Sep 10
Photo by ChristyFrank. NOTE: This story first appeared in the Huffington Post. When did extreme become mainstream?–That’s the question immigrant advocates, labor leaders, civil rights groups, and Latino organizations are asking in a full page ad in Capitol Hill newspapers this week as supporters of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) march into the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/09/10/lou-dobbs-and-immigrant-hate-groups-put-fear-first-leave-solutions-behind/
Sep 08
Rep. Virgil Goode repeatedly used the derogatory term “anchor babies” during a Wednesday debate. Last week, the habitually offensive Representative Virgil Goode (R-VA) callously attacked the US-born children of immigrants. Goode repeatedly used the term “anchor baby,” a notoriously derogatory term employed by anti-immigrant organizations and restrictionists to describe the children of non-citizens who were …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/09/08/rep-virgil-goodes-attack-on-children-of-immigrants/
Sep 05
Photo by GISuser. NOTE: This story first appeared in the Huffington Post. The response of New Orleans’ immigrants to Hurricane Gustav is just another gross example of how attrition through enforcement doesn’t work. A growing number of immigration raids, arrests and deportations are driving immigrants deeper into the shadows–even if it means ignoring evacuation orders …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/09/05/new-orleans-immigrants-weather-the-storm/
Sep 04
Photo by fallsroad. As expected, the Republican platform contains lots of tough immigration-enforcement language as well as an outright rejection of “amnesty.” Yet one of the more paradoxical sections is on immigrant integration and the English language. According to the platform: One sign of our unity is our English language. For newcomers, it has always …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/09/04/e-pluribus-unum-and-the-gop-english-mandate/
Sep 03
The Reason Foundation chart detailing the immigration maze. Americans often ask: Why don’t undocumented immigrants simply come to the U.S. legally or just “get in line?” A new Reason Foundation chart addresses the question head-on by detailing how complicated the immigration maze is, demonstrating the countless requirements that must be met, and the red tape …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2008/09/03/can-you-navigate-the-immigration-maze-to-us-citizenship/
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