There are many things politically happening these days and our communities have been divided by political maneuvering and shameful tactics. I think that everyone can agree on one thing about politics: we need more transparency, honesty and consistency. I am an immigrant. I work full-time on the west side of South Bend serving our current…
Immigration rights groups are slamming the ruling by a federal judge in Texas who has ordered a preliminary injunction against a set of immigration policy changes put forth by the Obama administration in an executive order last year. In a ruling handed down late Monday, Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court in Brownsville,…
President Barack Obama’s long awaited executive action on immigration was unveiled Thursday night. Local immigrant rights activists cheered the decision to extend relief to an estimated 4 million undocumented immigrants. The actions will defer deportation for immigrants who have been in the US for more than five years and have children who are either US…
President Barack Obama announced Thursday a plan to reform an immigration system that he says “is broken and everybody knows it.” The president’s plan calls for cracking down on illegal border crossings, prioritizing the deportation of felons rather than families, and expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program known as DACA. “There are actions…
President Barack Obama delivered a prime time speech on the nation’s immigration system tonight. The president outlined his plan to provide relief for undocumented immigrants. We have the full text of the speech below: My fellow Americans, tonight, I’d like to talk with you about immigration. For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming…
President Obama signaled on Wednesday that he will stick to his word when he said earlier this year that he would address immigration through executive action. The president maintains that he would prefer a legislative option but that he has promised the American people that he will sign an executive order to address the issue…
Undocumented workers are not eligible to receive Social Security benefits, but a new report shows that they paid over $100 billion into the program over the past decade. Unauthorized workers are paying an estimated $13 billion a year in Social Security taxes and only getting around $1 billion back, according to a senior government statistician….
