Sunday, June 17, 2012
President Obama's immigration policy will allow young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally to seek work permits.
The Obama administration announced that it will no longer deport younger immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally when they were children and will begin issuing work permits to them, The Huffington Post reported. The permits only would be available to individuals who had led law-abiding lives, the website reported. As many as 800,000 people could be affected by the policy change. "Today, I am announcing that effective immediately, young people brought to U.S. by no fault of their own and meet several criteria no longer are removed from country or entered into removal proceedings,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said to Fox News. Fox News reported that immigrants will have had to live in the U.S. for …
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Congressman visits with residents in Glenview and Lake Forest to hear their ideas about what the local economy needs.
Combining his experience as a small business owner and as a member of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) introduced his jobs task force Jan. 31, explaining to people in the Tenth Congressional District his ideas to improve the economy. With events in Glenview, Lake Forest and Libertyville, Dold took the time to listen to business owners and workers alike while introducing the co chairs of his task force -- Jack Heyden of Highland Park and Marvin Bembry of Lake Villa, a director of government affairs at Abbot Laboratories. “Everyone on both sides of the aisle wants to talk about jobs and the economy," Dold told a town hall gathering of approximately 150 workers and management at Colbert Packaging in …
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A review of the debates prior to last week's vote.
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010 passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday on a narrow margin of 216-198. For those of us who were glued to our televisions, computers or mobile devices watching the live debate on C-SPAN, the passionate pleas from those supporting the bill and the equally passionate doomsday warnings by those opposed to it were very compelling. How exciting it was to watch democracy in action! Now that video and official congressional transcripts from that day have been made available to the general public, however, it seems that the actions and words by our members of Congress that day were less about democracy and more about political trickery, outright lies and…
Monday, December 13, 2010
The vote last week will do more harm than good.
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010 passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday on a narrow margin of 216-198. For those of us who were glued to our televisions, computers or mobile devices watching the live debate on C-SPAN, the passionate pleas from those supporting the bill and the equally passionate doomsday warnings by those opposed to it were very compelling. How exciting it was to watch democracy in action! Now that video and official congressional transcripts from that day have been made available to the general public however, it seems that the actions and words by our members of Congress that day were less about democracy and more about political trickery, outright lies and…
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Critics say bill provides amnesty for illegal immigrants; supporters back path to citizenship for people brought to the country illegally as minors.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010 -- a piece of legislation that has had multiple versions--late Wednesday night by a vote of 216-198. But the bill's last hurdle remains; consideration was tabled in the Senate on Thursday, 59-40. If passed, the law would allow undocumented immigrants who were under the age of 16 when they were brought to the U.S. to be eligible for a green card if they have had at least two years of higher education or have been in the military, are of good moral character and have no criminal record that would make them inadmissable or deportable. Some critics of the bill call it amnesty and say it rewards illegal immigrants. They also …
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Controversial bill would require U.S. citizens and legal residents to compete with illegal immigrants for financial aid benefits
As high school seniors prepare to submit their college applications, parents across the country are becoming increasingly concerned about how they will afford the skyrocketing price of college tuition and related fees. Just this year for instance, the University of Illinois raised their tuition rates by 9.5 percent and their fees by an additional 3.2 percent. Conversely, due to budget deficits, approximately 100,000 Illinois students lost up to $4,500 each in state educational grants for the 2010-11 academic year. In the past, parents and students relied on federal and state financial aid resources to help them cover college tuition, fees and expenses. Beginning January 2011, however, students who are U.S. citizens and legal permanent …
Steinar Andersen
5:12 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Arizona gets to determine immigration status after a person has committed a crime. Win/win. more ›