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Source: Administration Weighs Bypassing Congress to Let Illegal Immigrants Stay The Obama administration has been holding behind-the-scenes talks to determine whether the Department of Homeland Security can unilaterally grant legal status on a mass basis to illegal immigrants, a former Bush administration official who spoke with at least three people involved in those talks told FoxNews.com. The Obama administration has been holding behind-the-scenes talks to determine whether the Department of Homeland Security can unilaterally grant legal status on a mass basis to illegal immigrants, a former Bush administration official who spoke with at least three people involved in those talks...

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California Gov., has come under fire from leaders of the Latino community for telling a convention of Hispanic journalists that immigrant students should "turn off the Spanish television set" if they want to want to succeed academically. As reported by the Associated Press, the Austrian born Governator told the group that he realized "this is the politically incorrect thing to say, and I'm going to get myself in trouble" but that he forced himself to learn English as a young immigrant and to this today rarely speaks German. However, the Associated Press reported that many journalists in...

If The Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill Now Being Considered By The Senate Is Not Passed, The U.S. Will Be Left With A Status Quo That Is Unacceptable. The current immigration system is broken: Border security and interior enforcement laws need to be improved. Employers do not have the tools they need to verify the work eligibility of their employees with assurance. As many as 12 million illegal workers remain in the shadows. Only around 13 percent of green cards are awarded each year based on employment-related criteria, and far too little emphasis is placed on the skills and attributes necessary...