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Petiton creator Daniel Prino claims Paraguay and Argentina governments built a wall along Rio Paraná after hearing Trump make a similar proposal for the U.S.-Mexico border.
A letter signed by Democratic lawmakers cites reports of physical violence and sexual misconduct in immigration centers, despite a recent Department of Homeland investigation finding no evidence of foul play.
Gov. Scott Walker continues to flip flop on immigration reform, recently claiming he won't support a pathway to citizenship until the borders are more secure.
GOP lawmakers are adament in stopping legislation on Obama's executive action that includes a pardon on previously unpaid taxes.
In the wake of two-and-a-half years of bloody conflict, Syrians are being displaced in droves. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), approximately 5 million Syrians have been uprooted from their homes internally and another 2 million have fled the country for the safety of a better life abroad. Considering that the entire country's population is only 23 million, that's an enormous number of refugees.
President Obama continues his attempts to convince Republicans in Congress to support a comprehensive immigration reform bill being created by a bipartisan group of senators.
In one of his most anticipated speeches-the first State of the Union address since the November election-President Obama Tuesday emphasized once again the need for comprehensive immigration reform to pass in order to bolster the U.S. economy.
The long-awaited push for changes to immigration policy in the U.S. looks ready to take flight after President Obama called for immigration reform Tuesday during the same week that a group of bipartisan U.S. senators presented a concrete plan for immigration reform.
By the numbers, it looks like a majority--a slim one--support the idea of giving undocumented immigrants permission to apply for U.S. citizenship and stay in the country.
President Obama has a full plate as he begins his second term in the White House this week, but immigration reform tops that list. And it doesn't look like he's waiting long to dig in.
With immigration reform taking the forefront again in the nation, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., says that keeping high tech jobs in the United States should be a major reason why immigration reform should be passed.
The call for changes to the nation's broken immigration system is growing louder with each week.
On the first official day of his next four-year term, President Obama's language during his inauguration speech gave the U.S. a glimpse of his apparent intentions to move forward on long-awaited reforms to the country's immigration system.
The growing call for immigration reform among Latinos is echoing from even the ranks of Hollywood.
The Golden State looks like it's getting a bigger wave of Asian Americans--so big, in fact, that it's dwarfing the Latino population coming into California from Latin America, a new Census study says.
