Worst riots in years challenge Sweden’s immigration model
Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue workers in poor immigrant suburbs over three [...]
Bill de Blasio proposes immigration legislation
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is proposing legislation to help undocumented immigrants in New York City.
Until the US government do us part: Gay couples await DOMA decision
Gay binational couples in New York City are hoping for a Supreme Court DOMA decision that will transform their lives.
City Council pushes legislation allowing non-citizens to vote
A bill proposing immigrant voting rights has strong support in the City Council, but the Bloomberg administration says they won’t have it.
Schumer ambivalent on possible gay rights amendment to immigration bill
Sen. Schumer is concerned an amendment from Sen. Leahy could tank the immigration bill. The amendment would grant gay couples equal green card rights.
Poll: Most Americans say Boston attack not an immigration issue
Most Americans do not see the Boston Marathon bombing and its suspects as an immigration issue, according to a poll released on Wednesday that also found the U.S. public still relatively inattentive to the debate on revising immigration laws.
#UndocumentedNYC
Photos from the #UndocumentedNYC event on the Lower East Side.
Immigration bill debate sidetracked by Boston terror issues
Congressional advocates of comprehensive U.S. immigration legislation were diverted into a sometimes testy debate on Monday over whether the measure should be delayed because of questions arising from the Boston Marathon bombing allegedly carried out by two immigrant brothers.
(UPDATE) Emerson College cancels immigration reform soapbox event due to Boston bombings
Emerson College President Lee Pelton will join higher education, business, and technology industry leaders on Friday to call for smart and sensible immigration policies that he said will help the United States attract and retain “the world’s best and brightest.”
Senate plan would deport illegal immigrants entering U.S. after 2011
Senators crafting an immigration bill have agreed that foreigners who crossed the U.S. border illegally would be deported if they entered the United States after December 31, 2011, a congressional aide said on Friday.