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The Physician Shortage: A Place for Immigration Reform

David J. Skorton | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
David J. Skorton

The U.S. already faces a shortage of physicians in rural and inner city areas. Through enlightened immigration policies, we can address our physician shortage and be a beacon for the rest of the world.

Snyder Applauds Bipartisan U.S. Immigration Reform Effort

ABC News Radio | Christine Hsu | Posted 04.03.2013 | Detroit

(LANSING, Mich.) -- Governor Rick Snyder applauds the bipartisan immigration reform legislation that U.S. Senators are working to get passed in Congre...

We've Always Played Politics With Immigration

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.30.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

America goes through these grand debates every generation or so, and what remains constant is that both sides in the fight can be counted upon to accuse the other side of "playing politics" with the immigration issue. This has, indeed already begun.

What Happens If Your Spouse-To-Be Isn't A U.S. Citizen?

Michael Wildes | Posted 09.29.2012 | Weddings
Michael Wildes

What happens if Mr. (or Ms. Right) is not a U.S. Citizen? Unless you are planning on moving abroad, you better quickly figure out a way to keep your betrothed in the United States legally.

Families Of Two U.S. Immigration Agents Shot In Mexico Seek Answers

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 06.30.2012 | Latino Voices

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- The families of two U.S. immigration agents shot more than a year ago on a Mexican highway renewed their demand Friday that the ...

Immigrants Bring Innovation And Jobs, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 06.26.2012 | Business

When President Obama announced a temporary halt to the deportation of young undocumented immigrants, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) slammed the move, a...

Bringing the Battlefield to the Border

Todd Miller | Posted 08.07.2012 | Politics
Todd Miller

Border Patrol forces, still growing, have more than doubled in the years since 9/11. As the new uniformed soldiers of the Department of Homeland Security, close to 20,000 Border Patrol agents now occupy the U.S. Southwest.

High School Salutatorian Banned From Returning To The U.S. For Graduation

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.31.2012 | Home

Elizabeth Olivas, 18, was all set to graduate as salutatorian of her Frankfort, Ind., high school class when she was forced to return to her native ...

Hanging on to America

Paul Ratner | Posted 07.21.2012 | Home
Paul Ratner

Whenever I'm in one of its in-between spaces, I feel the fragility of the American ideal. The ideal, not the cynicism, is why we came here. The America of the middle is worth hanging on to with everything we've got.

A Look At How Congress Has Dealt With Immigration

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.02.2012 | Latino Voices

-- A look at how Congress has dealt with immigration in the past 25 years: 1986: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 both tightens cont...

Timeline Of 10 Major U.S. Federal Immigration Laws

Posted 04.09.2012 | Latino Voices

Last week, Politico honored the anniversary of our nation’s first immigration law, the Naturalization Act of 1790. What was required of foreign-...

Restoring the Rule of Law to the U.S. Immigration System

Donald Kerwin | Posted 03.25.2012 | Politics
Donald Kerwin

The rule of law cannot be equated with rigorous enforcement of the law. To do so would be to mistake the rule of law with rule by law. Repressive regimes rule by law, but dishonor the rule of law in other ways.

US Teen Accidentally Deported To Colombia Is Finally Returning

AP | JUAN CARLOS LLORCA and LINDA STEWART BALL | Posted 03.07.2012 | Home

DALLAS — A Texas teenager who was deported to Colombia after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was back in the United States on Friday and at ...

U.S. Drops Same-Sex Couple's Deportation Case

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 12.08.2011 | Gay Voices

NEW YORK -- The U.S. government has dropped its New York deportation case against an Argentine lesbian who married a U.S. citizen, marking an improvem...

Pew Study Sheds Light On Undocumented Immigration Rates

Posted 12.03.2011 | Latino Voices

A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that nearly two thirds of the 10.2 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States...

How Hillary Clinton Can Create 1.3 Million Jobs at Zero Cost To Taxpayers

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 12.21.2011 | Business
Blake Fleetwood

We must break down the self-imposed trade and visa barriers that have caused the United States to lag behind the rest of the world, amid a worldwide global travel boom over the last decade.

A Humanitarian Crisis in the Making?

Marie Friedmann Marquardt | Posted 12.19.2011 | Politics
Marie Friedmann Marquardt

Unauthorized immigrants and their children are settled. Rather than forcing them into the shadows, our elected officials should actively seek to harness their energy, vitality, and resiliency to build safe, thriving communities.

Elise Foley

Obama Administration Sets Deportation Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.18.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration set a new record for deportations, removing nearly 400,000 undocumented immigrants in the last fiscal year, Imm...

Effective Immigration Enforcement, Not Failure to Enforce the Law

Donald Kerwin | Posted 12.06.2011 | Politics
Donald Kerwin

U.S. immigration policy still needs to be fixed. The American people would be better served if Congress worked towards constructive solutions to this challenge, rather than engaged in political theater.

(PHOTOS) A Look At Where The U.S. Hispanic Population Resides

Posted 10.10.2011 | Latino Voices

Hispanics remain the most geographically dispersed of all U.S. ethnic groups, and several sub-groups have experienced massive population growth over t...

California Matchmaker Busted In Immigrant Marriage Fraud Ring: Feds

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 09.25.2011 | Crime

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury in Sacramento has indicted 14 people on charges of arranging sham marriages to immigrants from Russia,...

WATCH: U.S. Government's Shocking New Anti-Trafficking Ad

Posted 09.20.2011 | World

A young Hispanic woman, locked up in a giant birdcage, is forced to sing for two white men who keep her prisoned. They smear lipstick on her face. The...

The Flow of Undocumented Migrants Entering The U.S. Has Nearly Stopped, But Not for the Reasons You May Think

Kristian Ramos | Posted 09.14.2011 | Politics
Kristian Ramos

Illegal Migration into the United States has all but stopped, and not entirely for the reasons you may think. It is not just because the United States has put unprecedented levels of resources along the border.

Despite Federal Laws, Gay Couples Apply For Green Cards

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 08.06.2011 | Los Angeles

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — Faced with losing the life they've built together in the dusty California desert town of Cathedral City, Doug Gentry an...

Bend the Immigration Arc Toward Justice

Alison Parker | Posted 07.25.2011 | Politics
Alison Parker

I have taken calls from seriously hysterical family members -- incredibly traumatized people -- sobbing on the phone, crying out, "I don't know where my son or husband is!"