In order to move immigration reform forward, the AFL-CIO teamed up with local immigration reform and labor groups. They encouraged the green card holders to apply for citizenship there by attracting more immigrants to the polls. The workshop was held in Washington, D.C., where lawyers and volunteers were called in to give legal residents information…

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Foreign-born population has grown considerably in the US. – As per reports 40.4 million foreign-born people were residing in the US in 2011 as compared to the immigrant population in 1960, which was around 9.7 million. -Foreign share of the US population has doubled since 1960’s, where the foreign-born were in the ratio of 1:20…

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The executive order on immigration action which President Obama plans to execute before the end of summer is being kept secret, but following the meetings with the activists, some of the points which may be considered to give relief to 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the US may be: -Temporary relief from deportation and work…

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President’s Obama decision to take executive action to provide temporary deportation protection and work authorization to millions of undocumented immigrants was originally supposed to be by the end of summer. However with the control of the Senate hanging in the balance, the tentative outcome of refurbishing US immigration law has prompted the White House to…

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