Immigrants

Obama Keeps Tough Immigration Policies Despite Promise To Break From Bush

The New York Times | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: E-Verify, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Obama Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Arpaio, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Immigrants, Obama, Hispanics, La Raza, John McCain, Politics News

After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration's tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is...

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Jury Sides With Hospital That Deported Brain Injured Immigrant

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Luis Jimenez, Martin Memorial Medical Center, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Illegal Immigration, Guatemala, Florida, Immigration, Immigrants, Miami, Health Care, Deportation, Politics News

MIAMI — A hospital that sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala – over the objections of his family and legal g...

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What's In a Name? Racial Discrimination Still a Prominent Feature of the Canadian and U.S. Labor Markets

Nikki Cicerani | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Employer Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Economic Recession, Immigrants, Skilled US Workers, Immigrant's Story, Workplace Diversity, Business News

It is time to shift some of our risk taking and innovation to the human capital markets and see if we can create a richer society based on a new foundation of inclusion.

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Cutting Welfare for the Children of Immigrants will Devastate California

Emily Henry | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Mexican Immigrants, Immigrants, Immigration, California, Los Angeles, Second Generation, Politics News

If these children -- who are American citizens -- experience such a dramatic blow to their already-limited resource bank, the consequences for the entire state will be dire.

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Obama Revives Bush Plan To Seek Out Illegal Workers

The Washington Post | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Dhs, Bush, Jeff Sessions, Social Security, Obama Immigration, President Obama, George W. Bush, Immigration, Immigrants, Obama, Department of Homeland Security, Barack Obama, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Workers, Politics News

President Obama will abandon a controversial immigration crackdown, sought by his predecessor, to pressure U.S. companies to fire 9 million workers wi...

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Don't Enshrine Discrimination in Health Care Reform

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Immigration Reform, Immigrants, Universal Health Care, Immigration, Health Care, Politics News

A "universal" health care program that leaves out millions of Americans is a fraud and hurts all Americans, not just those who are excluded.

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Holder Pushes Hate Crime Bill in Wake of Recent Wave of Hate

Janet Murguía | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Hate has always been present. But the recent spike in violence against immigrants is being fanned by the flames of the anger and hateful rhetoric being voiced in the debate over immigration.

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NYC Ecuadorians Consider A Migration Home

City Futures, Inc. | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Immigrants, Ecuadorians, New York Immigrants, New York Ecuadorians, New York City, New York, New York-New York, New York News

Ecuadorian immigrants living in New York weigh incentives to return home amid the city's economic downturn....

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In Case You Hadn't Noticed: Britain's Got Fascists

LabourList | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Uk, Fascism, Immigration Reform, World, England, Immigration, Immigrants, Europe, World News

New York remembers what London has forgotten: that we are all immigrants, even white Britons who can trace their ancestry back to Saxon mud-hut dwellers.

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150 Children Sue Obama Administration Over Parents' Deportation

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Miami, Immigrants, Deportation, Citizenship, Immigration Suit, Deportation Duit, Bush Administration, Obama Administration, Politics News

MIAMI — Ronald Soza celebrated his 10th birthday Wednesday with cake and a serenade by more than 100 other children and their parents. His own ...

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Iranian Americans in the Spotlight

Angella Nazarian | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, Immigrants, Immigration, Iran, Iranian-American, Living News

The American public's overall impression of Iranian Americans is largely based on the reductive one-dimensional image of Iranians found in the media and in reports on Iran.

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Against All Odds: What the World Will See in Sotomayor

Ahu Ozyurt | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Turkey Kurds, Affirmative Action, Sonia Sotomayor, Angela Merkel, Rachida Dati, Erdogan, Immigrants, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Triumph, Politics News

I toast the little immigrant ladies who push strollers on our streets, who silently come to clean our apartments, and without a word of English somehow we manage to understand each other.

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Immigrant Professionals Leaving US Due To Downturn

Washington Post | Stephanie McCrummen | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Immigrant Professionals Leaving Us, Immigrants, US Economy, Recession, Business News

With the U.S. economy in turmoil, his job as a truck driver no longer secure and his upwardly mobile life in the Dallas suburbs in jeopardy, James Odh...

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Pssssst. Has Someone Told The Times About Latinos?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Whites, Latinos, National-Council-of-La-Raza, Race Relations, New York Times, Racism, National Council of La Raza, Black, Immigration, Immigrants, Janet MurguíA, Media News

For the Times -- and most of the media -- "Race Relations" means "Are white and black people chatting along fine at the office water cooler, the Pilates class, and the corner bar?"

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Amnesty NOW: How and Why

Jane Guskin | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Justice, Immigrants, Immigration, Protest, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration and Nationality Act, Amnesty, Immigrant Workers, Agjobs, Politics News

Any delays in pushing through legalization will hurt its chances. We need to mobilize behind a united demand, and make our voices heard every single day until we get what is needed.

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Immigrants Returning Home In Greater Numbers

BusinessWeek | Vivek Wadhwa | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: India, Immigrants Leave u.s., Economy, Work Visas, Land of Opportunity, Immigrants Return Home, Student Visas, Immigration, Immigrants, China, Immigration Debate, World News

As the debate over H-1B workers and skilled immigrants intensifies, we are losing sight of one important fact: The U.S. is no longer the only land of ...

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On Aasiya Hassan's Murder

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Murder, Violence, Bridges Tv, Muslims, Immigrants, Aasiya Hassan, Domestic Violence, America, Religion, World News

Aasiya Hassan's murder is horrific, but perhaps her story will give our community reason for pause and encourage countless other women to journey out of violence.

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No Gays, Please, We're Americans

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Economic Crisis, New York Times, Admiral Mike Mullen, Obama, Immigration, Immigrants, US Army, Military Recruiting, Video Games, Defense Department, Afghanistan War, Politics News

I marvel at the contortions our government goes through to avoid welcoming gays and lesbians openly into the armed services, whether they be skilled, highly skilled, or not skilled at all.

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Immigrant Groups Fighting Stimulus Provision

Washington Independent | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, E-Verify, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigrants, Immigrants, Economic Stimulus, Immigration, Stimulus, Immigration Policy, Politics News

Among the many provisions of the $800-plus billion stimulus bill hotly debated and horse-traded behind closed doors, one that remained largely under t...

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Reverse Brain Drain: Talented Immigrants Leave US, Take Skills With Them (LISTEN)

WorldFocus | Martin Savidge | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: Economic Crisis, Land of Opportunity, Financial Crisis, Immigration, Immigrants, Global Financial Crisis, Reverse Brain Drain, Global Economic Crisis, Worldfocus, World News

Though the U.S. has often been called the "land of opportunity," the country is losing some of its top minds to companies overseas. In a phenomenon...

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Mexico: 79 Central American Kidnapped Migrants Rescued

AP | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Mexico, Central America, Immigrants, Kidnapped, Migrants, Veracruz, World News

VERACRUZ, Mexico — Mexican officials say they have rescued 79 kidnapped migrants from a house in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. Veracruz sta...

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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Wants "Criminal Aliens" Out Of US

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Illegal Aliens, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigrants, Aliens, Immigrants, Politics News

WASHINGTON — If you're a criminal and you're not entitled to be in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants you out...

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GOP Hispanic Outreach Team Locked in Closet During SCHIP Debate?

Frank Sharry | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Immigrants, Latino Vote, Latino Voters, Schip, Republicans, Politics News

If the raging debate this week over kids health care is any indication, the GOP's new Hispanic Outreach Team must be locked in the closet, bound, and gagged.

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Yearly Mexican Remittances Drop Significantly

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Remittances, Unemployment, Job Loss, Mexico, Illegal Immigrants, Remittances Drop, Immigrants, Mexican Migrants, Global Economic Crisis, World News

MEXICO CITY — The money sent home by Mexican migrants fell in 2008 for the first time on record, Mexico's central bank said Tuesday _ part of a ...

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Obama Wants to Re-Open Lady Liberty's Crown

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style

After 9/11, I thought it was wrong to close the Crown; the Statue of Liberty is the first image of America for millions of immigrants, and for untold millions it is the iconic symbol of the US.

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