Wednesday, March 30, 2016

States that passed anti-immigration legislation are losing out on Latinos who are not migrating to these areas — and this includes Hispanics born in the U.S.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/state-anti-immigration-laws-discourage-all-latinos-moving-n547396

Monday, March 28, 2016

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Current TPS Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone beneficiaries seeking to extend their TPS must re-register during a 60-day period that runs from March 22, 2016, through May 23, 2016. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) encourages beneficiaries to re-register as soon as possible.

https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/temporary-protected-status-extended-guinea-liberia-and-sierra-leone-six-months

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Hosted by USA TODAY and The Arizona Republic, the event was designed to present varied perspectives on illegal immigration, an issue has has animated Arizona for years and is a hot-button issue in the presidential race.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2016/03/22/immigration-issue-turns-personal-usa-today-event/82095120/

Monday, March 21, 2016

USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first half of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. March 15, 2016 was the final receipt date for new H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2016.
https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-reaches-h-2b-cap-first-half-fiscal-year-2016

Many in the party eschew the harsh tone coming from the two leading GOP presidential candidates.

Friday, March 18, 2016

Arizona, a flashpoint in the immigration debate, holds its presidential primary Tuesday. And Donald Trump, who will hold a rally there Saturday, has a big endorsement from the state: the famous hard-line anti-immigration sheriff Joe Arpaio.

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/18/470925848/trump-picks-up-anti-immigration-endorsement-before-arizona-primary

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general says a failure to sufficiently modernize the nation's system for processing immigration applications may be a security risk and may have resulted in Green Cards and other documents being sent to the wrong people.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-watchdog-stalled-immigration-system-security-risk/story?id=37646452

Friday, March 11, 2016

In planning Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate in Miami, someone obviously decided that, when the four remaining candidates were asked about immigration, it was going to be with a totally different focus.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/11/my-friend-cruz-is-wrong-on-immigration.html

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney are calling for Donald Trump and the New York Times to release an off-the-record interview the newspaper conducted with the Republican frontrunner on immigration.
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/trump-cruz-rubio-nytimes-immigration-interview-164046216.html

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Republican Ted Cruz's hopes of a sweeping nominating victory in his home state of Texas are being eroded as Donald Trump taps into conservative anger over immigration.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-republicans-immigration-idUSMTZSAPEC31CXNED5