President Obama has now issued a new policy and has instructed the law enforcement authorities not to deport the undocumented parents of minor children. A nine-page memorandum was issued in the last week and it requires the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to avoid deporting parents of minor children and to use prosecutorial discretion. Even if […]
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Many Green Card holders in America choose to remain in the country as permanent residents though they are eligible for US citizenship. Many say that they are not interested in becoming US citizens. At the same time, there are several undocumented immigrants living in the country who now want the country to grant them US citizenship.
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A secret program of the US government that prevents Muslims from obtaining US citizenship, was discovered by the ACLU. Applications for citizenship filed by Muslims are put on hold for several years by a national security program known as Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program [CARRP]. The aim of CAARP is to prevent people who pose
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Immigration reform is now the hot topic at town hall meetings. Immigration activists are trying to convince their lawmakers and urging them to pass immigration reform. They say that this reform will benefit the whole country and not only the undocumented immigrants. According to the American Action Network, the immigration bill of the Gang of
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Same sex spouses of US citizens and Green Card holders are now eligible for immigration benefits. US citizens can get their spouses and fiancé(e)s visas and bring them to the United States. Similar to the other US citizens who bring their heterosexual fiancé(e)s to the United States and get married to them here, US citizens can
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Young undocumented immigrants, the DREAMers, are now urging the US Congress to pass immigration reform. The young undocumented immigrants in the United States who were brought to the country as children are known as DREAMers. United States is home for most of them. They now want the country to pass immigration reform and grant them
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According to the Internal Revenue Service, around 1,800 people have given up US citizenship during the fist half of this year. This is more than the number of people who renounced US citizenship, in the year 2012. In 2012, 1,000 people gave up citizenship. Many give up their citizenship to avoid paying taxes. Wealthy Americans and US
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If the U.S. Congress fails to pass immigration reform, President Obama will act on his own and permit several undocumented immigrants to live legally in the United States, according to Sen. Marco Rubio. He says that immigration reform would be better than President Obama’s executive order. Rubio (R-Fla.) is a part of the Gang of
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A group of young immigrants, DREAM 9, were released from the immigration detention center in Arizona. These nine activists, in the last month protested the unfair US immigration and deportation policy. They were held when they tried to cross the border and re-enter the United States. This group was arrested on 22nd July when they tried to create
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A loophole is helping floods of new immigrants seeking asylum cross the Mexican border and enter into the United States. Immigrants are now using phrases like “credible fear” of repercussions from Mexican drug cartels to enter. Mexicans who seek to enter the U.S. to live and work can now buy videos that teach them how to seek asylum. These videos include phrases they need
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