Interview with Gunay Evinch

BY EMRE PEKER, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE Excerpted interview with Gunay Evinch, president of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations and Washington, D.C.-based attorney whose practice concentrates on matters relating to Turkey and the surrounding region. He is a second...

Obama Discusses Immigration with Central American Presidents

"“There’s another attitude, totally different, in Obama’s behavior: more openness, more dialogue, more respect. There are good prospects,” said Zelaya, one of the leaders in the region who has been most critical of the United States and an ally of Venezuelan...

For wounded soldier, citizenship is 'icing on the cake'

" Alcivar, 25, was sworn in as a United States citizen on Friday, some 20 years after coming to the United States, four years after joining the Army, and months after a sniper outside Baghdad, Iraq, shot him in the leg. At any given time, roughly 40,000 noncitizens serve in...

Source of refuge, and separation

" The P-3 program aims to reunify families separated after resettlement, which has been considered a long-standing priority in U.S. refugee admission. Since 2003, the program has admitted roughly 36,000 relatives of African refugees, plus about 400 people from other...

Improving US development but forced to live in Canada.

"[ Sanjay G. Mavinkurve's] case highlights the technology industry’s argument that the United States will struggle to compete if it cannot more easily hire foreign-born engineers." In the middle of what is considered as the rough economic crisis since 1929, this article...

Children Of Immigrants Less Likely To Get Benefits

" Adriana, who did not give her full name because she is in the country illegally, recently came looking for help at CASA de Maryland, a nonprofit agency outside Washington, D.C., that assists immigrants. At the time, Adriana, 21, was a few days away from giving birth to her...

Star Tribune: Slaughterhouse manager guilty on Imm. charges

"Elizabeth Billmeyer, 48, of Postville, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit and one count of knowingly accepting counterfeit resident alien cards. She faces up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.Billmeyer was working at...