Legal Immigrants

Why Do We Have Immigration When Unemployment Is High?

Howard Foster | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Immigration, Unemployment, President Obama, Work Visas, Legal Immigrants, H-1b, Immigration and Nationality Act, Business News
Howard Foster

Why do we have any legal immigration when so many Americans are looking for work? Isn't the U.S. government obligated to pursue immigration policies that serve the interest of our citizens?

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Arizona's Immigration Law: Racial Profiling at Its Worst as 10 States Explore Copycat Legislation

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maryland, Governor Brewer, Villaraigosa, Colorado, Obama, Immigration, Arizona, Missouri, Politics, Jan Brewer, Oklahoma, Ohio, Sb 1070, Arizona Immigration Bill, Illegal Immigrants, Senate Bill 1070, Rubio, sb1070, Arizona Immigration Law, Mississippi, Florida, Arizona Immigration, Illegal Immigration, Texas, Immigration Reform, Georgia, South Carolina, Legal Immigration, Race Neutral, Legal Immigrants, Utah, Aclu, Conlamic, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

Arizona's law is racial profiling at its worst, and it forces police officers who know better but are just doing their jobs to harass millions of innocent legal immigrants who have done absolutely nothing wrong.

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Misclassification of Workers Puts Courts, Due Process in Jeopardy for Limited English Speakers Here Legally

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Immigrants, Civil Rights Act, Irs, Taxes, Contractors, Internal Revenue Service, Interpreters, Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Training Taxes, Immigration, New York, Employment Development Department, California, Politics News, Employees, Law, Legal Immigrants, Worker?S Compensation, LEP, Health Care, Courts, U.S. General Accounting Office, Limited English Proficient, EDD, Legal, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

The federal Civil Rights Act requires state courts that receive federal funds (virtually all of them) to provide properly-credentialed interpreters in...

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Ideology Over Facts in Prescott Arizona

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Census, Prescott Arizona, Census, Legal Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Spanish, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

According to an article in Prescott, AZ's Daily Courier, a large banner in Spanish that urged community members to respond to the census was removed after some locals complained.

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One Future: The Shared Economic, Political Plight of African Americans and Afro-Immigrants

Gerry Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Immigration Reform, Congressional Black Caucus, Illegal Immigrants, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Haiti Poverty, Jobs, Legal Immigrants, African-Americans, Home News
Gerry Hudson

Immigration Reform. It's an issue that evokes social, emotional, and economic unease in communities across the nation. It's an issue that conjures up ...

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Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Industry Reach Tipping Point in 2010

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Interpreters, Immigration, Legal Immigrants, Health Care, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

The health care plan being debated in Congress promises to bring millions more limited English speaking legal immigrants into a system already struggling to communicate with many of the patients it has.

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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