By Juliet Eilperin, Ed O’Keefe and Katie Zezima President Obama said in a video that he will lay out his proposal to overhaul the nation’s immigration system Thursday and will travel to Las Vegas on the heels of that announcement to rally support for his initiative on Friday. “Tomorrow night I’m going to be announcing […]
While commentators have focused on the politics of President Obama’s anticipated executive action on immigration, there is a more important question for those waiting in legal immigration backlogs: Will the president focus on providing protection from deportation for individuals here in unlawful status or will he also help those who […]
As part of the group of landmark agreements to come from President Barack Obama’s recent meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Obama announced Nov. 10 that validity periods for tourist and business travel visas for Chinese nationals would be extended from one to 10 years, which will significantly […]
‘Sweeping impact’ of immigration overhaul By Lomi Kriel and David McCumber November 13, 2014 President Barack Obama’s expected overhaul of the nation’s immigration system would have a sweeping impact on Houston, home to about one quarter of all immigrants illegally in Texas, immigrant experts and advocates said Thursday. About 11.7 […]