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To facilitate the often treacherous process of entering the United States illegally through the southern border, the Obama administration is offering free transportation from three Central American countries and a special refugee/parole program with “resettlement assistance” and permanent residency. Under the new initiative the administration has rebranded the official name it originally assigned to the droves of illegal immigrant minors who continue sneaking into the U.S. They’re no longer known as Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC), a term that evidently was offensive and not politically correct enough for the powerful open borders movement. The new arrivals will be officially known as...

.. Immigration attorneys say thousands of immigrants are stuck in a similar situation. In countries such as the Philippines, Mexico and China, relatives of U.S. citizens and residents sometimes wait a decade or two for a family-sponsored green card because of country-based immigration quotas. Santos is one of several immigrants across the country suing the federal government to try to get their adult children into the country without another lengthy wait. Under U.S. immigration law, children 21 and older cannot immigrate under their parents' applications for green cards....

Two amendments — one from the left and one from the right — may be the ultimate test of whether a fragile coalition will hold when the Senate brings back the stalled immigration bill... One Democratic amendment, which would give family ties more weight in any point system that allows illegal immigrants to gain legal status, could cause trouble with Republican supporters of the bill. The proposal...has the potential to increase legal immigration and could be a deal-breaker for Republicans pushing for a merit-based system... At the other end of the political spectrum is an amendment by Kay Bailey Hutchison...

Dear Conservative Base - I know that culturally, we may be on different planets. Yet after what I watched on C-SPAN2, a am so angered at Democrats and Bernie Sanders that I am now crossing over here. I know that perhaps many of you will see me as an example that they will wish upon many other foreign intellectuals so they won't try again "abusing" the H1B visa category the US government offered. I am extremely angered by the mainly Democrats and Sanders sacrificing those that patiently waited and have done anything legally (!), whether citizen or legal immigrant, to...

Immigrants and their supporters converged on the U.S. Capitol yesterday to demand immigration reform that keeps in mind the rights of the nation's estimated 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens and their families. The roughly four-hour rally began without incident...The National Capital Immigrant Coalition (NCIC) organized the rally as federal lawmakers this week return from a weeklong recess to resume debates over a proposed immigration-reform bill. The Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 would allow illegal aliens to receive probationary status and eventually apply for a proposed "Z" visa, which would put them on a...

More Palestinians to get citizenship Government approves Sunday modifications to temporary order banning Palestinians married to Israeli citizens from entering the country. Changes to pave way for about 200 Palestinians to receive Israeli citizenship by Diana Bahur-Nir Ministers debate family reunification questions (Archive photo) Photo: Reuters JERUSALEM - The government approved Sunday modifications to a temporary order banning Palestinians married to Israeli citizens from entering the country, paving the way for some 200 Palestinians to receive Israeli citizenships. More Palestinians to enter country? (Photo: AFP)According to the modified order, women 25 and above and men 35 and above would be...