US Immigration Reform

Archive for May, 2010

The Diversity Lottery or Green Card Lottery is held annually by the Department of State under the purview of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It is open to people who would like to become legal residents of the US provided you are not a citizen of the countries already Read more...

Illegal immigration is a controversial issue in our country. During his term, President Bush has been urging the Congress to pass an immigration bill to address this concern but has received no action. Today, President Obama is pushing the same—the drafting of a comprehensive immigration reform Read more...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon is set for a two-day visit to Washington D.C. starting this May 19. He will be meeting President Obama at the White House on the first day. The Mexican president along with his wife, Margarita Zavala, will be honored in a press conference on Wednesday at the Read more...

The Migration Information Source lists Mexico as the country with the most number of immigrants in the United States both legal and illegal. This is followed by the Philippines. Estimates from the Migration Information Source show that more than 50 percent of Mexican immigrants in the United Read more...

An asylum is a law that provides safety and protection to a foreign national and grants them the legal right to remain in their country of destination. An asylum-seeker is the person who fled from his country of citizenship because of persecution or fear of persecution due to their race, Read more...