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June 2007
- Immigration Bill Walks Fine Line
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 4, 07 12:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The "grand bargain"—the compromise on which the proposed immigration bill turns—is the product of a process that saw senators from every point on the political compass unite around a common goal. With the senate scheduled to take up the legislation this week, the LA Times goes behind the scenes to look at the forging of an unusual consensus. More »
May 2007
- Immigration Fees Skyrocket
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 30, 07 11:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The price of citizenship is going up. With applications on the rise, the federal agency for citizenship and immigration is raising charges for almost all benefits, reports the Los Angeles Times . The cost of a green card will go from $325 to $930, while citizenship applications will rise from $330 to $675. More »
- Immigration Debate Splits GOP
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 28, 07 1:13 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Deep divisions within the GOP over immigration reform have become increasingly bitter in recent weeks, the LA Times reports, with senior figures on both sides engaging in a rare public spat. On one side are those who fear alienating the mostly white conservative base; on the other those who want the party to woo the fast-growing Latino community. More »
- Problems Plague Immigration Agency
  
  Washington Post | May 28, 07 7:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The agency that will have to deal with the avalanche of paperwork generated by immigration reform can't handle it, the Washington Post reports today. With over a million citizenship applications already stalled in the pipeline, Citizenship and Immigration (the former INS) faces the possibility that its workload will nearly triple, and critics are calling on Congress to step in. More »
- Americans Walk Soft Line on Immigration
  
  New York Times | May 25, 07 12:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Lou Dobbs, take note: A majority of Americans back key immigration reform proposals making their way through Congress, a new CBS News/ New York Times poll finds. Americans across the political spectrum say they support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and two-thirds back a guest-worker program. More »
- Senate Brokers Immigration Bill
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 17, 07 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Illegal immigrants are offered a path to citizenship for the first time under a new Senate immigration reform package unveiled today. A precarious compromise hammered out by Bush administration officials and top senators, the bill trades hard-line border control measures for controversial provisions like a guest-worker program and a system for earning citizenship. More »
- Outsourcing Firms Grab Visas
  
  BusinessWeek | May 15, 07 11:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - H1B visas—intended to bring high-skilled foreign workers to the U.S.—may in fact helping foreign companies to train their workers, two senators argue. Data released by Republicans Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley indicate that nine Indian outsourcing firms use up 30% of the H1B visas granted each year, more than experts had realized previously. More »
- Citizenship Push Aims to Create Latino Voters
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 10, 07 1:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The nation's largest Spanish-language broadcaster is preparing to launch an unprecedented citizenship drive that could sway the 2008 presidential election. Univison's "Ya Es Hora" ("It's About Time") campaign, already under way in Southern California, will encourage the country's eight million green card holders to apply for citizenship—and the voting rights that accompany it. More »
- Immigrants Allege Border Drugging
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 9, 07 12:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Two illegal immigrants say they were drugged against their will by U.S. officials trying to deport them, their ACLU lawyer said yesterday. The two men, one Indonesian and one Senegalese, claim to have been injected with pyschotropic drugs during deportation proceedings; neither had been diagnosed with a mental illness that would have required the medication. More »
- LAPD Chief Orders Elite Officers Retrained
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 7, 07 8:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Citing "things that shouldn't have been done," LAPD Chief William Bratton apologized yesterday for the actions of an elite platoon that broke up a pro-immigration May Day rally and said the officers involved are off the streets and will be retrained. The officers' prestigious assignment is in jeopardy after police batons and projectiles injured both protesters and journalists. More »
- U.S. May Reqire Visas From Brits
  
  New York Times | May 2, 07 12:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Immigration officials are considering making British citizens apply for visas to enter the U.S., the New York Times reports. The aim is to screen out potential terrorists among Brits of Pakistani descent who might slip through because of the longstanding waiver of visas between the two countries. An alternate proposal would require visas only for Britons of Pakistani origin. More »
- Fewer March for Immigration
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 1, 07 4:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Thousands turned out across the country today to rally in favor of a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. But with immigration reform off the table in Washington, their numbers marked a sharp decrease from the 650,000 who congregated last year in L.A. alone. More »
April 2007
- DNA Tests Surprise Immigrants
  
  New York Times | Apr 10, 07 8:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Thousands of new citizens asked to take DNA tests in order to verify the immigration status of relatives back home are discovering unwelcome surprises about their families, the New York Times reports. The State Department recommends the tests to confirm family ties in countries where record-keeping is poor. But an estimated 15 to 20% backfire, failing to produce matches. More »
- Immigration Reform Back On Bush Agenda
  
  Washington Post | Apr 9, 07 1:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush is making another run at immigration reform, armed with the hope that the Democratic Congress will be more receptive than his own party was last year. In Arizona today Bush will reintroduce a package that sounds suspiciously like his earlier attempt: increased border security, better enforcement of immigration laws in the interior, and the politically sticky guest worker program. More »
March 2007
- Illegal Immigrants Flee LA
  
  Economist | Mar 30, 07 8:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Illegal immigrants are draining out of the Hispanic neighborhoods of LA and into Republican suburbs like San Bernadino, which hold the allure of jobs, but little hospitality. In a detailed study of the demographic shift, the Economist calls them them the "canaries in the economic coal mine, sensitive to the slightest changes in the job market." More »
February 2006
- The story of immigration in America: though it is not often acknowledged today, immigration policy of the past was designed to ensure that immigrants assimilated quickly and became Americanized
  
  New American | Feb 20, 06
March 2004
- Tales of the flood.(Unguarded Gates: A History of America's Immigration Crisis)
  
  National Review | Mar 8, 04
July 1993
- At America's Door
  
  Economist | Jul 24, 93