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Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043
White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already ...
Senate intern, a sex offender, faces deportation
Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by ...
Gypsies take curious route through US to asylum
A minivan with California license plates and a dozen passengers zipped across the border between Vermont and Quebec in October, heading north in a ...
Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise
New census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of ...
Senate GOP fails to bring up immigration bill
Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked Republicans from bringing up an immigration bill offering permanent residence visas for foreigners with advanced ...
House votes to offer advanced-degree visas
Testing the waters of what is expected to be a turbulent battle over immigration policy next year, the House voted Friday to make green cards ...
Brewer sued over license policy for immigrants
Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks to overturn Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's order denying driver's licenses for young ...
Republicans stepping in own way on immigration
After Mitt Romney's loss in the presidential election, Republicans quickly identified one of their mistakes as the party's dysfunctional relationship ...
US pushes to keep entrepreneur jobs in the country
The Obama administration's top immigration official says his agency is working to attract and keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs who are ...
Republicans propose plan for undocumented young
Two Senate Republicans on Tuesday unveiled their version of the Dream Act, stalled legislation that would provide a path to legal status for hundreds ...
House to consider limited GOP immigration bill
House Republicans still smarting from their poor showing among Hispanics in the presidential election are planning a vote next week on immigration ...
Jindal: Liking people is key to expanding GOP tent
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics to attract the broad coalition of voters credited with putting ...
Republicans: GOP needs to get with the times
To hear some Republicans tell it, the Grand Old Party needs to get with the times. Some of the early prescriptions offered by officials and operatives ...
Analysis: Obama aims high but doesn't gloat
President Barack Obama walked a narrow path between ambition and realism, defiance and accommodation when he addressed reporters for the first time ...
Obama: Immigration reform to start early next year
President Barack Obama says America must "seize the moment" to seek an overhaul of the immigration system and he expects that work to start soon after ...
Senators propose comprehensive immigration changes
Two senators on opposite sides of the aisle are proposing comprehensive changes to the immigration laws that would include a pathway to citizenship ...
Boehner says Obama should take lead on immigration
House Speaker John Boehner on Friday said it was time to address immigration policy and urged President Barack Obama to take the lead in coming up ...
Obama's big Hispanic win worries Republicans
Omayra Vasquez blinks and does a double take when asked why she voted to re-elect President Barack Obama. The reason for her was as natural as ...
Re-elected, Obama heads back to divided government
One day after a bruising, mixed-verdict election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged Wednesday to seek a ...
GOP asks "why?" and "where do we go from here?"
Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, Republicans plunged Wednesday into an intense period of self-examination, ...
America casts its ballots on democracy's day
On Election Day, Americans took time to vote, and to explain why this ritual means so much to them. At polling places and in luncheonettes, on the ...
PROMISES, PROMISES: Hours to go, promises to keep
Mitt Romney has a ton of promises to keep if he becomes president, and that's on his first day alone, never mind the other 1,460 days. Barack Obama ...
Puerto Ricans are key in Florida presidential vote
President Barack Obama has a problem with Florida's important Puerto Rican voters, and it has little to do with the immigration and deportation issues ...
Out of reach today, minorities a key to GOP future
It's a fairly safe bet, based on polls and history, that non-Hispanic white voters will choose Republican Mitt Romney by a wide margin in Tuesday's ...
Obama 2nd term: Leverage, lessons learned, legacy
If he wins, President Barack Obama would try to apply the leverage of his victory toward a lasting economic revival on his terms, guided by political ...