With the midterm elections just six months away, and Democratic fortunes fading fast, immigration is fast becoming an albatross for Obama.
"We are going to get them out, and we're going to get them out fast". Immigration rights groups and politicians representing liberal localities known as sanctuary cities and states vowed resistance — in Congress, local legislative bodies and in court — inviting what is likely to be years of litigation.
The killings induced a period of introspection for a nation of 5 million which had prided itself as a safe and stable society, and also raised questions about the prevalence of far-right views in a country where oil wealth has encouraged one of the fastest immigration rates in Europe.
Despite their relatively fast performance, immigration judges' backlogs are growing, the report found, leaving more immigrants stranded in costly detention while they await hearings.
If chief executives went to jail, think how fast the immigration crisis would end.
We examine the effects of school context on educational outlooks and outcomes of the children of immigrants, in comparison with natives in Spain, an under-represented case in the international literature and a fast growing immigration destination in Europe.
More than fifty immigrant community members, clergy, advocates and members of New York City Council have embarked on a 72-hour fast, demanding immigration reform before the end of the year.
This was the reminder a rabbi gave this morning at St .Peter's Lutheran Church on Manhattan's east side, on the second day of a three-day fast for immigration reform.
Limon, who came to the U.S. from Mexico at three months old, was invited as a guest of Rep. Joe Garcia (D-Fla).. First lady Michelle Obama invited Dreamer Cristian Avila, a 23-year-old and activist with Mi Familia Vota who recently completed a 22-day fast for immigration reform.
A group of immigrant students are on a four-month-long trek from Miami to Washington to press the Obama administration to move faster on immigration changes.
The study's findings reflect "fast-changing immigration communities", with a younger and better educated Muslim population, said Maria Sobolewska, a politics lecturer at the University of Manchester.
