- Home
- > AP
- > Immigration
Immigration
Recent editorials from Texas newspapers
El Paso Times. May 20, 2013. Military 'crisis': Sex crimes seen as epidemic The nation's top military leaders admit that they've failed to check an epidemic of sexual assault and sexual harassment in our uniformed services. "We're losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this ...
Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas
Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. At the same time, several officials said the White House has made it known to Sen. ...
Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas
Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on U.S. immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the landmark bill. The deal negotiated by Sens. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and ...
AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea
Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate. President Barack Obama backs the proposal to give equal treatment ...
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week. In a long day of drafting, the panel voted to begin phasing in a requirement for foreigners to undergo fingerprinting ...
Exhibit on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis
An exhibition opens Tuesday at a museum in Lower Manhattan about efforts by American Jews to bring refugees to the U.S. from Europe during the Nazi era. The exhibition, "Against All Odds: American Jews and the Rescue of Europe's Refugees, 1933-41" will be on view for a year at the ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama's problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize ...
Immigrant inspires scholarships at St. Paul school
The first two students have awarded college scholarships bearing the man of Congolese native who died in a traffic accident after moving to Minnesota. Medard Prosper and two brothers survived a civil war in his native Democratic Republic of Congo that claimed his parents and nine siblings. The 19-year-old died ...
Carbondale helps draw immigrants to local culture
The ID badge pinned to Maria Eloisa Duarte's jacket is an ordinary metal rectangle bearing her name above her title, "parent mentor." But for Duarte, it is a badge of honor. Duarte is an immigrant mother with no legal status in the United States who rarely got out of her ...
Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot
He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country. But federal officials say in an indictment that Fazliddin Kurbanov also was teaching people to ...
Featured Articles
Ads By Google
© 2013 Cox Media Group. By using this website,
you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices
.
You're Almost Done!
Select a display name and password
{* #socialRegistrationForm *} {* socialRegistration_displayName *} {* socialRegistration_emailAddress *} {* traditionalRegistration_password *} {* traditionalRegistration_passwordConfirm *}Tell us about yourself
{* registration_firstName *} {* registration_lastName *} {* registration_postalZip *} {* registration_birthday *} {* registration_gender *} {* agreeToTerms *}