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March 17, 2016

GOP-led House backs legal challenge to Obama on immigration

The House voted on Thursday to embrace the legal challenge to President Barack Obama's actions on immigration in an election-year fight over executive authority and the 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally that has roiled the Republican Party.

December 20, 2015

Dem politician: Grant illegal immigrants path to citizenship or they'll become terrorists

Democratic State Representative and candidate for U.S. representative Pat Murphy said Tuesday that if the underage migrants who have come to the U.S. from Central America aren’t given a “pathway for citizenship” they could become terrorists.

December 20, 2015

Fox News poll: Voters to Congress -- Do something! Anything! on immigration

By a more than three-to-one margin, voters would pick immigration reform that only includes a pathway to citizenship over no Congressional action at all -- if those were the only two options on the table. 

December 20, 2015

Obama vows to act on immigration, with or without Congress, at July 4th citizenship ceremony

President Obama renewed his call for immigration legislation at an Independence Day citizenship ceremony for service members, but once again signaled he would take action on his own if Congress doesn't pass a bill.

November 21, 2015

Why reject US citizenship? Some eligible immigrants point to language, costs, return plans

More than an estimated 8.5 million immigrants living in the U.S. were eligible for citizenship in 2012.

November 21, 2015

679 people renounced their US citizenship in 1st quarter of year, IRS says

A quarterly publication by the Internal Revenue Service lists those citizens who voluntarily expatriate, or abandon their American citizenship -- a growing number of whom are doing so to avoid taxes, according to several published reports. 

May 7, 2015

Immigration: Congress must reassert its authority and preserve our Constitution

While presidents do have a degree of discretion in determining exactly how to enforce the law, President Obama’s immigration actions go far, far beyond that lawful discretion and veer directly into lawmaking, the exclusive role of the legislature.

January 8, 2015

Murder suspect arrested in New Zealand 14 years after his girlfriend was killed in Switzerland

A man accused of murdering his girlfriend 14 years ago in Switzerland has been arrested in New Zealand.

January 8, 2015

Suit filed over citizenship denials, delays caused by alleged security check targeting Muslims

Five people are suing the federal government alleging that an expanded national security screen targeting Muslims has led to lengthy delays and denials in their applications for citizenship and green cards.

January 8, 2015

In advisory, US Treasury warns that 'illicit actors' are abusing St. Kitts citizenship program

The U.S. Treasury has alerted financial institutions that some people are abusing a citizenship-by-investment program in St. Kitts & Nevis, which has become increasingly reliant on revenue from selling citizenship to foreigners.