Steven A. Camarota

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President Obama drew a number of lines in his executive order, slicing and dicing the illegal immigrant community. To qualify for the new deferred action program, someone has to have been in the U.S. for at least five years and have either a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident child. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty leaves most illegal immigrants still in fear of deportation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Supporters gather during a rally organized by OneAmerica as part of a National Week of Action to demand robust executive measures to stop deportations and keep families together Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Seattle. President Barack Obama is expected to announce his plan to use executive action to partially change the nation's immigration system Thursday night. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Jordan Stead) **FILE**

Obama amnesty to increase illegal immigrants’ wages, pinch Americans’ paychecks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Legal immigrants, "unable to support themselves and their children" are responsible for nearly half of the new Medicaid enrollments from 2011 to 2016, said Steven A. Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies (Associated press)

Immigration causes Medicaid enrollment spike, report shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** People wait under a tree after they were detained by Border Patrol agents on June 25, 2013, at a field in Edinburg, Texas. Agents took into custody 69 people suspected of entering the country illegally. (Associated Press/The Monitor)

Immigrants account for all job gains since 2000: native-born workers’ employment has fallen

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

“You either engage them or you become an irrelevant party and movement. We already cannot win California and New York. If we continue like this, it’s [next] going to be Florida, Texas, Arizona. That’s it — Republicans will never win another national election.” - Alfonso Aguilar, a Bush administration official who is now the executive director of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles (The Washington Times)

Data show Hispanics more likely to relate to Democrats

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Milagros Rodriguez, from the Dominican Republic, works at her salon, Woodside Beauty Salon in Queens, N.Y. A study says two-thirds of job growth since 2009 has been among immigrants. (Associated Press)

Two-thirds of jobs go to immigrants during Obama’s four years

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Petra Falcon, executive director of Promise Arizona, wipes her forehead June 25, 2012, as Arizona politicians and immigration rights groups at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix react to the United States Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB1070, after the decision came down. The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona’s crackdown on immigrants but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects' status could go forward. (Associated Press)

Slow path to progress for U.S. immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Gonzalo Hernandez stands outside a Scottsdale, Ariz., resort Monday protesting GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who was speaking inside, and Arizona's immigration law, a key part of which was upheld by the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)

Arizona ruling seen giving Romney opening

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Obama aide clashes with immigrant groups

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illegals figure drops by 11%

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illegal population shrinking

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times