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WASHINGTON, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If passed, the Studying Towards Adjusted Residency Status (STARS) Act, introduced yesterday by Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.), would be only the first in a series of amnesties for illegal aliens, charges the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). FAIR has consistently maintained that enacting any type of amnesty legislation will encourage rampant illegal immigration and create mounting pressure for additional amnesties. The...

CHICAGO, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Obama administration has made progress in improving the U.S. immigration court system, but much remains to be done, according to Reimagining the Immigration Court Assembly Line, a report by public interest justice centers Appleseed and Chicago Appleseed with pro bono counsel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP. This report updates Appleseed's 2009 report Assembly Line Injustice, which examined the...

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that providing education, health care, law enforcement, and social and government services to illegal aliens and their dependents costs Maryland taxpayers $1.86 billion. These costs amount to a $910 a year burden per Maryland household headed by a U.S. citizen. The report, The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders, estimates that about 295,000...

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fifty talk radio hosts from around the nation will broadcast their programs from the Phoenix Park Hotel on Capitol Hill on May 8 and 9, discussing immigration policy with members of Congress, state legislators, law enforcement officials, and other policy experts. Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2012 is organized by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the nation's oldest and largest immigration reform organization. The...

CanAm Enterprises is pleased to report that 26 projects have successful I-829 approvals, which represents more than 750 investors. New York (PRWEB) April 28, 2012 CanAm Enterprises LLC, (“CanAm”), the exclusive promoter of five USCIS-designated Regional Centers in the Unites States, is pleased to announce that 26 projects have successful I-829 approvals, which represents more than 750 investor families. The U.S. Immigrant Investor Program (“EB-5”) is a federal program that...

50 Radio Hosts, Members of Congress, Law Enforcement Gather to Debate/Discuss WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's largest annual immigration-media event, Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2012 takes place May 8 and 9 at the Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. Fifty radio hosts from across the country will broadcast their shows live from the event while interviewing members of Congress, law enforcement officials, state lawmakers,...

Open Letter to U.S. Supreme Court Backs State Action on Immigration Laws ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Negative Population Growth members from Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah have publicly gone on record urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the actions of their legislatures regarding illegal immigration enforcement. With the nation's highest court scheduled to hear oral arguments in Arizona v. United States on April 25th,...

Artisan Business Group, Inc., is to present the nation’s leading EB-5 investment networking event at the Hilton New York April 27, 2012, to connect international investment experts with U.S. capital seekers, immigration attorneys and real estate developers. New York, NY (PRWEB) April 06, 2012 Artisan Business Group, Inc. is to present the 2nd Annual EB-5 Investment Summit: Dealmakers Conference in New York City this month. The April 27th international conference will be centered on the...

TORONTO, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation is proud to announce the shortlist for its annual Excellence in Journalism Award, large-media category. Since 1996, the CJF has celebrated news organizations that embrace ideals of journalistic excellence - accuracy, independence, accountability, courage and originality - with its annual Excellence in Journalism Award. The five finalists in the large-media category are: The Canadian Press The Current - CBC...

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) mourns the loss of Edith Blodgett, who served on FAIR's Board of Directors from 2006 to 2009 and as a member of FAIR's Board of Advisors for more than two decades. More importantly, she was a dear friend to many who have worked for true immigration reform in the United States. Throughout her life, Mrs. Blodgett was a dedicated philanthropist who devoted her energies and...