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Today's guest blogger is Ilana Alazzeh, who was born in San Francisco to an Israeli mother and Palestinian father. She currently attends Smith College in Massachusetts, where she stays active in community service and interfaith work.
An instructor and I were talking after class earlier this...
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Coming to and making a new life in America is the dream of millions of people around the world. Sure, you hear people talking about the U.S. economy and this, that and the other. However, make no mistake about it; America is still the land of opportunity and the number one country in the...
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The AP Stylebook today is making some changes in how we describe people living in a country illegally.
Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll explains the thinking behind the decision:
The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term “illegal immigrant” o...
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Why has the JOBS Act, which President Barack Obama signed today, been able to cut through Washington’s gridlock? Perhaps because, every politician sees that it might work when trillions in government spending have failed.
Whereas previous policies to foster entrepreneurship have sough...
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DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas suburb that has tried to ban housing rents by illegal immigrants will continue its appeals court fight for the ban, an attorney for the city said Thursday.
A federal judge in Dallas had blocked Farmers Branch from implementing a city ordinance barring illegal immigran...
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The United States is the land of opportunity, the land of dreams. The resources available outside of its borders pale in comparison to those within them – especially in underdeveloped nations.
In 1492, European explorers unintentionally discovered what would become the United States of Amer...
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WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today launched the first phase of its electronic immigration benefits system, known as USCIS ELIS. The system has been created to modernize the process for filing and adjudicating immigration benefits.
“Toda...
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President Obama's announcement Friday that he is using his executive authority to defer deportation proceedings for young immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally but meet certain requirements was just the latest example of the president's use of his power to act without Congress on policy issues...
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This morning brought the biggest immigration news of Barack Obama’s presidency: Effective immediately, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as childrenwill be granted relief from the threat of deportation and will be able to obtain work authorization. To qu...
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The President Announces a Change Likely to Please Hispanic Voters
President Obama flashed anger for the first time in recent memory today as an eccentric conservative reporter interrupted his speech on immigration in the Rose Garden.
Neil Munro of The Daily Caller, a conservative news site...
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