2 Aug
by Foster, on News
In the midst of fierce public debate over US immigration policy, Spanish-language news network Univision has put together a list of practice questions to help immigrants test their knowledge of American civics and prepare for their US citizenship exam. The free Citizenship Exam Tool—which can be taken in English or […]
When the Obama administration announced an expanded immigration initiative this week to address an escalating humanitarian crisis in Central America, it seemed almost paradoxical. On one hand, the government was broadening a program for children fleeing three violence-racked countries there, allowing for more applicants to enter the United States as […]
PHILADELPHIA — When Belen Sisa was in high school and her friends were landing their first jobs, getting driver’s licenses and making plans for college, she was making excuses. Sisa, whose parents illegally immigrated from Argentina when she was 6, hid that fact from her friends in Florence. “People would ask me, ‘Why […]
By Miriam Jordan The Obama Administration announced Tuesday the expansion of programs that enable Central Americans fleeing violence to apply for refugee status, and said that Costa Rica has agreed to temporarily host some of the more vulnerable individuals before they are resettled in the U.S. The plan is meant […]
