How secure is US border? It’s complicated
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While admitting there are still many areas where drug and immigrant smugglers cross illegally into the U.S., officials argue that the threat has decreased dramatically.
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Steve Jobs’ wife speaks out on immigration, Apple founder’s ‘private legacy’
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Laurene Powell Jobs is speaking publicly for the first time since her husband Steve Jobs’ death to advocate for immigration reform.
“I started getting more and more active around immigration reform because this was such a waste of lives, such a waste of potential, such a waste for our country not to have the human capital that we developed – geared towards improving our entire society,” said Powell Jobs in an exclusive interview with Rock Center Anchor Brian Williams airing Friday, April 12 at 10pm/9CDT on NBC.
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Through the obstacle course of immigration, many paths to citizenship
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This is the first story in NBC News’ series “Immigration Nation,” an in-depth examination of immigration in America.
The talk about reforming the American immigration system has focused on getting 11 million undocumented workers on the path to citizenship. It’s a simple idea that obscures a thorny truth.
There is no single path to citizenship. There are hundreds.
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AP drops “illegal immigrant,” means a person will no longer be described as illegal
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The Associated Press, a news cooperative which licenses its stories to organizations across the country, is changing its long-standing style entry concerning undocumented immigrants, which it has referred to as “illegal immigrants” up until now.
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Majority of Americans believe illegal immigrants should be deported
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WASHINGTON — More than half of U.S. citizens believe that most or all of the country’s 11 million illegal immigrants should be deported, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday that highlights the difficulties facing lawmakers trying to reform the U.S. immigration system.
‘Within our grasp’: Obama embraces Senate immigration overhaul effort
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President Barack Obama hailed the Senate’s bipartisan immigration framework at a major speech on that topic this afternoon in Nevada, but threatened to send his own alternative legislation to Capitol Hill if Congress fails to act.
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Why Obama shelved his own immigration plan in favor of senators’ proposal
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First Read: As the president heads to Latino-rich Nevada to push for immigration and border reforms, the White House decides not to risk blowing up a fragile coalition in favor of its own path.
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Chasing a ‘dream’: Immigrant youth seek legal status
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NEW YORK — When Yelky Perez heard that immigration authorities had released the application that could let her stay in the U.S. legally a day earlier than expected on Tuesday, she went straight to their website and hit refresh until it showed up.
Perez, who entered the U.S. illegally from the Dominican Republic at 13 to reunite with her family, is hoping to join the hundreds of thousands of other young adults expected to apply for the Obama administration’s “deferred action” program, which will give two-year work permits to some young illegal immigrants.
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High court strikes down key parts of Arizona immigration law
The Supreme Court upheld one part of the Arizona immigration law but struck down other sections.
The part of the law the justices upheld requires police officers stopping someone to make efforts to verify the person’s immigration status with the Federal Government.
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She doesn’t look a day over 100: A total of 125 immigrants from 46 countries have been sworn in as United States citizens at a ceremony marking the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty this morning.
The naturalization ceremony on Liberty Island kicked off a daylong celebration of the dedication of the statue in 1886.
Read more about Lady Liberty’s 125th birthday celebration and check out more historical photos here.
