2014 Immigration Reform
Last March, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, announced that he would revise the deportation policies of the county, and the announcement caused discomfort among the more conservative Republicans which oppose the approval of immigration reform, but, it might also serve as a precedent for Democrats to capitalize again on the Latino vote, facing the 2016 presidential elections.
Joe Biden, the Vice President of the United States, used Cinco de Mayo to ask the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ohio republican John Boehner, to vote for an integral immigration reform which would benefit 11 million undocumented immigrants.
A new proposal developed by the FWD.us organization has managed to get celebrities to act in favor of immigration Reform in the United States.
After a surprising vote on Monday, the Senate of the state of New York rejected the Dream Act, a legislative project that would provide financial help for immigrant youths that illegally live in the country so they can go through college.
Four days after a group of 30 undocumented immigrants tried to cross the Mexico-US border through a bridge in San Diego, the daughter of one of the immigrants confirmed that her father was deported to Mexico last Tuesday.
Dozens of young immigrants entered the United States on Thursday through the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, hoping to get humanitarian visas or asylum which might allow them to reunite with their families.
A new group comprised of 60 Mexican immigrants was detained on Sunday, March 16 as they attempted to cross into American soil from the entry port in Tijuana, in another one of the actions carried out last week to protest immigration policies in the US.
At least 80 activists in favor of immigration reform in the United States restarted their protests at the U.S. Congress to demand that President Barack Obama approves immigration legislation to open a way to legalization for the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants in the country.
A few days after the approval of the Dream Act in New York once more put the immigration issue on the spotlight of public debate in the United States, a Mexican undocumented immigrant has traveled in his bike from Florida to Washington to ask President Obama for the approval of the immigration reform.
A law project approved by New York's Assembly, which would grant financial support to students who are sons of undocumented immigrant parents in the United States, was sent to the state Senate on Tuesday where it will be finally be approved or not.
After the long awaited immigration reform in the United States was suspended by the House of Representatives in 2013, a report published on Tuesday revealed that businessman George Soros increased the amount of donations to political groups who favor legislation in immigration matters in the United States.
Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce said that immigration reform is one of the main issues to solve in 2014 with society's support.
Republican legislators in the House of Representatives presented a proposal on Thursday that supports the legalization of the immigration status of thousands of undocumented immigrants in the US, as long as they are not granted US citizenship and meet a series of requirements.
Latino religious and commercial groups from Chicago will meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican next June, in what is expected will be a meeting where His Holiness will be asked to intercede in favor of illegal immigrants in the US.
