In Utah speech, U.S. immigration chief says system is unjust

Leon Rodriguez, top administrator of the nation's immigration and naturalization system, says one key word is absent from the vast U.S. laws and regulations on immigration. "You will never once see the word 'justice,' " Rodriguez, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), told a convention of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network at the Salt Lake City Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday. The son of Cuban immigrants said it is time to change that, and called for Congress to make the immigration system more just. He also defended President Barack Obama's executive orders seeking to defer deportation of millions.

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How Immigrant Entrepreneurs Move the U.S. Economy Forward

This week, National Small Business Week, which has occurred each year since 1963, recognizes the contributions of entrepreneurs and small business owners in the United States. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), more than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, which SBA defines as an independent business having fewer than 500 employees. Small businesses created about two out of every three (63 percent) net new jobs in the U.S. from 1993 to 2013, and 60 percent of net new jobs since 2009. Behind these broad numbers is the critical role immigrant entrepreneurs play in America’s small business environment.

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What GOP Presidential Hopefuls Fiorina, Carson, and Huckabee Have Said on Immigration

This week, three GOP candidates entered the 2016 race. Here’s what we know about their stance on current U.S. immigration policy:


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Actually, Immigration Can Create Jobs

The traditional view that an influx of new workers takes work away from native-born Americans is only part of the story.

When critics of immigration make their case, they often point to the labor market. The argument goes something like this: An increase in the supply of workers creates additional competition for jobs, and if immigrants are willing to accept lower wages than American-born workers, then it's the American workers who will suffer.

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McClatchyDC: "The Beginning of the End" for Obama's Migrant Family Detention?

McClatchyDC reports that a U.S. District Judge in California distributed a 22-page tentative ruling on Friday that concluded that the Obama administration's family detention policy violates parts of an 18-year-old court settlement regarding the detention of migrant children. According to memos that outline the tentative ruling, which has not been officially filed, children and mothers in family detention cannot be held in unlicensed secure facilities such as those in the towns of Karnes City and Dilley, Texas. The tentative ruling also states that it is not appropriate to hold a child and accompanying parent in detention unless there is a flight or safety risk.

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