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At least, 12 million of them are scattered across America. And they’re branded as “economic refugees.” Farm workers in California. Photo: npr.org Without proper immigration papers with them, they’re at the mercy of being deported should they commit traffic violations at any point in time. It's either they have crossed the border illegally through the help of human smugglers called "Coyotes", or they simply landed at the ports as tourists with proper documents  stamped by immigration authorities but overstayed their visas, and went underground without any trace at all. Depending on circumstances, most of those border-crossers from South America are reportedly victims of violence in their home countries who are left without any other option at all than to escape. Oblivious of the risks along the way, these people have properly blended themselves with other people. But finding no other recourse to  survive in a foreign shore, they were put in an uncanny ...

President Obama's decision to allow young illegal immigrants to stay spawned a lot of mixed reactions from the citizenry. In a CNN discussion hosted by Don Lemon, he asked why he did it only this time when he could have done it three years ago. Is this because of national elections fast approaching? Or President Obama only wanted to comply to his campaign promise of fixing the obsolete immigration system in the United States? Well, the announcement Friday earned positive praises from the Latino communities, where a lot of children who were brought to the U.S, by their illegal immigrant parents who crossed the borders from Mexico to seek for a much better life in America. However, Republicans were caught by surprise with Obama's announcement  that the government would no longer deport young illegal immigrants who finished their high school studies in America, and are not more than 30 years old at the time of the president's new policy. Speaking at CNN, Maria Cardona said...