Those of us with more than a passing interest in immigration could not help but notice: in President Obama's second inaugural address, as he laid out a sweeping vision for the next four years - and beyond - he specifically mentioned immigration reform as must-do...
In an excellent series on immigration, The Next America: How Demography Shapes the National Agenda, National Journal recently presented some fascinating findings about immigrant and second-generation undergraduates [See Disparity Among First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in STEM Degrees, by Rosa Ramirez, National Journal, 15.Jan.2013.] drawn from...
When the last serious effort to enact comprehensive immigration reform collapsed, well into the second term of President George W. Bush, it seemed but a temporary setback, and many expected a new, improved bill by the following year. It was not to be. Instead, the...
After years of ceaseless partisan bickering, it may look like a sign of the apocalypse: interest groups - both right and left - are forging a broad consensus on immigration reform, finding common purpose in the recognition that our current system is no longer up...
Immigration reform now seems all but inevitable, not just according to the conventional wisdom in Washington - which is not always reliable - but to the President's senior advisors, who told the New York Times that Mr. Obama and Senate Democrats will be launching a...
Though illegal immigration gets the lion's share of the press coverage - and legislative attention - lawful immigration is enormously important to the U.S. economy and to millions of immigrant families here. Now that comprehensive immigration reform is a live possibility again in Congress, the...
From the start, America has been a nation of immigrants, and any schoolchild here can tell you so. That said; we often forget the key role that immigrants played in settling the western frontier, as our nation pushed across the continental vastness, to the shores...
With the fiscal cliff behind us, Congress and the President have begun taking steps to put comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) back on the agenda. For years, CIR has been held up by members of Congress who felt strongly that we should first "secure the borders"...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) handles visa applications for aspiring immigrants whose cases will be processed overseas at a U.S. embassy or consulate. The DOS visa waiting list tracks the number of applicants in visa categories who are subject to numerical limits. In consultation...
It's another case of good news, bad news. According to TRAC Immigration, a government watchdog organization based at Syracuse University, case backlogs at U.S. immigration courts have dipped slightly in the past couple months, due to a drop in new case filings. In November, TRAC...
