• U.S. immigrant population at record 40 Million in 2010

    The decade of 2000-2010 was the highest decade of immigration ever; nearly fourteen million new immigrants (legal and illegal) settled in the United States during the decade, despite the decline in the number of jobs; while the number of immigrants in the country is higher than at any time in American history, the immigrant share of the population (12.9 percent) was higher ninety years ago

  • Alabama: students do not need birth certificates to attend school

    After thousands of fearful Hispanic students failed to show up for classes on Monday in Alabama, the state’s top education official announced that children would still be allowed to attend even if they did not have birth certificates

  • U.S.-Canada reach border agreement

    The U.S.-Canada border security pact reached earlier this year by President Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper is nearing completion

  • Also noted

    U.S.-Mexico Border Safer than Ever: Think Tank * Border fencing proponent sees an alternative * Lawmakers Target Ultralight Aircraft Drug Smugglers with Increased Penalties * Immigration Reform: The Economic Argument