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Election 2012: Is the Deportation Announcement a Game Changer?

By Viviana Hurtado | 06/21/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Latinos’ enthusiasm and energy after President Obama announced young student or military illegal immigrants would not be deported could have powered a small city for a month. Now the devil is in the details: how is the policy going to be rolled out? What guidance will be given to those charged with executing the President’s vision such as law...

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Bill O'Reilly Supports a Pathway to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants

By Samantha Leal | 06/20/2012 - 10:10 | 0 Comments

In a strange concession, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly announced on his show The O'Reilly Factor that he believes there should be a pathway to citizenship for individuals who came here at a young age as undocumented immigrants, reports the ...

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Asians Surpass Latinos in Number of U.S. Immigrants

By Samantha Leal | 06/19/2012 - 10:04 | 0 Comments

The number of new Asian immigrants moving to the United States has surpassed that of Latinos for the first time, according to the Associated Press. 

Based on a new study by the Pew Research Center, the rise in the number of Asian Americans reflects a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand for high-skilled workers...

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Obama Agrees To Stop Deporting Undocumented Students

By Sugey Palomares | 06/15/2012 - 13:50 | 0 Comments

Change is finally on the way for Dream Act advocates. President Barack Obama’s administration has announced a plan to stop deporting undocumented immigrants who are Dream Act-eligible and between the ages of 15 to 30.

Instead, the "deferred action" policy will grant work permits to undocumented youth who have...

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Big Surge in Number of Immigrants Who Are Small Business Owners

By Samantha Leal | 06/14/2012 - 14:30 | 0 Comments

One in six small business owners in the United States is an immigrant, according to a new report from the Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Initiative. Immigrants make up 18 percent of all small business owners in the United States. Twenty years ago, immigrants made up only...

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Time Magazine Immigration Issue: "We Are Americans - Just Not Legally"

By Sugey Palomares | 06/14/2012 - 12:41 | 0 Comments

Immigration politics continues to be a hot button issue with an estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. The latest cover of Time Magazine reads, “We Are Americans Just Not...

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The Week in Culture: Deportations Don't Slow, Puerto Rico is Now Cuba, and More!

By Samantha Leal | 06/09/2012 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

Here's what you happened this week, if you missed it:

- The New York Daily News used the Cuban flag, not the Puerto Rican one, to promote the Puerto Rican Day Parade. Oops? [Latina]

- Sofia Vergara is reportedly back with...

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Deportations Not Slowing, Despite U.S. Backlog

By Samantha Leal | 06/08/2012 - 11:56 | 0 Comments

Deportations have not slowed down in the U.S., despite seven months of reviews by the Obama administration, reports The New York Times. This continuance has obviously disappointed many immigrants, many...

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