Today Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) introduced theComprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP). Open Market was able to get an advanced outline of the bill. Here are some of its main features: Good: 1. Prohibits creation of a national identification card (this contradicts mandated E-Verify, see below).2. “Recapture”...
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The path to naturalization can be a maze of confusing paperwork, capped by a test in English and U.S. civics. For some, it’s a daunting road. John Macharia is thinking about applying for citizenship after Christmas. The Kenyan from Duluth has lived here 10 years and his children are U.S. citizens, but he and his...
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Bring up the topic of economic stimulus and job creation, and you won’t hear much about immigration. If the topic does arise, it’s usually because somebody believes foreigners are taking U.S. jobs. It’s time to bring the immigration question squarely into the debate over jobs. A change to immigration policy could help create jobs...
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The melee surrounding President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize distracted everyone from another potential Nobel controversy. Of the eight American citizens who received Nobel Prizes in the science categories, five are immigrants to the United States. This should be a counterweight to the persistent critics of immigration, but it remained unknown. In the immigration...
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Clutching a rolled-up American flag in one hand, Mahmoud Saad couldn’t stop grinning today as he sat beside 15 other immigrants in a jury box inside a Redding courtroom. After all, the 26-year-old Egyptian Chico State University electrical engineering student had been waiting for much his life to recite the words that would make...
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On November 7, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill that in part creates health insurance subsidies for people with low incomes. Congress was strongly lobbied to delay access to these subsidies for Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs), or “greencard” holders, by imposing a five-year waiting...
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