Immigration Issues

Updated to bring you the latest news impacting immigrants and refugees locally and nationally

Cultural Profiles

MPI DATA Hub ^NEW

Migration Facts Stats and Maps

The Champa Kingdom

Decades of Displacement:

The Meskhetian Turks

Cultural Orientation

Resource Center (COR)

Read about the new refugee groups being resettled in the United States

Immigration Resources

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Previously known as the INS. Learn about the immigration process and access pintable forms.

Immigration: A Practical Guide...

National Immigration Forum

promotes immigration to the U.S. and cooperation between immigrants and other Americans.

About.com

A comprehensive site with immigration news, U.S. immigration process, immigration history, finding an attorney and more.

Foreign Born

Resources for immigrants, potential immigrants and visitors to the U.S. Advice on a range of immigration topics and basic operating instructions for life in the U.S.

Independent Lens

An interactive supplement to PBS documentary film series. Access personal stories of immigrants, historical information and teacher resources.

Road to Refuge

BBC report on refugees, from 1st-person perspective.

Atlapedia

Provides information on every country in the world

Local News

Quenching the thirst: Seattle brings the most precious liquid abroad

3/23/08

...and enjoyed a midriff view of Seattle's skyscrapers through the...seemed far away. For all of the Seattle supporters, this was a first...marriage and senior pastor at Seattle First Covenant Church on Capitol...friends with many Ethiopian immigrants. The water tower of Africa...

Critics say immigration query unfair

3/22/2008

...Guatemala said he was asked about his immigration status last month when he went to pick...arrest for certain crimes about their immigration status and to report illegal immigrants...order tells the police to ask about immigration status when arresting someone for what...

Immigration

^{in the 2008
Presidential Race}

Where the candidates stand on immigration

Barack Obama Supported Bush-backed immigration reform legislation, which would have increased funding and improved border security technology, improved enforcement of existing laws, and provided a legal path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants. Voted to authorize construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Watch Obama speak about immigration

John McCain Co-sponsored Bush-backed immigration reform legislation, which would have increased funding and improved border security technology, improved enforcement of existing laws, and provided a legal path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants. Voted to authorize construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border. Watch McCain speak about immigration

Hillary Clinton Supported Bush-backed immigration reform legislation, which would have increased funding and improved border security technology, improved enforcement of existing laws, and provided a legal path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants. Voted to authorize construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border. Watch Clinton speak about immigration

Mike Huckabee Opposed Senate immigration plan co-sponsored by Sen. McCain and supported by President Bush. Opposes allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Will fine and penalize employers who hire illegal immigrants. Proposes a nine-point strategy for immigration and border security: Build border fence by 2010, increase border patrol, prevent amnesty, enforce the law on employers, establish an economic border, empower local authorities, ensure document security, discourage dual citizenship, modernize the process of legal immigration. immigration.

More Letters to the Editor

3/23/2008

IMMIGRANT STUDENTS My class is

working...supporting because it allows immigrants to

sustain a life in America...perfect opportunity for illegal immigrants to pursue a life in extensive...Public Service Academy Seattle RACE RELATIONS For...United Church of Christ Seattle BARACK OBAMA I agree...

Seattle area becoming much more international

3/19/2008

...Rainier Avenue South in Seattle with the growing number...Wednesday night – the Seattle area is becoming a far...much of the growth were immigrants from other countries...very well." Though Seattle has used interpreters...themselves accessible to immigrants. At a community meeting...

2008 Jefferson Award nominees 3/17/2008

..northeast Seattle. Moni Law, Seattle – An attorney who has been...goals. Hassan Maalim, Seattle – A full-time college student...reaches out to East African immigrants and refugees, and trains volunteers...there. Lawrence Matsuda, Seattle – He helped establish the Multicultural...

Nisei vets reopen memorial hall...s a great tribute," said Seattle resident George Morihiro...During the reopening ceremony, Seattle resident Julia Hatten, 13...children of Japanese-born immigrants to the United States. The...blood," said Stan Shikuma of Seattle, a 53-year-old member...

WASL: Take it without a bit of English? ...resigned. The 18-year-old Honduran immigrant is among the hundreds of Seattle public high school students taking the...teenage students there are all recent immigrants and refugees who don't yet speak or...enough in English to transfer to one of Seattle Public Schools' traditional middle or...

National & International News

Florida Keys vacation turns into a mission to rescue Cuban refugees

3/21/2008

... "Forty what are coming?" I asked. "Forty Cuban refugees landed on the island last night," said naturalist Colleen...to reach American soil. They had made landfall, but refugees met at sea by our Coast Guard are turned back and there are...

Many Hispanics pin hopes on pope’s visit

Pamela Constable, Washington Post

3/15/2008

Immigration reform turns into a minefield for lawmakers

By DAVID KLEPPER and JASON NOBLE / The Kansas City Star March 15, 2008

Wuerl eyes humanity for illegals

By Julia Duin / The Washington Times, March 14, 2008

Group Links The Immigration Debate To Rise In Hate Groups By: Joe Murray, The Philadelphia Bulletin, March 13, 2008

U.S. Bishops’ immigration committee asks ICE to decrease raids

Catholic News Agency Washington DC, Mar 13, 2008

USCCB Migration Committee Meets With Top Enforcement Official to Discuss

Immigration Raids, Concern for Children