A rising Latino politician speaks on issues of education and immigration reform at the launch of New Destinations & Hispanic Immigrants.
Immigration
"A successful trip could be measured as one in which Obama and the leaders of the visited countries better understand the shared vision before us," writes AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal in an article about President Barack Obama's March 19-23 trip.
With some 300,000 Central American migrants traveling through Mexico each year, the country’s Senate unanimously approved a law decriminalizing undocumented immigration. Should the law pass, it would guarantee access to education, health services, and legal protection.
In the final paper of a three-part series focusing on new gateway city working papers, AS looks at the unique dynamics of the Latino and overall immigrant communities in Portland, Oregon, and how business, the public sector, and community groups are stepping up to create an environment that allows these groups to maximize their contributions to the metropolitan area.
The senate majority leader weighs in on immigration reform and the Colombia and Panama free trade pacts in the Winter 2011 issue of Americas Quarterly.
As seen across the country, Nebraska’s anti-immigrant fever is based on false data and scare tactics that take legislatures away from what should be the chief goal: harnessing the benefits of new immigration.
President Barack Obama has pledged support for a renewed DREAM Act push, which will see a vote in the House and the Senate before the end of the year.