Immigration

More than 60 grantees from RWJF's vulnerable populations portfolio gathered to meet and learn from each other at a national conference in Los Angeles that... read more

Tomas R. Jimenez, assistant professor of sociology at UC San Diego and Irving Fellow at the New American Foundation writes that "Assimilation is a multigenerational... read more

Immigrants are far less likely than the average U.S. native to commit crime in California, according to this issue of California Counts. For example, among... read more

“Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. ET http://www.kaisernetwork.org/todaystopics/12mar08 Immigration and health care rank among the top issues for voters in the 2008 presidential election. On... read more

Each year, nearly 6,000 workers die on the job in the United States. They fall from scaffoldings, get pulled into industrial machines or are exposed... read more

Despite a 2002 promise from President Bush to put citizenship applications for immigrant members of the military on a fast track, some are finding themselves... read more

Imagine a place where immigrants gather to learn new job skills. See immigrant elders in a classroom learning English to prepare for citizenship tests. Watch... read more

PHOENIX — The police in this city at the center of the immigration debate will soon ask all people arrested whether they are in the United States... read more

“Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is seeking permission from the federal government to expand the state's immigration enforcement powers.” (Source: Judith Davidoff in The Capital... read more

Would you like to know what bloggers are saying about immigrants and immigration? Use Technorati. Go to technorati.com, put "immigrants" or "immigration" in the search... read more

More than 2 million Iraqis have fled the country since the war began. The U.S. expects to receive 12,000 by October. Joe Roberson, director of... read more

Congrats to Radio Arte for its 2008 Studs Terkel Media Award honoring excellence in covering and reflecting Chicago's diverse communities. Judges said: "The Latino-owned, youth-driven, bilingual... read more

”The Bush administration announced plans on Wednesday to overhaul the notoriously inefficient federal guest worker program for agriculture, seeking to provide more legal workers to... read more

The issue of immigration has been a flashpoint in the Presidential debates. Border fences, identification for illegal immigrants, and other reforms have all raised questions... read more

On January 15, Latinos Progresando celebrated their first decade. Here's a bit of history from their announcement email: "In 10 years, we have grown from a... read more

This morning I listened to Martin Luther King's "I Have Been to the Mountain Top" speech, delivered the night before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.... read more

Over the last year, illegal immigrants and their families have retreated from community life and gone into hiding because of the pressure from tougher federal... read more

Many new laws will go into effect around the country Jan. 1. Texting while driving will become a federal offense in some states, Minnesotans will... read more

With the first presidential primaries quickly approaching, the December Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 finds that Iraq continues to top the list of issues... read more