Read more immigration stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/68/immigration.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:44:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74087/lou-dobbs-i-wasnt-forced-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLou Dobbs says he doesn't feel as though he was pushed out of CNN, where he worked for all but 2 years of its existence until last Wednesday. "I don't know if people will believe it, but we had a very amicable parting on the best of terms," Dobbs, who...http://www.newser.com/story/74087/lou-dobbs-i-wasnt-forced-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 16:47:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73844/home-grown-islamic-terrorism-no-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhatever place religious extremism occupied in the troubled mind of Nidal Hasan, the United States—unlike Europe—has no reason to fear terrorism from its own Muslim population, says Max Fisher . American Muslims are far less vulnerable to al-Qaeda recruitment than their brethren across the pond, Fisher writes in the...http://www.newser.com/story/73844/home-grown-islamic-terrorism-no-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 8:14:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71463/us-fails-to-make-sure-foreign-visitors-leave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHosam Maher Husein Smadi came to the US legally on a tourism visa. But the 19-year-old Jordanian stayed after it had expired and then, allegedly, tried to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. That case has sparked calls from both parties for a better system for tracking foreign visitors, the New...http://www.newser.com/story/71463/us-fails-to-make-sure-foreign-visitors-leave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 8:38:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69453/reforms-biggest-hurdle-white-americas-fear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hallmark diversity of the United States is the biggest obstacle to a “federal social insurance system”—health care included, writes Michael Lind on Slate. The greatest strides toward a European-style safety net were made between World War I and the 1970s “when the foreign-born percentage of the US population...http://www.newser.com/story/69453/reforms-biggest-hurdle-white-americas-fear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 14:21:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69065/you-lie-rep-essentially-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGive Joe Wilson a break. It’s hard to fit the complexities of policy into an outburst during a presidential address, but the South Carolina congressman has a point: If you connect two of President Obama’s top policy priorities, he does want to give insurance to illegal immigrants. It’s just that...http://www.newser.com/story/69065/you-lie-rep-essentially-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 13:56:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66988/immigrants-fill-dugouts-of-minor-league-teams.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForeigners, willing to work for less money, are taking American jobs … on the baseball diamond, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ever since George W. Bush signed the Compete Act in 2007, which essentially gave baseball teams unlimited work visas, teams have been snapping up foreign talent at a record...http://www.newser.com/story/66988/immigrants-fill-dugouts-of-minor-league-teams.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 10:29:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66467/nanny-diplomat-made-me-a-slave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA migrant worker in Britain took what looked like a plush job as a diplomat’s nanny—only to be treated as a sex slave with little recourse to the law, the Independent reports, uncovering a predicament faced by other workers. “I was trapped. I was paid nothing, never allowed to...http://www.newser.com/story/66467/nanny-diplomat-made-me-a-slave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 14:33:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65015/mexican-immigrants-stay-put-despite-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession hasn’t sped the return of Mexican immigrants home from the US, a Pew report finds, though the number of Mexicans entering the US has continued to decline. Some 433,000 people returned to Mexico last year, versus 479,000 two years before, the Washington Post reports. But another...http://www.newser.com/story/65015/mexican-immigrants-stay-put-despite-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 10:01:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64647/us-may-lift-ban-on-hiv-positive-travelers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CDC is considering ending the rule forbidding HIV-positive foreigners from entering the US, MSNBC reports. Congress voted last year to dump 1987 restrictions on entry to those with the condition, but the exclusion policy will remain in place until the department of health and human services lifts it. “We’re...http://www.newser.com/story/64647/us-may-lift-ban-on-hiv-positive-travelers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 12:50:02 CDT