Year: 2011

Those that oppose immigration reform and seek strict enforcement through deportation proceedings, particularly as a means of limiting employment-based immigration, point to a generally perceived risk for U.S.-born American workers. As the argument goes, foreign...

Washington residents are well aware of the unemployment situation facing millions of Americans today. America frequently relies on immigrants and outsourced workers for special skills and laborers, and the H-1B visa is a means that provides for those workers to also...

Employment-based immigration may get a little easier as the result of proposed new legislation which coasted through the Republican controlled House of Representatives in Washington in recent weeks. The bill, which still must pass the Senate, is called the "Fairness...

In terms of immigration, it may seem too many immigrants that the politicians who reside in the District of Columbia often miss the mark. One area of concern is the stereotype that all immigrants are Latino. This is simply not true and many Asian immigrants would like...

scam. The scam was the topic during a daily briefing of the United States State Department in the District of Columbia. As a result of the scam, some of the students may face deportation.The school misled prospective students by claiming to offer classes in physical...

District of Columbia immigrants who are members of the LGBT community saw some comfort this month in light of some potential changes to immigration legislation. No specific rules pertaining to immigration law as it affects the LGBT community have yet been established,...

Mayor Vincent Gray has ordered police in the District of Columbia not to ask individuals about their immigration status in the process of routine questioning or arrests. The change, which is in stark contrast to measures adopted by Arizona and other states, should...

According to the Obama administration, illegal immigrants who pose no threat to the United States or had not broken any laws would not be detained and deported. But real life is showing that this new Washington policy is not working. At least it is not working for one...

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that more than $9 million in grant funds will be made available to 42 organizations from 27 states and the District of Columbia. The money is earmarked for citizenship preparation...

Many people who follow immigration issues may be aware of a program managed by Homeland Security called the Secure Communities program. The program requires the FBI to share fingerprints and records of those convicted of crimes with Immigration and Customs Enforcement...