Tag: immigration

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:47 UTC

  Tillerson praises 'enormous' value of Mexican immigration, but admits US needs 'good discipline'

  

  United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Mexico on Friday that immigrants bring “enormous value” to the U.S., but added the U.S. government lacks “good discipline” in regulating who enters the country to live. After meeting in Mexico City with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Tillerson told reporters the U.S. has put “many mechanisms in place” over the years to control immigration, but has “never gone back to clean this up.”c

• Thursday, February 1st 2018 - 21:53 UTC

  Trump presses: Bipartisan efforts stalled in Bargain on Immigration

  

  After the night of Trump’s State of Union address, bipartisan clashes continue since President Donald Trump turned on the pressure on Democrats on Thursday to come to an agreement on protection for the undocumented immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 02:32 UTC

  Angela Merkel agrees to an immigration cap as part of her talks to form a coalition

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has agreed an immigration policy with its sister party, media reports say. The breakthrough in talks with the Christian Social Union (CSU) would overcome a major hurdle as Mrs. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) seek to form a coalition government.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 18:29 UTC

  Cameron prepared to restrict immigration from Euro zone countries

  

  Britain could restrict the immigration of Greeks and other citizens of Euro zone countries affected by Europe's sovereign debt crisis in the event of “extraordinary stresses and strains”, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

• Saturday, May 8th 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Spanish Recession and Lack of Jobs Forces Latam Immigrants to Return Home

  

  More immigrants from non-European Union countries are returning to their native lands this year with help from the Spanish government, a situation similar to 2009, when the number of immigrants forced to pack up and go doubled because of the economic crisis.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 02:48 UTC

  Tens of Thousands March Across the US to Protest Arizona’s New Immigration Bill

  

  Tens of thousand of demonstrators marched in over 70 cities across the United States Saturday to protest a new immigration law in the state of Arizona. The law is aimed at those who have entered the country illegally, but critics say it will lead to ethnic profiling of Arizona's Hispanics.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 07:38 UTC

  Under the Banner “We Are All Arizona” Thousands will Protest May First in the US

  

  The United States immigrant community will be taking to the streets on Saturday May first—International Workers' Day—in 70 cities to demand migration reform and to protest an Arizona law which criminalizes illegal immigration.