Immigration to US
18 May, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Cuban president’s daughter gets US visa
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm of criticism from Cuban-American politicians who called her an enemy of democracy and...
17 May, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Census: Minorities now transcend whites in US births
WASHINGTON — For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.
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Chen relates for pass in bid to investigate in US
(CBS/AP) BEIJING - A blind Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the U.S. Embassy last month filled out a Chinese passport application and posed for a photo Wednesday, moving forward in his bid to study in the United States.
Paperwork for Chen Guangcheng, his...
17 May, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
US: Sexual Violence, Harassment of Immigrant Farmworkers
(New York) – Hundreds of thousands of immigrant farmworker women and girls in the United States face a high risk of sexual violence and sexual harassment in their workplaces because US authorities and employers fail to protect them adequately, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The...
17 May, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Chen gets US visa; addresses Congressional conference over phone
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Protect newcomer women from violence
Editor's note: Leith Anderson is the president of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents more than 45,000 local churches from over 40 different denominations. Lynne Hybels is the co-founder of Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois, which promotes efforts to raise awareness about human trafficking and...
16 May, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Dissident Chen Should Have Passport by May 21 Under China Rules
May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng should receive a passport by May 21 that would allow him to leave for the U.S., according to Bob Fu, a Texas-based Christian aid worker who is in daily touch with him.
Chen, a self-taught lawyer and prominent opponent of forced...
16 May, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Immigration, NATO criticism ends with 4 arrested
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Chinese Dissident Chen: Discussions on US Visa Under Way
Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng told a U.S. congressional hearing Tuesday he is concerned about the persecution he says his relatives have faced following his escape from house arrest in April and flight to the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Chen's actions triggered an intense round of negotiations between the...15 May, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Shift on matrimony energizes immigration activists
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing across the country, helping dispel what many say is an outdated notion...
