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Obama and Romney Battle Over Immigration But Poll Shows Voters Don't Care as Much as They Used To Published: Sep 25, 2012 "Forty-one percent of registered voters consider immigration "very important" to their vote in November, the lowest of twelve issues tested by the Pew Research Center (the economy and jobs are number one). That number is down 11 percentage points from 2008. President Obama's supporters (36 percent) and "swing" voters (39 percent) are less likely to see
Immigration activists fear demobilization of Latino vote Published: Sep 25, 2012 "Leaders of the U.S. immigrant community said they are concerned about the possible demobilization of the Latino vote in the November election. "If you don't go vote, use your voice in the democracy, it means that you have lost hope and are voluntarily giving up your political power," Joshua Hoyt, co-president of the National Partnership for New Americans,
Alabama's Immigration Miss Published: Sep 25, 2012 "Alabama was one of five states last year that passed Arizona-style laws to crack down on illegal immigration. Lawmakers sold the legislation to the public as a way to boost employment for native-born workers, who presumably were being elbowed out of the workforce by illegal aliens. Restricting undocumented labor would "put thousands of native Alabamians
5 percent of the estimated 1.8 million who are eligible have applied for Deferred Action. Published: Sep 24, 2012 "Since Aug. 15, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received roughly 82,000 applications from undocumented people under age 30 who came to the U.S. as children. The program grants a work permit and a two-year moratorium on deportation. By mid-September, the agency had approved just 29 people from across the country." Click here for more of this
Why a rare bipartisan consensus on immigration totally fell apart Published: Sep 24, 2012 "The short answer: House Republicans decided to attach the STEM visa expansion to the elimination of another long-standing visa program — a condition that House Democrats soundly rejected. The longer story is that, before the August recess, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other legislators had been engaged in seemingly
Obama's lie about immigration reform Published: Sep 24, 2012 "Obama had 60 votes in the Senate and a large majority in the House. He did not need a single GOP vote to pass some type of reform. The truth is that he did not try. He took Hispanics for granted. He showed zero respect for the millions who voted for him in 2008. Furthermore, the president did not call the congressional leaders and demand a reform. Unlike
Suspected Guatemalan War Criminal Faces Immigration Fraud Charge in US Published: Sep 24, 2012 "A former Guatemalan solider accused of taking part in a brutal massacre during the Central American nation's long-lasting and bloody civil war was extradited to the U.S. where he faces immigration fraud charges. Jose Sosa Orantes was turned over Friday by officials in Canada, where he had been in custody since last year on U.S. charges of lying about his
Obama Administration Forcibly Removes a Combined 928,000 People from the United States in 2011 Published: Sep 20, 2012 The Department of Homeland Security has released the Immigration Enforcement Actions report for 2011. Here is the statistical breakdown from the report: • CBP found 212,000 foreign nationals inadmissible for entry into the United States. • DHS made 642,000 apprehensions of foreign nationals; 76 percent were natives of Mexico. • ICE detained