President Barack Obama discussed immigration reform at a White House meeting on Tuesday with politicians from both sides of the aisle, including business and religious leaders, stressing the need for bipartisan support to fix the nation’s “broken immigration system.” “The president noted that he will continue to work to forge bipartisan consensus and will intensify […]
Republican Senators Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship Again
April 6, 2011 By
GOP Senators introduced new anti-immigrant legislation targeting the children of undocumented immigrants. In a statement release Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, “I am disheartened when Senators who swear by the Constitution in one breath look to re-write it in the next for political gain. The Constitution is clear: if you are born on […]
Republicans Introduce Measures to Deny Citizenship under 14th Amendment
January 28, 2011 By
Republican Senators David Vitter of Louisiana and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have introduced a measure to change the 14th Amendment of the constitution calling for an to end automatic citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants, unless one parent is a US citizen, a legal immigrant, an active member of the armed forces or a […]
106-year-old woman from Mexico becomes US citizen in Chicago
July 20, 2010 By
106-year-old Ignacia Moya has always dreamed of voting in a U.S. election. Yesterday, she took one giant step closer to achieving her dream as she took the oath of citizenship in Chicago. This has makes her one of the oldest people ever to become a U.S. citizen. Moya immigrated from Mexico in the 1960’s and […]
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