The scale of the New Year's Eve assaults has given leverage to anti-immigration groups, which have long been calling for Germany to toughen its immigration policies.
The meeting was part of a "DAPA Dinners" campaign by immigration advocacy groups, which invited every presidential candidate to sit down with a family that may be helped by Obama's program.
The move was greeted with unusually broad praise from immigration lawyers and immigrant and Latino groups, which have been critical of the high rate of deportations under President Obama.
I'm not suggesting that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce proposes a pernicious return to bondage; I'm just pointing out the self-interest of business groups which promote immigration reform.
It is the smaller U.S. cities, admittedly dissimilar from Europe in culture and contact with other groups, which look anomalous in this immigration-social cohesion relationship, since immigration still does have an effect after controlling for inequality measures.
"The dialogue is now being substantially dominated by groups which are interested in immigration for reasons that are not environmental," he said.
Furthermore, in many studies, immigrants are grouped together with other minority ethnic groups, which makes it difficult to study the potential impact of the experience of immigration on the experiences of people with dementia.
Look at the Hispanic groups, which are still waiting for a breakthrough on immigration reform".
Its formation continues a long process of merger and ethnic homogenization of Lutheran groups, which grew out of German and Scandinavian immigrations to this country.
CNN is declining to carry a national advertisement, purchased by two progressive groups, which attacks its host Lou Dobbs for his controversial views on immigration.
Immigration groups, like Alliance for Citizenship, which supports a plan like the Senate's that would grant citizenship to the 11 million people here illegally, are almost exclusively targeting House Republicans, who now hold the key to passing any immigration overhaul legislation.
