break Up With Uncle Sam to Escape Tax Rules  
6/16/2014 The Urgency of Immigration Reform: Attracting the World’s Best and Brightest  
6/13/2014 5 reasons why immigration reform may not be dead after all  
6/12/2014 No legal status for new migrant children  
6/10/2014 Eric Cantor Defeat Imperils Prospects for Immigration Overhaul  
6/9/2014 Too Many, Too Fast: Border Children Swamping Agents  
6/7/2014 Youths Facing Deportation to Be Given Legal Counsel  
6/4/2014 DHS: Shield against deportation can be extended  
6/4/2014 Wave of Minors on Their Own Rush to Cross Southwest Border  
6/2/2014 White House wants delay in DoD immigration plan  
6/2/2014 Obama Directs Officials To Lead Relief for Children Crossing Border  
5/31/2014 Pentagon Plan to Enlist Young Immigrants Is Delayed at White House’s Request  
5/28/2014 Guest: Why Washington’s farms need immigration reform  
5/26/2014 Prospects Unclear for Narrow Immigration Bill  
5/24/2014 The other side of deportation: An American struggles to prepare for life without husband  
5/24/2014 Obama Asks Homeland Security Secretary to Delay Deportation Review  
5/23/2014 Immigrants Increase to 16.3 Percent of U.S. Workforce, Setting New High  
5/23/2014 Dems press Obama to take executive action on immigration  
5/22/2014 Schumer: Obama will act on immigration if GOP doesn’t  
5/21/2014 Man Who Thought He Was a Citizen Makes It Official  
5/20/2014 Boehner Leaves Open a Vote on ‘Enlist Act’ Immigration Measure  
5/17/2014 Pittsburgh’s economy has gained from high-skilled immigrants  
5/16/2014 Court limits mandatory detention of immigrants in California  
5/16/2014 White House Debates How Far to Go in Easing Deportations  
5/15/2014 Speakers Discuss Problem of ‘Brain Waste’ Among Skilled Immigrants Educated Abroad  
5/15/2014 The shortage of farm workers and your grocery bill  
5/14/2014 Immigration court tech crash drags on  
5/14/2014 Bipartisan immigration bill would extend visa program  
5/13/2014 Law Enforcement Officials Expect ‘Reboot’ Of Secure Communities  
5/13/2014 Obama makes new pitch for immigration reform  
5/12/2014 STEM Labor Shortage Pushed by Lobbyists To Get More H-1B Visas, Researcher Says  
5/7/2014 USCIS On Immigration Consultants Sentenced for Filing Bogus Asylum Applications  
5/6/2014 DHS Announces Proposals to Attract and Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants  
5/6/2014 Obama administration to let some highskilled immigrant spouses work in US  
5/5/2014 Immigration Reform Isn’t Just About Numbers—It’s About Skills, Too  
5/5/2014 What happens to children when parents are detained or deported?  
5/1/2014 Florida’s Senate Votes to Let Illegal Immigrants Pay In-State College Tuition  
4/29/2014 Report: “Nonjudicial” deportations, criminal charges up since 1996  
4/28/2014 Visa overstayers comprise 38 percent to 50 percent of unauthorized U.S. residents, per 2006 calculations  
4/24/2014 Prosecutorial discretion rarely used in immigration cases  
4/24/2014 Obama administration may unveil new deportation policy in two stages  
4/23/2014 Computer bug bogs down immigration courts  
4/22/2014 How immigration reform will benefit US and Asia  
4/21/2014 US weighs curbing deportations  
4/18/2014 Sheriffs Limit Detention of Immigrants  
4/18/2014 Homeland Security Reissues Immigrant Asylum Rules  
4/17/2014 Court deportations take dramatic plunge  
4/15/2014 No Executive Action on Immigration Overhaul for Now  
4/15/2014 Original Co-Sponsors of H.R. 15 Send Memo Seeking More Discharge Petition Signatures  
4/15/2014 Should Obama use the power of his pen to turn the tide on immigration reform?  
4/14/2014 Bill would reserve visas for math, science doctorates  
4/13/2014 Deported Without Seeing A Judge: One of the Worst Parts of the Immigration System  
4/8/2014 Immigration Reform Advocates: Heavy-Handed Obama Deportations Hit Minor Offenders, Not Serious Criminals  
4/8/2014 Obama’s Immigration Options  
4/6/2014 More Deportations Follow Minor Crimes, Records Show  
4/3/2014 GOP lawmakers plan to pass portion of immigration reform  
4/3/2014 Tech Industry’s Stance on Immigration Scrutinized  
3/31/2014 Bishops seek immigration reform during border trip  
3/28/2014 Immigration Advocates Asking Business Leaders for Push  
3/28/2014 Tech Executive Sounds Alarm About Need for U.S. Investment in STEM Education  
3/26/2014 Democrats Look to Force Vote on Immigration Reform  
3/25/2014 Immigration Reform Would Reduce Deficit By $900B In 20 Years, Says Federal Agency  
3/25/2014 The changing face of citizenship  
3/24/2014 House Democrats press for immigration vote  
3/21/2014 Immigration debate takes center stage in Erie  
3/21/2014 Son reunited with mother after month of immigration custody  
3/20/2014 GOP Optimists Challenge Common Wisdom on Immigration  
3/19/2014 Charges reduced, immigrant hopes to stay in US  
3/19/2014 Economists: Increasing immigration is one of the ways to spark growth  
3/19/2014 Tech flips the script on immigration foes  
3/19/2014 Why more skilled immigration would be good for American workers, too  
3/19/2014 SEC Press Release on Chicago Case Settlement  
3/18/2014 Convictions Surge for Illegal Immigrants Who Try to Return to U.S.  
3/17/2014 Irish Americans lobby for immigration reform  
3/17/2014 What Does Obama Administration Immigration-Enforcement Review Mean For Deportation Policy?  
3/13/2014 Obama, Citing a Concern for Families, Orders a Review of Deportations  
3/11/2014 Immigration change gives legal status to undocumented relatives of US military  
3/10/2014 Justices Let Stand Ruling That Illegal Aliens Have Standing to Sue for Violations of FLSA  
3/10/2014 Tennessee: One immigration bill advances, another stalls  
3/10/2014 New York program gets public defenders for immigrants  
3/7/2014 O’Brien seeks to avoid immigration-services fraud  
3/4/2014 White House Budget Boosts Immigration Enforcement  
3/4/2014 Immigration Roundup: Enforcing Enforcement  
3/4/2014 Immigration Reform: Obama Proposes Bed Mandate Reduction, Keeps Program That Deputizes Local And State Law Enforcement  
3/3/2014 U.S. Supreme Court declines immigration cases By Lawrence Hurley  
3/3/2014 South Carolina ‘Show Me Papers’ Dispute Is Settled  
3/3/2014 U.S. immigration policies: A little something for everyone to hate  
3/3/2014 Report Finds E-Verify Impacts Wages Of Likely Undocumented Immigrant Men  
2/27/2014 Paralegal for Immigration Law Firms Charged With Sham-Marriage Fraud  
2/26/2014 Washington state expected to enact college aid for undocumented immigrants  
2/25/2014 600-plus business groups press for immigration  
2/25/2014 Economists Push for Immigration Overhaul, Acknowledge Legislation Faces Uphill Battle  
2/24/2014 Glenwood Springs rallies for family tangled in immigration red tape  
2/23/2014 Young Immigrants Turn Focus to President in Struggle Over Deportations  
2/22/2014 A plea for open doors  
2/19/2014 Attorney: Deportation Directives Unevenly Applied  
2/17/2014 Polls: Public’s immigration priorities changing  
2/14/2014 Why immigration reform matters  
2/13/2014 U.S. loses nearly half of deportation cases  
2/12/2014 Nebraska City Votes to Keep Rule Aimed at Illegal Immigrants  
2/12/2014 Record number of Americans Give up Citizenship  
2/11/2014 Farm Group Seeks Immigration Changes  
2/11/2014 Federal budget: Government dumps immigrant investor, entrepreneur programs  
2/11/2014 B.C. property market hazy after ‘millionaire visa’ scrapped  
2/11/2014 Ketchum Business Owner Sentenced for Immigration Fraud  
2/10/2014 In Strategy Shift, Immigration Coalition Targets GOP Lawmakers  
2/10/2014 Former Guatemalan special forces officer sentenced for covering up involvement in 1982 massacre  
2/9/2014 Swiss Voters Narrowly Approve Curbs on Immigration  
2/7/2014 Three Reasons Boehner Hit Pause on Immigration Reform  
2/6/2014 India extends visa-on-arrival facility to 180 countries  
2/5/2014 Report: Immigration Agency Should Seek EB-5 Help  
2/5/2014 House GOP Cools to Immigration Overhaul  
2/4/2014 Boehner unsure on immigration vote  
2/4/2014 Vass firm charged in worker visa fraud scheme  
2/4/2014 America needs more immigrants like Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s new CEO  
2/3/2014 GOP appears to tap immigration brakes  
2/2/2014 How immigration reform is shaping up to affect entrepreneurs, business owners  
1/31/2014 Obama Open to House GOP Immigration Plan  
1/30/2014 Legal Status, Not Citizenship, in GOP’s Immigration Plan  
1/30/2014 Boehner Releases Immigration Principles  
1/28/2014 Obama careful on immigration in State of the Union, lawmakers say  
1/27/2014 Speakers Discuss Types of Citizenship Paths, How They Play Out Economically, Politically  
1/27/2014 5 things to watch in the GOP immigration plan  
1/24/2014 BPC Report Says U.S. Needs Immigration To Counter Aging of Populace, Build Economy  
1/24/2014 For House Republicans, new momentum on immigration reform  
1/23/2014 Immigration back on GOP agenda  
1/21/2014 States Take Lead in Boosting Immigrants  
1/21/2014 State Immigration Laws Spiked in 2013 After Lull in 2012, NCSL Report Shows  
1/19/2014 Immigrants Jailed Just to Hit a Number  
1/17/2014 U.S. House GOP To Introduce Shortly New Immigration Plan, Including Path To Legal Status  
1/15/2014 Inside the House GOP’s immigration push  
1/15/2014 Prosecutorial discretion on the rise in immigration courts  
1/14/2014 Republican Ideas on Immigration Could Legalize Up to 6.5 Million, Study Says  
1/14/2014 Obama is using executive power to affect immigration law  
1/10/2014 GOP preps for its big immigration play  
1/9/2014 Bob Goodlatte pushes immigration solution  
1/8/2014 House Republicans Preparing Plan for Immigration Overhaul  
1/8/2014 Christie celebrates DREAM Act signing  
1/7/2014 Is 2014 the year for immigration reform?  
1/6/2014 California’s ‘Trust Act’ Goes Into Effect, Limiting Deportations of Undocumented Immigrants  
1/3/2014 Immigration bills may take months to hit House floor