Breaking News: Immigration

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Elizabeth Young, professor of law and director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Arkansas, is available to speak to the media about senators’ proposal, announced Monday, to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss immigration reform. A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators will unveil an immigration reform package today and President Obama is expected to address immigration reform on Tuesday.

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Higher neighborhood education is associated with better self-rated health among Asian Americans who live in Asian ethnic neighborhoods, but this correlation between individual health and neighborhood education levels does not exist for Asian Americans living in non-Asian neighborhoods, according to a recent study.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss how the country’s changing demographics helped President Obama win the presidential election.

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Children of immigrants are outperforming children whose family trees have deeper roots in the United States, learning more in school and then making smoother transitions into adulthood, according to sociologists at The Johns Hopkins University.

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A new study led by the University of Cincinnati examines stereotypes of immigrants from four global regions and measures opinions of the impact of immigration on U.S. society.

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Many refugees to the U.S. travel thousands of miles to a safe harbor, but once here find that adjusting to linguistic and cultural differences is an equally daunting task, according to new research.

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision today striking down most of Arizona’s controversial immigration law intensifies the immigration debate and could be a factor in this year’s presidential election, according to Cornell law professors Michael Dorf and Stephen Yale-Loehr, who are available to discuss the decision with members of the media.

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Baylor professor organizes a field school to a Texas border town to exhume bodies of those that died while crossing the border for the purpose of identification and repatriation to Mexico.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss the Obama administration’s announcement on Friday that it is changing its policy toward undocumented young people.

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In light of today’s White House announcement that the U.S. will stop deporting certain young, illegal immigrants, Cornell University has made two experts available for media interviews via phone, ISDN or on-campus television studios.

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Elizabeth Young, associate professor of law and director of the immigration law clinic at the University of Arkansas, is available to comment on Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano's announcement today that certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children will be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings.

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In anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on Arizona’s controversial immigration law – expected on June 18 or June 25 – Cornell law professor and immigration law expert Stephen Yale-Loehr is available to discuss the case and the decision with members of the media.

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Deborah Schildkraut, associate professor of political science at Tufts University, finds that immigrants and their descendants embrace basic American values—the love of freedom, the desire for economic advancement, the promise of the American Dream— even as they celebrate and honor their own heritages.

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Three experts at Johns Hopkins can speak about how the birth rate among minority groups now exceeds the birth rate among whites.

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Dan Lichter, professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University and president of the Population Association of America, comments on a new U.S. Census Bureau report finding minority births have reached a historic high.

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Ron Mize, assistant professor of Latino Studies at Cornell University, and co-author of “Consuming Mexican Labor and Latino Immigrants in the United States,” comments on this week’s events in Monterrey, Mexico that claimed 49 lives in the country’s ongoing drug war.

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Undocumented Latino youth in the U.S. face futures clouded by fewer rights than their documented peers and the constant fear of deportation. Such status constraints usually aren’t fully understood until young adulthood, according to research that points out the awareness often serves as a catalyst for political and civic involvement.

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Hindu and Buddhist groups have grown steadily in the United States since changes in immigration laws in 1965 and 1992, according to a Baylor University professor who helped compile the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census.

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Elizabeth Young, associate professor of law and director of the immigration law clinic at the University of Arkansas, is following Supreme Court’s consideration of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law and is available for comment.

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Michael Dorf, constitutional law expert, former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and professor of law at Cornell University, comments on U.S. Supreme Court deliberations on a constitutional challenge to Arizona immigration law.

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A massive slowdown in California’s population growth means the state likely won’t reach 50 million residents until the year 2046, a new USC analysis released Tuesday shows.

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University of Arkansas law professor Elizabeth Young argues that states that pass anti-immigration statutes or that do not allow undocumented high school graduates to receive in-state tuition are missing out on significant economic benefits.

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Chronically ill patients in Central America struggle to pay for health care because they receive less money from relatives abroad who have been “downsized.”

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The amount of time spent in bilingual education programs could predict long-term academic success of English Language Learners.

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Report identifies need for research on immigrants, not just ethnic minority populations.

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Children of recent immigrants are more likely to make sick visits to the doctor if their mothers see themselves as targets of ethnic or language-based discrimination, researchers at NYU report in a new study. Their research provides new evidence that perceptions of discrimination by a mother could have a negative effect on the health of her child within the first 14 months of her child’s life.

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A first-ever in-depth analysis of the costs of a biometric employment I.D. card that has an embedded fingerprint or hand vein scan. The card would replace various forms of ID, such as a driver’s license, social security card and passport during the hiring process.

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Immigration is a super-charged, emotional issue that is not going away. Dr. Greg Hill, professor and chair in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Boise State University, can discuss what immigration policy is and its place in the American political landscape. He can present a brief history of immigration in the United States and some ideas on thinking about immigration policy in a more systematic way.

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A new from Ryerson University examines the amount of local news coverage in Ming Pao, Toronto's second-largest Chinese language newspaper.

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UC research on Nigerian immigrant self employment will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.

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With the Hispanic population in the United States expected to nearly triple by 2050, a Baylor University linguist has developed a course tailored to meet the crucial need for medical professionals to cross language and cultural barriers.

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A University of Cincinnati researcher from Ghana examines whether African immigrants are taking measures to protect themselves from AIDS and HIV as they adapt to living in a new country.

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Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. and achieve higher levels of education and income than any other group. Yet they continue to be overlooked as a growing political constituency.

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Minority immigrants are at higher risk of experiencing poor health outcomes the longer they stay in the U.S., according to new research released today at the American Public Health Association’s 139th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

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The majority of people arrested in a federal immigration enforcement program are jailed without bond, without access to a lawyer, and without a court hearing, according to a new report. Researchers analyzed data obtained through Freedom of Information Act.

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A new report based on data from the Blair-Rockefeller Poll reveals some of the political complexity of the varied groups lumped into the term “Latino community.

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• Mammography rates among immigrant women in the U.S. increased from 60.2 percent in 2000 to 65.5 percent in 2008. • Immigrant women remain less likely than native-born U.S. women to be screened. • Increasing immigrant women’s access to insurance coverage may diminish disparity.

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Elizabeth Young, professor of law and director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Arkansas, is available to speak with members of the media about “prosecutorial discretion” and its impact on U.S. immigration policy.