WASHINGTON – A sweeping immigration bill that a bipartisan group of eight senators plans to introduce on Tuesday seeks not only to fix chronic problems in the system and bring an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants to the right side of the law. It would also reorient future immigration with the goal of bringing foreigners
The sweeping plan, which includes a 13-year path to citizenship and guest worker programs, takes advantage of the changed political alignment of the U.S.
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Censorship is not civility.
Yet that’s the argument made in this newspaper last Sunday by columnist Tim Rutten. (Killing ‘illegal’ is about civility, not politics.)
Rutten made a spirited defense of The Associated Press’ decision to prohibit their reporters from using the phrase “illegal immigrant” when referring to an individual.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — In the pews of the First Baptist Church of Orlando, where thousands of evangelical Christians gather on Sundays to worship and sing, a change of heart is happening on the once toxic issue of immigration.
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t has been amazing this year to watch immigration reform, that perennial train wreck of an issue, keep rolling forward without losing steam or blowing up. A bipartisan band of senators called the Gang of Eight has been working steadily for months on a bill; a similar group in the House is doing the same;
She is talking about the integration of immigrants into the Santa Clara County community.
The county has made a commitment, not just paying lip service, to integration. It is about creating a profound relationship, identifying not only need, but contribution.
When the census happened, the question was how
Is taking a look at how immigrants are being integrated into our communities.
Immigration rates into the U.S. are actually going down. In the 100 largest metro areas, between 2000 to 2010, immigration is actually down.
What most people know about immigration is wrong. When you talk about
Republican leaders seek to build more support in Congress for an immigration reform package before they deal with the thorny question.
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Angry voters infamously shut down Congress’ switchboard in 2007 to oppose immigration reform – an outburst that helped convince Republicans of the proposal’s outsize political peril.
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In recent years, immigrant rights organizations, students and social activists have called on U.S. higher education institutions to get behind state and federal legislative measures, such as the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. While legislative action on immigration reform policies has been very limited, colleges and university campuses at least proved to be friendly