opinion brief
Has the recession solved illegal immigration?
A new Pew report says unlawful immigration has dropped sharply as jobs have dried up. Will this news cool down the red-hot immigration debate?
September 3, 2010, at 10:10 AM
Even as the debate over illegal immigration has heated up, the actual number of unlawful immigrants crossing into the U.S. has shrunk by about two-thirds, according to the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center — with the nation's total undocumented immigration... More
opinion brief
The illegal immigrant baby boom
A new study says 1-in-12 U.S. newborns have at least one parent who's an illegal immigrant. Should that change the debate over immigration reform?
August 13, 2010, at 11:50 AM
In news likely to intensify the debate over birthright citizenship, a new study estimates that 8 percent of the 4.3 million babies born in the U.S. in 2008 had at least one parent who was an illegal immigrant. Undocumented immigrants represent just 4 percent of... More
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