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When the U.S. government approved Ricardo Magpantay, his wife and young children to immigrate to America from the Philippines, it was 1991. By the time a visa was available, it was 2005, and his children could In this Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 photo, Filipino American Jeff DeGuia, 28, holds up family pictures at Unidad Park in Los Angeles.
When the U.S. government approved Ricardo Magpantay, his wife and young children to immigrate to America from the Philippines, it was 1991. By the time a visa was available, it was 2005, and his children could not come with him because they were now adults.
Who would have thunk it but when it comes to immigration, the king of conservative talk radio, Rush Limbaugh , might have become the most progressive voice in America today. Limbaugh has done more than any human alive over the last two decades to kill any immigration bill that smacked of "amnesty."
The U.S. medical community is voicing mounting frustration over the Trump administration's focus on mental illness to fight mass violence. The family reunification system that has been central to U.S. immigration law for half a century is suddenly facing talk of a complete overhaul thanks to President Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court will hold a closed-door meeting on Friday to decide whether to take up a lower court opinion that blocked the White House plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which is at the forefront of the debate on illegal immigration. The nation's highest court will consider the possibility of reviewing the opinion without a ruling from a federal appeals court.
Apart from the bizarre notion that educators should set aside one month to salute the historical achievements of one race apart from and above the historical achievements of other races, Black History Month appears to omit a lot of black history. About slavery, do our mostly left-wing educators teach that slavery was not unique to America and is as old as humankind? As economist and author Thomas Sowell says: "More whites were brought as slaves to North Africa than blacks brought as slaves to the United States or to the 13 colonies from which it was formed.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell : "I thought my friends across the aisle would jump at this opportunity to fulfill what they say is their top priority. But they just could not take 'yes' for an answer.
Alessandro Negrete, a 35-year-old immigrant who is in the country without legal status, is tired of the spotlight on DACA recipients. Alessandro Negrete, a 35-year-old immigrant who is in the country without legal status, is tired of the spotlight on DACA recipients.
We all know what "cherry picking" is. Sifting through available evidence to pluck out the bits and pieces that support one particular narrative while ignoring everything that reinforces the contrary.
President Donald Trump told lawmakers last month he would sign any immigration bill that made it to his desk. Then his administration shot down a bipartisan bill before it could.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 212 illegal immigrants - 195 of them convicted criminals - in a five-day raid in Los Angeles, Calif. The raid resulted in the arrests of 212 illegal immigrants and the targeting of 122 businesses.
Supreme Court on Friday considered whether to take up Trump administration's appeal of an earlier legal ruling against its plan to cancel DACA Earlier this week, US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled at federal court in Brooklyn, New York, that DACA program must remain in place The US Supreme Court on Friday discussed in private how to handle President Donald Trump 's appeal of a judge's decision blocking his plan to end protections for young illegal immigrants dubbed 'Dreamers,' and the nine justices could announce as early as Tuesday whether they will take up the case.
There are less than three weeks to go before the March 5 deadline when protections for "Dreamers" expire, leaving about 700,000 young immigrants vulnerable to deportation. Congress appears frustratingly far from a solution.
In the latest installment of Social Media Theater of the Absurd, Mr. Walker recently went full-on hyperbolic about Mount Pleasant's attempt to ban plastic bags. The town took another step this week on that decidedly local issue when it sent the proposed ban on single-use plastic and foam containers to two council committees for more work.
If you think growing older is synonymous with diminished mental activity, think again. There's an old saying that the old can do anything the young can do - it just takes longer.
"President Trump put forth reasonable, fair, and effective policy pillars for immigration reform that serves the national interest and would close loopholes in law and court decisions that frustrate the ability of the men and women of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to do the jobs that Congress and the American people expect them to do. President Trump's proposal would go a long way toward solving those problems by: enhancing border security, including a wall and the elimination of legal loopholes that facilitate illegal immigration; ending the illogical visa lottery system; ending extended family chain migration; and, solving the DACA problem.
The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of "Dreamer" immigrants in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation's border security. Senators dealt President Donald Trump an especially galling defeat as more than a quarter of fellow Republicans abandoned him on an issue that helped propel him to the White House.
Romney, 70, was the Republican Party's presidential standard-bearer in 2012, eventually losing the general election to then-President Obama. With Romney's potential arrival in Washington comes notably real tension between him and the man now occupying the Oval Office: President Donald Trump.