Jun
19
Photo by lombardi. While a bill that would reform our immigration system waits in queue behind other issues, like healthcare and climate change, the new Administration has begun a good faith effort to right some of the most egregious wrongs left by the former White House. For example, last week Secretary Napolitano suspended the Bush …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/19/administration-begins-rolling-back-midnight-regulations-left-by-bush-administration/
Jun
18
Photo by sarowen. One result of Congress’s failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform is an increased focus on immigration by state legislatures. The federal government has been unable to legalize the undocumented population, enact smart enforcement, and deal with the future immigration of workers and family members. States and localities, then, are left in the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/18/anti-immigrant-bills-fail-at-the-state-and-local-level/
Jun
17
Photo by freefotouk. Today, the Washington Post highlighted a report by civil rights leaders linking the recent spike in hate crimes against Hispanics and people perceived to be immigrants with inflammatory rhetoric present in the immigration debate. The report, published by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF), looks at FBI hate crime …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/17/new-report-links-hate-crime-and-anti-immigrant-rhetoric/
Jun
16
Photo by LullAry. In a new report, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)—an anti-immigrant hate group headquartered in Washington, DC—claims that “Virginia’s illegal immigrant population costs the state’s taxpayers nearly $1.7 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration.” However, the statistical gymnastics in which FAIR engages to produce this number render it …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/16/fair-takes-aim-at-virginia%e2%80%99s-immigrants-and-children/
Jun
15
Photo by Wisconsin Historical Society. A new study by Appleseed, a non-profit organization focused on reforming the American justice system, highlights the extent to which misguided deportation-only strategies have led to a breakdown in our immigration court system. The study, based on interviews with more than one hundred practitioners, academics, and government officials, found that …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/15/assembly-line-injustice-at-immigration-court/
Jun
12
Photo by HisforHome. BY TYLER MORAN, NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER Have you ever seen the movie Groundhog Day where Bill Murray finds himself living the same day over and over and over again? Welcome to the world of E-Verify, the federal electronic employment verification system (EEVS) that purports to accurately confirm workers’ authorization for employment. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/12/e-verify-all-the-time/
Jun
11
Photo by pbo31. As Congressional appropriations committees meet over the coming months to craft legislation funding immigration-enforcement operations for next fiscal year, they would do well to continue to steer clear of one of the Bush administration’s more costly border boondoggles: the border fence. The Associated Press reported yesterday that construction of the final 40 …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/11/congress-beware-touch-the-fence/
Jun
10
Photo by Kratka Photography. This week, the Obama administration took another step toward restoring fairness and humaneness to the immigration system. On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that she would grant a two-year reprieve to immigrants who were married to U.S. citizens but did not complete the permanent residency process …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/10/department-of-homeland-security-suspends-%e2%80%9cwidow-penalty%e2%80%9d/
Jun
09
Photo by Vincent J. Brown. Yesterday, a small group of Utah Minutemen gathered to protest Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s and Police Chief Chris Burbank’s decision not to enforce some provisions of SB81—Utah’s immigration legislation that allows the cross-deputization of city officers to enforce federal immigration laws. The legislation is slated to take effect …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/09/salt-lake-city-police-chief-takes-a-bite-out-of-local-immigration-enforcment/
Jun
08
Photo by TomD. Anti-immigrant media glutton, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, doesn’t stay out of the headlines for very long. In March, the menacing Sheriff Arpaio, known for transforming Arizona’s Maricopa County Police Department into an immigration-enforcement agency, made headlines when he became the focus of a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation for “allegations of discriminatory …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/08/arizona-sheriff-joe-arpaio-adds-more-flash-to-his-pan/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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