Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Gun bill’s failure may help immigration legislation Here’s an odd political reality: The collapse of the gun bill in the Senate last week may well make the passage of immigration reform legislation slightly easier. “I think the continued intensity of the dysfunction of Congress on this [gun] vote will help immigration,” Democratic pollster John Anzalone said. More
Immigration bill would be largest such effort ever attempted After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of eight senators is poised to offer a sweeping bill to rewrite the nation's immigration laws this week, taking advantage of a changed political alignment that, for the first time in nearly a generation, appears to have opened the way for comprehensive legislation. More
US Immigrants Issued Advice Ahead of Potential Mass Deportations Immigration advocates are mobilizing nationwide to prepare migrant communities for Donald Trump's return to the White House. 12/25/2024 - 7:06 pm | View Link
Editorial: Immigrants are California's lifeblood. They need support now more than ever Immigrants are California's lifeblood. With the mass deportation on the horizon, it's more important than ever to support immigrants and recognize the vital role they play in our society. 12/25/2024 - 12:26 am | View Link
Ahead of Trump 2.0, lawyers have advice for immigrants — even if they’re here legally President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers’ promises of mass deportations and “turbocharged” denaturalizations are making many immigrants anxious – even those who have legal status in the US. Here ... 12/22/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Trump wants mass deportations. For the agents removing immigrants, it's a painstaking process Kenneth Genalo, head of Enforcement and Removal Operations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York, said a popular misconception is that officers can sweep into a community and pick up a ... 12/22/2024 - 6:47 pm | View Link
Immigrants Dominate U.S. Population Growth The Census Bureau estimates that the U.S. population grew by 8.5 million over the past four years, with immigrants making up the vast majority. 12/19/2024 - 5:32 am | View Link
8 Challenges of Growing Up as a Second-Generation Immigrant As you enter your second half of life, overcoming the trauma of being the second generation of immigrants is not only possible but essential. You can thrive by embracing repressed emotions and... 12/29/2024 - 5:14 pm | View Website
Immigrant generations In the United States, among demographers and other social scientists, "second generation" refers to the U.S.-born children of foreign-born parents. [14] The term second-generation immigrant attracts criticism due to it being an oxymoron. 12/29/2024 - 10:11 am | View Website
Second-generation immigrants in the United States Second-generation immigrants in the United States are individuals born and raised in the United States who have at least one foreign-born parent. [1] Although the term is an oxymoron which is often used ambiguously, this definition is cited by major research centers including the United States Census Bureau and the Pew Research Center. [1] [2] 12/29/2024 - 3:09 am | View Website
Immigrants in America: Key Charts and Facts The U.S.-born children of immigrants (second-generation Americans) make up 12% of the nation’s population. By 2050, immigrants and their children could account for 19% and 18% of the population, respectively, according to Pew Research Center projections . 12/28/2024 - 4:11 pm | View Website
First and Second Generation – The Immigration Initiative at ... Second-generation immigrants are born in the United States but have parents who are born abroad. The immigrant-origin child population has grown to nearly 20 million and now make up approximately 27% of the U.S. child population. 12/27/2024 - 10:02 pm | View Website
Thanks to Google's Pixel drop for December 2024, you can now set your Pixel phone to stop charging at 80 percent. However, there are a couple of exceptions, including one that people are only now discovering.
Thanks to its intuitive interface, integration with Google Workspace, and useful features like Live Voice Mode, Gemini has become the go-to AI-powered chatbot for many users. The rollout of Gems—Gemini's custom chatbots—makes it even more appealing.
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Chrome doesn't exactly have the best reputation when it comes to user privacy. However, as someone who refuses to give up the Chrome experience, I've adopted several strategies to protect my privacy—from managing ad settings and clearing my browsing data regularly to blocking third-party cookies.
Have you ever copied a link or snippet into your notes, only to forget where it came from? Microsoft’s new Sticky Notes app has a simple but brilliant solution that other apps need to replicate: automatic source-tracking. This small feature makes note-taking much better.