May
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Photo by billaday. A long-standing and contentious issue which anti-immigrant groups are currently trying to exploit is whether or not the presence of immigrants in the U.S. labor force—especially undocumented immigrants—has a major adverse impact on the employment prospects of African Americans. The anti groups argue that undocumented immigrants, who tend to have low levels …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/29/african-american-jobs-and-immigration-myth-unplugged/
May
28
Photo by the Danbury Public Library. A new study by the Pew Hispanic Center download taken divx shows that Latino children now make up 22% of all children under the age of 18 in the U.S.—a huge increase from 9% in 1980. A majority of these kids (52%) are “second generation,” meaning that they are …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/28/a-new-study-reinforces-growing-influence-of-second-generation-latinos/
May
27
Photo by NeiTech. Three high school students were deported to Mexico last week when they were swept up in a Transportation Security Agency (TSA) raid at the Old Town transit center on their way to school in San Diego, California. Border Patrol confirmed that 21 people were detained. According to reports, TSA and Border Patrol …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/27/high-school-teens-deported-on-the-way-to-school/
May
26
Today, President Obama made history by nominating the first Hispanic, federal judge Sonia Sotomayor, for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Judge Sotomayor will replace retiring Justice David Souter and become the first person of Puerto Rican heritage—and the third woman—to serve on the high court. In a heartwarming speech, President Obama highlighted …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/26/president-obama-honors-the-american-dream-with-supreme-court-nomination/
May
22
.!. Photo by angela n. From the Revolutionary War to the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, immigrants have voluntarily served in all branches of the U.S. military from the beginnings of America. Without the contributions of immigrants, the military could not meet its recruiting goals and could not fill the need for foreign-language translators, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/22/immigrants-serve-abroad-fight-for-citizenship-at-home/
May
21
Photo by Marcos Vasconcelos Photography. This week the Police Foundation issued a long awaited report, The Role of Local Police: Striking a Balance Between Immigration Enforcement and Civil Liberties. The Police Foundation found that because Congress has failed to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform, states and localities have spent more time and resources curbing …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/21/police-foundation-immigration-report-287g/
May
20
Photo by Callie Shell from Time magazine. After boosting border enforcement, the Obama Administration recently announced that it will also increase funding for a troublesome program started by George W. Bush. The controversial program gives Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unregulated access to the immigration information of every person in local prisons across the United …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/20/obama-immigration-reform-secure-communities/
May
20
Politico reports that President Obama has invited members of Congress from both sides of the aisle to discuss immigration reform at the White House on June 8th. According to Politico, an un-named administration official said: “The meeting will be an opportunity to launch a policy conversation that we hope will be able to start a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/20/immigration-reform-white-house-congress-meeting/
May
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Photo by Leo Reynolds. Two new reports prepared for the IPC by the consulting firm Rob Paral & Associates debunk the simplistic myth propagated by anti-immigration activists that immigrants fill U.S. jobs only at the expense of unemployed native-born workers. The reports use data from the Census Bureau to demonstrate that there is no discernible …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/19/immigration-unemployment-disconnect/
May
18
Photo by Joe Amon of The Denver Post. This week, the Denver Post watch underworld rise of the lycans in HD highlighted the case of five undocumented migrant farmworkers who were imprisoned in squalor at the hands of their smugglers, Moises and Maria Rodriguez. The Mexican farmworkers, who were found working the fields of Northern …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/18/crackdown-on-bad-seed-employers-a-step-in-the-right-direction/
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