Immigration
Europe's crisis: Beyond finance (Stratfor)
November 15, 2011By George Friedman/ Stratfor/ Austin, Texas -- Everyone is wondering about the next disaster to befall Europe. Italy is one focus; Spain is also a possibility. But these crises are already under way. Instead, the next crisis will be political, not in...
Global economic downturn: A crisis of political economy
August 09, 2011By George Friedman* Classical political economists like Adam Smith or David Ricardo never used the term “economy” by itself. They always used the term “political economy.” For classical economists, it was impossible to understand...
U.S. President Obama have almost been given up for adoption
July 09, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- In the spring of 1961, Barack Obama Sr. was investigated by federal immigration officials who were concerned that he had more than one wife. When they interviewed him in Hawaii in the spring of 1961, the...
Obama calls for immigration system reform
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May 11, 2011President Barack Obama has called for broad reform of the US immigration system, while highlighting steps he has taken to strengthen border security. In Texas, Mr Obama backed a path to legal status for illegal immigrants, as well as crackdowns on employers...
US supreme court considers immigration law
December 09, 2010The U.S. Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in an important immigration case from the southwestern state of Arizona. At issue is whether Arizona has the right to punish employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens and whether that conflicts with...
Obama to sign border security bill
August 13, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama is set to sign a $600-million border security bill into law Friday, addressing an issue that will be prominent in mid-term elections later this year. The bill passed its final hurdles this week, with both the Senate and the...
Thousands of Russians seek asylum in EU, Ukraine
March 05, 2010More than 5,000 Russian citizens sought political asylum in the European Union in the third quarter of 2009, more than from any other country, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. According to European Statistics Agency data, the largest single category...
Janet Napolitano confirmed as head of DHS
January 23, 2009Janet Napolitano was swiftly and easily confirmed as the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") on the same day that Barack Obama became President of the United States. Homeland Security is the department that oversees...
Platforms on Immigration - Republican vs. Democrat
October 03, 2008By Attorneys Robert Reeves and Jeremiah Johnson* These are hard times for Americans, especially for immigrants. The current financial crisis has dominated the media's headlines and the political discourse among the presidential candidates. And yet...
Chertoff: 2007 was one of 'quiet' success
December 13, 2007This year was one of "quiet accomplishments" and a missed opportunity for immigration reform, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday. The successes, he said, were "quiet accomplishments, because we've avoided a...