America In Realization [12.15.14]

International Relations - Foreign Policy

• Kerry Piles On Miles, Pressing for a Middle East Compromise [New York Times]

Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, during their meeting in Rome 

Immigration Reform

• Undocumented Immigrants Line Up for Door Opened by Obama [New York Times]

"thousands of immigrants here illegally and anxious to find out if they could gain protection from deportation under executive actions by President Obama.

The crowd, waiting in a long snaking line to check in, was drawn by an information session organized by advocacy groups offering people initial assessments to see if they meet the requirements to apply to stay in the country and work."