May
15
Photo by nathangibbs. Mexican Census data released this week shows a decline in Mexican migration to the United States. This data comes as no surprise and is in line with what other researchers have been saying for months when it comes to the immigration slow down: “it’s the economy stupid.” The New York Times reports …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/15/mexican-immigration-slowdown-economy/
May
14
Photo by foreversouls. On Tuesday, the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees released their annual reports on the dire financial condition of the nation’s two largest social safety-net programs. Not surprisingly, the reports highlight the devastating impact that the current recession is having on both Social Security and Medicare, which are now expected to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/14/immigrants-could-soften-effects-of-baby-boomer-retirement/
May
13
Photo by woodleywonderworks. A recent report from the Pew Hispanic Center sheds new light on the value of immigration to the U.S. economy—even in the midst of a recession. The report, which examines the impact of the housing market’s boom-and-bust cycle on minorities and immigrants in the United States, found that the latest housing “bust” …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/13/immigrants-housing-market-real-estate-recession/
May
12
Embedded video from CNN Video Today, May 12, 2008, marks the one-year anniversary of the immigration raid in Postville, Iowa, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted the largest workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, arresting 389 immigrants at the Iowa Agriprocessors meatpacking plant for the crime of working without proper authorization. Aside from the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/12/postville-iowa-immigration-raids/
May
11
Photo from flickr. Today, a San Francisco Chronicle editorial holds talk-show host Michael Savage, along with his colleagues Lou Dobbs and Jay Severin, accountable for the consequences of their anti-immigrant remarks: Demonization of Mexican and other Latino immigrants is fueling hate crimes and violence against them, and it’s time for America’s leaders and media to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/11/immigration-michael-savage-uk/
May
08
Photo by barjack. Rather than cleaning up his police department and addressing allegations of racial profiling and discrimination, Arpaio has decided to recruit and arm more Maricopa citizens in the absence of state funds. Back in April, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Arizona voted to postpone the acceptance of $1.6 million from the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/08/joe-arpaio-neo-nazi-posse/
May
07
President Barack Obama reflects during a budget meeting in the Roosevelt Room. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. The Obama Administration appears increasingly poised to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform, as promised. Yesterday the White House announced budgetary initiatives that signal a change in priorities and pave the way for immigration reform. At …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/07/obama-budget-immigration-border-mexico/
May
06
Embedded video from CNN Video Last week, in the small town of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, an all-white jury acquitted defendants Derrick Donchak, 19, and Brandon Piekarsky, 17, of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and ethnic intimidation in the death of Mexican immigrant Luis Ramirez last July. “Ethnic intimidation” is Pennsylvania’s legal term for “hate crime.” Both teens, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/06/pennsylvania-hate-crime-luis-ramirez/
May
05
Photo from flickr. BY: BRIAN YOURISH, THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAW FOUNDATION’S LEGAL ACTION CENTER Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal identity-theft law can not be applied against many undocumented workers who used false Social Security numbers to work in the U.S. In Flores-Figueroa v. United States the Supreme Court held that, to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/05/supreme-court-identity-theft-immigration-flores-figueroa/
May
04
Photo by Meredith Farmer. When it comes to immigration in Tennessee, state legislators are starting to realize that not only do they have bigger fish to fry, immigration is a fish that’s better left swimming in federal waters. The Tennessean reports that, though Republicans had hoped to pass stringent immigration legislation when they took power …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/05/04/tennessee-immigration-tony-shipley/
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