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Providing a Sense of Home, Security, and Possibility for Refugees in the United States
Posted byon September 24, 2012 at 4:41 PM EDTFelicia Escobar joins over 1000 participants from all across the country at the opening session of the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) 2012 National Consultation. This conference brings together the nation’s leaders in refugee and asylum efforts who work to provide a sense of home, security, and possibility for those who have sought freedom from persecution.
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New American Olympians Inspire U.S. to Remain the Land of Opportunity
Posted byon September 24, 2012 at 1:05 PM EDTRecently, the President and First Lady honored the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams at the White House. President Obama remarked at the event, “one of the great things about watching our Olympics is we are a portrait of what this country is all about."
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Celebrating Citizenship Day by Welcoming New Americans
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A Conversation on Rebuilding the Economy at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Convention
Posted byon September 18, 2012 at 6:18 PM EDTCecilia Muñoz discusses the Obama Administration's steadfast commitment to promoting access and removing barriers for Hispanic-owned small businesses to start, grow, and create jobs, because they’re vital to rebuilding our economy.
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Welcoming New Citizens to the American Family
Posted byon September 12, 2012 at 2:30 PM EDTSenior Advisor Valerie Jarrett speaks to new citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia, commemorating the lives lost in the September 11 attacks and reminding us of how precious citizenship is.
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Weekly Wrap Up: Dream Day
Posted byon August 17, 2012 at 3:44 PM EDTHere's a quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov.
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Consideración de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia
Posted byon August 15, 2012 at 12:50 PM EDTHoy, el Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos comenzará a recibir solicitudes de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia.
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Who Can Be Considered?
Posted byon August 15, 2012 at 11:55 AM EDTThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today begins accepting requests for consideration of deferred action, which could enable people who arrived in this country as children to receive employment authorization for two years
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Shared Responsibility, Shared Destiny: The MALI Experiment
Posted byon July 27, 2012 at 10:32 AM EDTDavid R. Ayón is helping bring American and Mexican societies closer together to jointly address some of the challenges that affect us both – and most of all to help strengthen civil society in Mexico
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Cultivating the Caribbean American Community
Posted byon July 27, 2012 at 10:20 AM EDTOver the years, Claire Nelson has learned that America is a collective idea in constant refinement, and that the American dream is one that all of us who come to its shores have a hand in framing and reshaping. She believes that Caribbean Americans must play their role in dreaming a successful 21st Century America into being, and as such, ICS is an essential messenger, and Caribbean American Heritage Month (CAHM) must be a womb for the nurturing and birthing of common cause.