Second immigration wave lifts diversity to record high - USA Today As immigrant networks have spread out, "racial and ethnic diversity is spreading far beyond the coasts and into surprising places across the USA, rapidly changing how Americans live, learn, work and worship together." Immigrant communities have long spread beyond traditional urban centers and into small metropolitan and rural areas. These networks have branched out in the wake of what's referred to as "second great wave" of immigration that began around 1970.
Feds Getting Ready for Executive Action on Immigration - NBC News U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is expected to be at the forefront if and when PresidentObama announces executive action on immigration; Obama has indicated this could happen after the midterm elections, but by the end of the year: “Our agency will be shouldering the primary responsibility for executing whatever it is," said agency director León Rodríguez.
Ex-immigration officer gets 4 years for taking bribes from immigrants - Orange County Register Former immigration officer Billy Louis Nelms, Sr., has been sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison "for taking bribes in exchange for granting Cambodian immigrants legal status...A jury found Nelms guilty of bribery and witness tampering charges, according to a Department of Justice statement." Authorities said Nelms’ wife, Sokhon, was also found guilty of threatening two witnesses at his request.
Rules and Paperwork Keep Long Island’s Immigrant Children From Classroom- New York Times Recently arrived child migrants who have settled with relatives in Long Island have not been allowed to register for school. From the story: "The impasse has baffled parents, who say their scant resources have proved no match for school district bureaucracies." Many have been unable to attend because their families don't have the documents to prove residency or guardianship.
Hola Aloha! Latinos are fastest-growing ethnic group in Hawaii - Fox News Latino From the story: "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 'Hispanic or Latino' population grew 40 percent between the 2000 Census and the 2012 American Community Survey. The Hispanic population was 87,699 in 2000, but grew by 35,123 and is now 122,822, the data shows, and now represents about 9 percent of Hawaii’s total population of 1.4 million people." Some transplants from Latin America say they feel a kinship with Hawaiian culture.
