US Economic Policies Regarding Mexico: Notice a Pattern?
The North American Free Trade Agreement began on January 1, 1994 between the United States, Mexico and Canada. This enacted lower custom barriers that promoted a free market among the […]
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A new emerging marriage trend could be threatening, but for whom?
Recently, in some immigrant communities internet marriages have become increasingly popular. Although this new practice of social arrangements between two people who recite their vows through a computer screen may […]
The Immigration Paradox: Let’s Have a Conversation
Five months since its release, the feature documentary film The Immigration Paradox has posed many important questions worth considering about the contentious topic of immigration. Director and producer Lourdes Lee […]
Immigrants or Guinea Pigs?
Yale University has taken the notion of immigrants to a different level. A $1.8 million program will be headed by Dr.Charles Morgan III, the associate professor of psychiatry at the […]
Living in the Shadows
Currently, there are about eleven million undocumented immigrants living in the economic, social and political shadows of the United States. Indeed, in President Barack Obama’s speech, he recognized that those […]
UC Berkeley Poised to Hand Out Scholarships to the Undocumented
Although Obama’s administration has promised that comprehensive immigration reform will be prioritized in his upcoming presidential term, the future of the state of immigration policy in Washington, D.C. is still […]
A Halt in Undocumented Immigration
courtesy of Vinh Tran According to a Pew Hispanic Center report, undocumented immigration to the United States has drastically declined in 2012. The report states that in 2011, 11.1 million […]
Forbidden to be American
Every year 65,000 teenagers graduate from high school and have nowhere to go. Unlike other students, these graduates cannot get a job, join the military, or qualify for in-state tuition […]
Illinois Approves Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
This week the State Senate of Illinois voted to allow undocumented citizens the ability to receive temporary drivers licenses. Illinois now joins two other states, Washington and New Mexico, in passing […]
“National Suicide”
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg stated Thursday that the current immigration policy in regards to STEM immigrants is “national suicide”. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math, fields […]
