This morning's announcement about the reopening of the Statue of Liberty Crown for the visitors has become a claim jumper of popularity of ellisisland.org for the people who wanted to learn more about the history of Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty and to search their immigrant past.

On October 7 at 10am, faith leaders from North Carolina will present the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Justice for Immigrants. The Coalition is a new grassroots initiative that has received sign-ons from almost 300 clergy and religious leaders (and more than 650 laypeople) from over 20 denominations and faith traditions across North Carolina.

The Swedish government has announced that it’s seriously considering requiring immigrants to have jobs and housing before being allowed to bring in family members to join them.

1. MYTH: A comprehensive approach to immigration reform is not necessary.

* FACT: Mass deportation is not a workable solution. Deporting the millions of illegal immigrants who are already in the country would be impractical, harmful to our economy, and potentially devastating to families with deep roots in their communities.

Tougher border controls accompanying unprecedented investments in border control have failed to deter illegal Mexican entrants to the USA.

The Senate heads for a make-or-break vote on Thursday on President George W. Bush's plan to overhaul immigration reform laws after Senate leaders battled to fend off efforts by opponents to derail the bill.

President Bush Tuesday made a rare visit to Capitol Hill to press senators of his own Republican party to support legislation overhauling the nation's immigration system. Opposition Republicans, concerned about border security and guest worker provisions in the bill, blocked the measure from coming to a vote in the Senate last week. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.

As the Immigration reform is in focus, the White House says that the Democrats and Republicans in Senta reach an immigration deal that would includes a Guest Worker program, allows the undocumented workers to get legal status in USA, but is not an amnesty.

President Bush is committed to comprehensive immigration reform that secures America's borders, improves enforcement of immigration laws, and upholds our values.

Thousands of people demonstrated across the United States on May day demanding immigration reforms so that more than 12 million illegal immigrants working in the country can achieve citizenship.

Members of a bipartisan group of U.S. senators are pushing to reach agreement on immigration reform that would offer some illegal immigrants a chance to become citizens and the coming month will prove critical to their efforts