immigration

Stories 521 - 540 | << Prev   Next >>

Immigration Blocks Brit Boy's Disney Vacation

US officials cite fear 9-year-old Micah Strachan would stick around

(Newser) - A 9-year-old boy from Britain with plans to visit Disney World was denied entry to the US this week; immigration officials cited a concern he wouldn’t leave the country. “Because you either did not demonstrate strong ties outside the United States or were not able to demonstrate that...

Arizona Law Banning Ethnic Studies Takes Effect Tonight

It's designed to stop a Mexican-American history course

(Newser) - An Arizona law banning Mexican-American studies takes effect at midnight, opening a new front in the state's immigration wars. Among other things, the law bans courses designed for students of any particular ethnic group—even if they are open to all students. The state schools chief wrote it in response...

Senate GOP to Dems: We'll Block All Bills
Senate GOP to Dems: We'll Block All Bills
UPDATED
Dec 1, 2010 9:00 AM CST

Senate GOP to Dems: We'll Block All Bills

All 42 say they won't budge til tax cuts, gov't funding addressed

(Newser) - All 42 Senate Republicans have signed a letter pledging to block all legislation during the lame-duck session until the Senate addresses the Bush-era tax cuts and funding the government—the latter of which must pass in order to prevent a shutdown of the government, MSNBC reports. This could spell disaster...

Swiss Vote to Expel Foreign Criminals

53% vote in favor of referendum

(Newser) - The Swiss have voted narrowly in favor of automatically deporting foreign nationals guilty of crimes including murder, drug dealing, and social security fraud. Around 53% of voters backed the referendum, instigated by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, which proposed expelling foreign criminals after they had served their sentences in Swiss...

Private Prison Industry Helped Draft Arizona Immigration Bill

Mass detentions mean huge profits

(Newser) - If Arizona's immigration law survives its court challenges, it could result in mass detentions of immigrants—and massive profits for the private prisons holding them. So while it's no surprise the industry supports the measure, an NPR investigation reveals that it actually helped draft the law. The report shows how...

Immigrants, Learn to Speak German: Merkel

She says attempts to form a harmonious multicultural society have failed

(Newser) - Talk about a downer of a speech: German Chancellor Angela Merkel recounted yesterday how, in the 1960s, "our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country" ... but attempts to build "a multicultural [society] and to live side-by-side and to enjoy...

US Hispanics Outlive Whites, Blacks

And women outlive men among all three races

(Newser) - Hispanics in the US can expect to live more than two years longer than the average white person and more than seven years longer than the average black person, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report is the strongest evidence yet for the...

Stephen Colbert Is as Bad as Those He Mocks
Stephen Colbert Is as Bad
as Those He Mocks
opinion
Sep 28, 2010 1:41 PM CDT

Stephen Colbert Is as Bad as Those He Mocks

Jonah Goldberg: He and Jon Stewart are examples of 'ironic rot'

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert's Senate testimony last week on immigration is a sad example of the "ironic rot" that's been seeping into our political system for years, writes Jonah Goldberg. That was supposed to be parody? "O'Reilly doesn't talk like that. Nor does Sean Hannity or any of the usual...

We Actually Need More Immigrants

 We Actually Need 
 More Immigrants 
Ezra Klein
Sep 27, 2010 11:31 AM CDT

We Actually Need More Immigrants

We'll wind up with more jobs for natives, not less

(Newser) - Ezra Klein has a plan that will drastically improve our economy by lowering prices and raising wages. “But few politicians are going to want to touch it,” he writes in Newsweek , because the plan is this: “More immigration.” Americans often make the mistake of thinking that...

Colbert to Testify Before Congress
 Colbert to Testify 
 Before Congress 
seriously?
Sep 23, 2010 8:05 AM CDT

Colbert to Testify Before Congress

But will he be in character at immigration hearing?

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert is getting serious tomorrow. Or not. The Comedy Central host will testify before Congress during a hearing on immigration , alongside United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez, who appeared on his show in July. Rodriguez talked to Colbert about the UFW’s “Take Our Jobs” campaign, which...

Far Right Party Gains in ... Sweden

Win denies coalition a majority government

(Newser) - Ah, Sweden, home of bikini models , wikileaks servers and political liberals, right? Not so fast: A far-right, anti-immigration party, oddly named the Sweden Democrats, won big in the country's general elections yesterday, denying the ruling coalition a majority government. However, the newbies are unlikely to be welcomed by the political...

Gay Marriage Meets Immigration Reform
Gay Marriage Meets Immigration Reform
Sep 13, 2010 10:07 AM CDT

Gay Marriage Meets Immigration Reform

A foreign same-sex spouse can't apply for citizenship

(Newser) - Gay couples can marry in five states and Washington DC, but if one spouse is a foreigner, he or she still still can't apply for US citizenship—at least not through his or her spouse. Because the federal government doesn't recognize gay marriage, only foreign-born spouses of heterosexual citizens need...

Illegal Population to Boom if We Kill 14th Amendment

5M US-born illegal residents by 2050

(Newser) - It's commonsense math, says the author of a new illegal immigration study: If the right to citizenship for US-born children of illegal immigrants is repealed, it's not going to deter all illegal immigrants from entering the country. But it will make the children born to those who do so illegals,...

Economists Agree: Immigration Is Good for US
Economists Agree: Immigration Is Good for US
ANALYSIS
Sep 3, 2010 3:11 PM CDT

Economists Agree: Immigration Is Good for US

Even if politicians can't say so

(Newser) - The political debate on immigration in America has become a game of nativist one-upsmanship, with ever-stricter plans to secure the border topped only by the call to invalidate the 14th Amendment. Economists, meanwhile, seem united in their belief that foreign-born workers are exactly what the US economy needs—the debate...

FBI Busts Human Traffickers Who Lured 400 Thais to US

Six accused in biggest human trafficking case in US history

(Newser) - A US recruitment company lured 400 Thai laborers to the US, confiscated their passports, tore up their contracts, and forced them to work, according to a federal indictment filed yesterday. The indictment names six people, four from Global Horizons Manpower Inc.—including the CEO—and two recruiters based out...

Justice Department Sues Arizona's Sheriff Joe

He won't cooperate with civil rights investigation

(Newser) - The feds have escalated their fight with Arizona's tough-talking Sheriff Joe. The Justice Department filed what it calls an "unprecedented" suit today against Maricopa County's Joe Arpaio because it says he won't cooperate with a civil rights investigation, refusing for more than a year to turn over records, reports...

These Days, Immigrants Keep, Cherish Their Names
These Days, Immigrants Keep, Cherish Their Names 
LI, NOT LEE
Aug 26, 2010 10:15 AM CDT

These Days, Immigrants Keep, Cherish Their Names

Ellis Island white-washing a thing of the past

(Newser) - Our long-simmering great American Melting Pot may finally be ready to handle a little ethnic spice: Unlike in Ellis Island's heyday, when wave upon wave of tired, poor, huddled masses anglicized their names in order to assimilate, today's immigrants are sticking with their surnames. “For the most part, nobody...

Israel to Deport Hundreds of Children

...to preserve the 'Jewish character' of the country

(Newser) - Israel announced yesterday that it would deport about 400 children in an effort to preserve the country’s Jewish identity and discourage illegal immigration—though all their parents are legal migrant workers. “We all feel and understand the hearts of children,” said Benjamin Netanyahu. “But on the...

Neb. City Suspends Law That Bans Renting to Illegals

Fremont law on hold until court challenges resolved

(Newser) - A law banning residents from hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants has been suspended by the city council of Fremont, Neb., days before it was to take effect. Council members voted 8-0 to suspend the controversial, voter-approved law until lawsuits challenging it are resolved, to save the city money...

Oops: Arizona Can't Enforce New Law Without Fed Help

And isn't likely to get it

(Newser) - When the Arizona immigration law takes effect tomorrow, police will be able to check the immigration status of people stopped for routine infractions like speeding, detain them if they turn out to be illegal immigrants, then ... probably release them after a while. Turns out that since only the federal government...

Stories 521 - 540 | << Prev   Next >>
Most Read on Newser