NEW ORLEANS — Government lawyers labored on Friday to persuade federal appeals court judges here to allow President Obama to move ahead with sweeping initiatives to protect immigrants in the country illegally. But the judges’ questions seemed to make it ever more unlikely that the president’s programs, which he has […]
When it comes to understanding the relationship between immigration and crime, anecdotes are no substitute for evidence. And, as a new report from the American Immigration Council explains, the evidence has been clear for more than a century: high rates of immigration are associated with lower crime rates, and immigrants […]
WASHINGTON — Undocumented young people called Dreamers have seen their average wages jump 45 percent since President Barack Obama granted them temporary authorization to stay in the U.S. and legally work here, according to a report released Thursday. Dreamers, brought to the U.S. as children by their parents, earn an […]
The fatal shooting of a San Francisco woman in a popular tourist district, allegedly by an illegal immigrant with a long criminal record, has intensified the debate over immigration on Capitol Hill. It has also focused attention on the issue of “sanctuary” cities that do not cooperate with federal officials […]