"Two senators -- Democrats Charles Schumer of New York and Ben Cardin of Maryland -- returned from their August recess Thursday to give their chamber's approval for $600 million in emergency funding to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

The measure, which has already been approved by the House of Representatives, now advances to President Obama's desk to be signed into law.

The bill passed by unanimous consent, a parliamentary term for a voice vote that doesn't require the return of the entire Senate chamber. GOP leaders had agreed to the maneuver." -CNN Wire Staff

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The Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization, has just issued the following report: Unauthorized Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children.

The report analyzed the U.S. Census Bureau’s March 2009 Current Population Survey and determined that 4% of the adult population of the U.S. consists of undocumented immigrants, and that their children comprise of 8% of newborn population and 7% of the child population (under age 18).