Aug
31
Photo by Plastic Bat. Las Vegas prides itself on its strong union-staffed hotels and casinos. However, according to a class-action lawsuit recently filed, Bravo Pro Inc. was allegedly paying workers $3.50 to $4.00 per hour for 13-hour shifts with no overtime pay. Their employees were providing janitorial and maintenance services to Bravo’s clients around the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/31/local-company-gives-%e2%80%98sin-city%e2%80%99-a-bad-name/
Aug
28
Photo by Crazybananas. A recent article on TIME.com follows the story of a young undocumented mother from Oaxaca, Mexico, whose baby, born in the United States, was taken away by the state of Mississippi because she “doesn’t speak English.” According to the article, the mother was allegedly deemed unfit “in part because her lack of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/28/non-english-speaking-mother-separated-from-child-the-tragedy-of-mixed-status-families/
Aug
27
Photo by afagen. As Washington and the rest of the country continue to reflect on the monumental legacy of the late Senator from Massachusetts, many are contemplating the enormous leadership gap left in his passing. A tireless champion of health care, civil rights, foreign policy, education, immigration and many other worthy causes, Senator Kennedy’s first …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/27/and-the-beat-goes-on-immigration-reform-and-the-road-ahead/
Aug
26
Photo by Muffet. The Capitol is quiet, its halls silent, its chambers shuttered. The Senate is in recess, and in the midst of that quiet, one of its greatest members has passed away. It’s fitting that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died while his beloved Senate was in recess. There were no committee hearings to chair, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/26/immigration-reform-blog-remember-senator-edward-m-kennedy/
Aug
25
Photo by Joel Bedford. Today, the Center for American Progress released a new publication, The Coming End of the Culture Wars, which explains that the conservative white working-class population is waning while the younger “millennial” generation, who is much more liberal on social issues including immigration reform, is expanding. The report states: Millennials—the generation with …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/25/plugging-into-the-millennial-generation/
Aug
24
Photo by Downing Street. Last week’s White House meeting on immigration marked another chapter in the years-long effort to enact comprehensive immigration reform. Janet Napolitano’s invitation to more than one hundred representatives from business, labor, faith, law enforcement, and immigration groups was a genuine attempt to listen to concerns and solicit ideas. The format—large group …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/24/faith-and-leadership-required-a-closer-look-at-last-week%e2%80%99s-white-house-meeting/
Aug
21
Photo by robertlafond2009. Yesterday, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano met with immigrant advocates, faith leaders, labor, business and law enforcement officials at the White House to discuss moving forward with a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year. President Obama appeared at the end of the meeting to reaffirm his commitment to reform and pledge that “we …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/21/the-president-and-secretary-napolitano-reaffirm-commitment-to-immigration-reform/
Aug
20
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the Immigration, Refugee and Border Security Subcommittee, has tapped Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to help garner GOP support for a comprehensive immigration bill this year. While not always voting in favor of common sense solutions to our broken immigration system, Senator …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/20/south-carolina-senator-in-search-of-solutions/
Aug
19
Photo by def101. Today, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a new fact sheet about immigrants and the health care system. At a public event, CIS made it clear that while immigrants may not be to blame for all the problems with the U.S. health care system, they certainly are part of the problem, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/19/health-care-reform-and-immigration-the-sideshow-antics-of-the-anti-reform-crowd/
Aug
18
Photo by timlewisnm. In a pair of new reports released yesterday, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) presents an array of demographic and employment data from the U.S. Census Bureau to obliquely suggest that the recession-plagued U.S. economy doesn’t really “need” immigrant workers. Although both of these reports are surprisingly nuanced in their analysis compared …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/18/cis-misses-the-mark-on-immigration-and-the-economy/
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