Apr 24 ‘W-Visa’ Would Enable Lower-Skilled Foreigners to Legally Work in U.S. EmbedVideo(6297, 482, 304); Doris Meissner, director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, says a proposed W-Visa category would for the first time allow low-skilled foreigners to legally work in the U.S. The United States… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Convincing Evangelicals to Support Immigration Reform Welcome the Stranger: Convincing Evangelicals to Support Immigration Reform… Continue watching
Apr 23 Forty Percent of Non-Citizens Live in U.S. on Expired Visitor, Student Visas Doris Meissner, director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, says 40 percent of non-citizens living in the U.S. are "visa overstays."… Continue reading
Apr 23 Welcome the Stranger: Convincing Evangelicals to Support Immigration Reform EmbedVideo(6286, 482, 304); Ray Suarez spoke with Jenny Hwang, the co-author of "Welcoming the Stranger," a book published in 2009 urging evangelicals to look at comprehensive immigration reform based on biblical principles. Recently, there has been a wave of… Continue reading
Apr 23 Evangelicals Rally for Pathway to Citizenship and Immigration Reform Hundreds of Evangelical leaders rallied in Washington to gather political support for comprehensive immigration reform. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Forty Percent of Undocumented Living in U.S. on Expired Visa Kwame Holman with Doris Meissner… Continue watching
Apr 23 Boston Bombings Rouse Debate in Senate Immigration Hearing Thousands of people rally for immigration reform in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. There was little doubt last week's Boston Marathon bombings would be raised during Monday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the… Continue reading
Apr 22 Undocumented Individuals ‘Deeply Rooted’ in U.S. Communities, Former INS Chief Says EmbedVideo(6273, 482, 304); Former INS Commissioner Doris Meissner describes the makeup of the 11 million undocumented people currently living in the U.S. An agreement between labor groups and lawmakers seems to have set the stage for the unveiling last… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch Former INS Chief Doris Meissner with Kwame Holman Kwame Holman with former INS Commissioner Doris Meissner… Continue watching
Apr 22 Gang of Eight’s Immigration Bill Under New Scrutiny After Boston Bombings Flowers at a memorial site along the course of the Boston Marathon. Photo by Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images. The investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings and the push on Capitol Hill to overhaul the country's immigration system have converged… Continue reading