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Democrats favor raising the minimum wage and believe that all Americans have the right to a fair wage. [15] They call for a $15.00/hour national minimum wage and believe that the minimum wage should be adjusted regularly. [25] The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 was an early component of the party's agenda during the 110th Congress. In 2006 ...
After the attacks, 52% of Americans believed that immigration was a good thing overall for the U.S., down from 62% the year before, according to a 2009 Gallup poll. [133] A 2008 Public Agenda survey found that half of Americans said tighter controls on immigration would do "a great deal" to enhance U.S. national security. [134]
A 2010 study examining the years 1992 to 2009 found that when immigration issues receive national media attention (as estimated by the number of mentions of immigration by CBS, ABC and USA Today), established residents living in places that have seen influx of new immigrants suddenly become much more politicized against immigration. The study ...
Shortly after the American Civil War, some states started to pass their own immigration laws, which prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in 1875 that immigration was a federal responsibility. [50] In 1875, the nation passed its first immigration law, the Page Act of 1875 , also known as the Asian Exclusion Act.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- America’s immigration laws, which received their last major overhaul three decades ago, are fundamentally broken. Yet the future of U.S. legal immigration rarely surfaced ...
After news reports about immigrants in the U.S. illegally suspected in violent attacks in New York City and Georgia, Elon Musk accused Democrats of avoiding using deportation to win at the ballot box.
In general, immigrants become eligible for citizenship after five years of residence. Many do not immediately apply, or do not pass the test on the first attempt. This means that the counts for visas and the counts for naturalization will always remain out of step, though in the long run the naturalizations add up to somewhat less than the visas.
New York Mayor Eric Adams complains about illegal immigration in his city. Chicago's mayor does just the opposite. The Democratic Party has two paths to choose from going forward.