WASHINGTON -- This may be the year Congress decides what to do about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. After years of gridlock, there are ideas whizzing all around Washington. For now, all eyes are on an 844-page Senate proposal with the you-said-a-mouthful...Read More
Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Process
BY ANNA EDGERTON AEDGERTON@MIAMIHERALD.COM Beginning this month, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children will have an application process for the deportation exemption that President Obama announced in June. Miami Hera...Read More
Immigration Reform Is Education Reform
Teaching in an area teeming with immigrant families, people often inquire how many of my students are undocumented. I typically side-step the question because it requires me to admit that I lie to my students. I lie whenever I stand in front of my seventh graders, and s...Read More
Among immigrants, elation — and questions — about Obama’s new policy
Houston Chronicle By VIANNA DAVILA San Antonio Express-News In many ways, Oscar Martin Flores looks like the ideal candidate for the landmark executive order announced by President Barack Obama on Friday that would eliminate the specter of deportation fo...Read More
AP sources: Immunity offered to certain immigrants
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2012/06/15/ap_sources_immunity_offered_to_younger_immigrants/ WASHINGTON—The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and ha...Read More