America's melting pot is on fire. Twelve million illegal immigrants currently live in the US, and nearly 900,000 more arrive each year. Yet the immigration reform that topped President Bush's second-term agenda has stalled as a skittish Congress attacks the proposal from left and right; meanwhile, a different kind of debate is heating up over skilled immigrants, and whether American firms need more to stay competitive.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:46:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35910/595-nabbed-in-immigration-raid.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn the largest immigration raid in US history, federal agents have arrested 595 suspected illegal aliens at a Mississippi electronics factory. The detainees rounded up Monday included citizens of Peru, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Brazil and Germany, reports Reuters.http://www.newser.com/story/35910/595-nabbed-in-immigration-raid.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 23:42:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35014/why-minority-america-will-be-a-stronger-nation.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMinorities may be the majority in America as soon as 2042, and Joel Kotkin writes in New Geography that he couldn’t be happier. Leftists who fear racial conflict, and right-wingers who cry "American values" are missing the point, writes Kotkin: The nation's future depends on its ability to integrate outsiders. New Americans create markets, expand the work force, and inject youthful energy into American cities.http://www.newser.com/story/35014/why-minority-america-will-be-a-stronger-nation.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 15 Aug 2008 12:56:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34880/minorities-surging-to-majority.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAmerica's demographics will dramatically change by mid-century, with the white population slipping to a minority of 46% of Americans, according to projections  from the Census Bureau. Minority kids will make up 66% of the nation's population of children, reports the Washington Post . The number of Hispanics is expected to triple by 2050, which will have tremendous implications for the political landscape.http://www.newser.com/story/34880/minorities-surging-to-majority.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Aug 2008 0:46:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34798/lawyers-dying-immigrant-denied-care-in-custody.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHiu Lui “Jason” Ng was a New York computer engineer trying to get his green card when immigration officials arrested him last year, the New York Times reports. Last week he died of undiagnosed cancer after months of neglect in immigration detention centers. Ng complained of chronic back pain, and eventually became too weak to walk or stand, but officials refused to give him a wheelchair or medical examination, his lawyers say.http://www.newser.com/story/34798/lawyers-dying-immigrant-denied-care-in-custody.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 13 Aug 2008 7:27:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34028/many-hospitals-deport-injured-ill-immigrants.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe case of an illegal immigrant from Guatemala has called attention to a little-known, but common, practice at US hospitals: the deportation of immigrants without insurance. Injured in a car accident, the immigrant spent years at a Florida hospital before being repatriated by court order, the New York Times reports. An appeals court overruled the decision, stating that deportation falls under the federal government's purview.http://www.newser.com/story/34028/many-hospitals-deport-injured-ill-immigrants.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 03 Aug 2008 8:02:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32703/journo-ecstatic-over-demise-of-hiv-travel-ban.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHIV-positive journalist Andrew Sullivan is “ecstatic” over yesterday's passage by the Senate of a bill that would lift a US ban on visitors and immigrants with the virus that causes AIDS, he writes in his Atlantic blog. "I'm not exaggerating when I say that it's one of the happiest days of my whole life," writes the openly gay, British Sullivan, who plans to pursue citizenship.http://www.newser.com/story/32703/journo-ecstatic-over-demise-of-hiv-travel-ban.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 17 Jul 2008 13:59:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32595/senate-targets-ban-on-hiv-positive-visitors.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Senate moved today to repeal a ban on allowing immigrants and vistors who are HIV-positive to enter the country, the AP reports. The measure was part of a $50 billion bill to combat AIDS worldwide. The US is one of only a dozen countries—including Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Libya—that forbids the entry of visitors with AIDS.http://www.newser.com/story/32595/senate-targets-ban-on-hiv-positive-visitors.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 16 Jul 2008 15:57:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32216/more-mexican-immigrants-becoming-us-citizens.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn 2007, while the US hotly debated immigration reform, the number of Mexican-born immigrants who became American citizens skyrocketed, the LA Times reports. Experts attribute the jump—122,000 people took the oath, 84,000 more than in 2006—largely to an aggressive pro-citizenship campaign and a desire to beat steep fee increases. Applications rose about 50%, to 1.4 million, in the same period.http://www.newser.com/story/32216/more-mexican-immigrants-becoming-us-citizens.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Jul 2008 12:54:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32143/mccain-wobbling-leftward-again-on-immigration.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBy John McCain’s own admission, his embrace of immigration reform nearly sunk his candidacy in the early primaries, writes Byron York in the Hill . But after saving his hide with a swing to the right and a pledge to "secure the border first" (a “legitimate flip-flop,” York specifies), the pendulum is moving leftward again. McCain recently told a Latino audience that comprehensive reform “will be my top priority yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”http://www.newser.com/story/32143/mccain-wobbling-leftward-again-on-immigration.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Jul 2008 15:51:12 CDT