Jun 27 Family Separated by Immigration Woes, Waiting for Reform NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez spoke to a family faced with the challenges of having mixed immigration status in the United States. He spoke to them, an immigration reporter and a lawyer in a Google Hangout Thursday. Crystal Mendez met her… Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch News Wrap: Border Security Amendment Gets Formal Senate Approval In other news Wednesday, a key border security amendment to the immigration bill won formal approval in the Senate. Meanwhile, gay rights supporters dropped an amendment to let Americans sponsor their same-sex spouses for admission to the U.S. Also, President… Continue watching
Jun 24 Republican Strategist Examines Immigration Reform’s Chances Photo by Karen Bleier/ AFP/ Getty Images. As the Senate floor buzzed Thursday afternoon over the Republican-sponsored border security amendment aimed at expanding the GOP vote for immigration reform, veteran GOP strategist Whit Ayres wanted to know if the… Continue reading
Jun 24 Mexican Amusement Park Offers Fake Border Crossing Attraction Visitors to the Parque EcoAlberto in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo await instructions for their fake illegal broder crossing. Photo by Irina Zhorov/Fronteras An unusual amusement park attraction in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo offers visitors the… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Should Immigrants Be Required to Learn English? A provision of the proposed immigration legislation would require immigrants to prove they're learning English before they can become permanent residents. Ray Suarez gets debate on the issue from Georgetown University's Barbara Mujica and Max Sevillia of the National Association… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Senators Near Key Compromise on Beefed-Up Border Security A bipartisan group of senators have worked out a potentially critical compromise for the immigration reform bill. Reform supporters said they had met demands for greatly expanded policing of the border with Mexico. Ray Suarez talks with two lawmakers shaping… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Sen. Tim Kaine: Let’s Not Make Path to Citizenship Dependent on Border Security Sen. Tim Kaine talks about his priorities and working on comprehensive immigration reform. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Sen. Rand Paul on Balancing Legalized Immigration With Improved Border Security Sen. Rand Paul on Balancing Path to Citizenship With Improved Border Security… Continue watching
Jun 17 5 Things You Should Know About E-Verify Functioning as a pilot program up until now, the federal database program E-Verify is set for some changes under a sweeping Senate immigration bill. E-Verify -- an electronic program run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security contrived… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch How Well Will Electronic Verification System Prevent Undocumented Employment? How Well Will Electronic Verification System Prevent Undocumented Employment?… Continue watching