Monthly Archive January 31, 2011

ByImmigration News

US declares record migrant deportation

The United States has deported more illegal immigrants than ever before during the first two years of President Barack Obama’s term in office, a government report says.

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Arizona proposal would alter birthright citizenship

The Arizona state legislator who co-sponsored the latest immigration crackdown proposal — to end citizenship for U.S.-born kids of illegal immigrants — told CNN Friday that he hopes the legislation will provoke a lawsuit so that the U.S. Supreme Court “can end the controversy over the true meaning of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause.”

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Immigration and Welfare — Facts, Figures

“‘Public charge’ has been part of U.S. immigration law for more than 100 years as a ground of inadmissibility and deportation.” (1999 USCIS Fact Sheet)

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Immigration Raids Shake Up Wash. Town

A series of immigration raids in Ellensburg resulted in more than two dozen arrests and left relatives scrambling to care for the children left behind.

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U.S. Sees Success in Immigration Program for Haitians

(New York Times) — A year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the American government has received more than 53,000 applications from Haitians seeking temporary legal status in the United States, and it has approved the vast majority, a top immigration official said Wednesday. The official, Alejandro Mayorkas,director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, said his agency …

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States talk birthright citizenship

In the latest battle in the fight over illegal immigration, state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is leading a group of legislators from across the country to end birthright citizenship — but some state legislators say the issue should be left to the federal government.

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Buying citizenship? Accept investors and soldiers

Buying citizenship? Accept investors and soldiers

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Haitians in U.S. face deportation

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Haitians who took refuge with relatives in the United States after last year’s earthquake may be forced to return home or go underground, a refugee worker said.

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Illegal immigration: Can states win fight against ‘birthright citizenship’?

As Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration law remains stuck in legal limbo, a group of lawmakers from five states has pledged to launch another offensive against illegal immigration that, legal experts say, could run afoul of the Constitution.

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‘Birth Tourism’ Lost in Shadow of Birthright Citizenship Debate

ANALYSIS | A closer look at the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution reveals that — right or wrong — it currently guarantees birthright citizenship to children born on American soil. It is immaterial if the parents are in the country legally, illegally or temporarily.