Aug
17
Photo by Steve Rhodes As the Obama administration continues to lay the groundwork for the introduction of a comprehensive immigration reform bill sometime this year, many in the immigrant community are growing restless—a restlessness which may well be reflected in future election cycles. Recently released Census Bureau data reveals a significant increase in the number …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/17/asian-american-community-flexes-political-muscle-in-fight-for-immigration-reform/
Aug
14
Photo by iChaz. Leading economists agree that the cornerstone of any immigration reform bill should be some form of legalization for the roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States. Critics of legalization, namely enforcement-only cheerleaders, fail to realize that legalization would improve wages and working conditions for all workers—including the native-born—and …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/14/new-report-from-cato-institute-highlights-economic-benefits-of-legalizing-unauthorized-immigrants/
Aug
13
Anti-immigrant groups like the “Minutemen” vigilantes are not only proliferating, but are rapidly beginning to resemble the white-supremacist and anti-government militias that have populated the netherworld of the Radical Right since the early 1990s. Adding insult to injury, the farcical conspiracy theories that circulate among both extreme nativist groups and right-wing militias are now being …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/13/anti-immigrant-minutemen-join-white-supremacist-militias-on-the-radical-right/
Aug
12
Photo by Whirling Phoenix. Governors and mayors, state legislatures and city councils are playing an increasingly critical role in U.S. immigration policy. As a result of Congress’s inaction, states and localities are feeling pressure to take action on immigration, and many of the policies that directly impact immigrants’ lives—law enforcement, public benefits, driver’s licenses—are being …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/12/states-and-localities-critical-to-immigration-policies/
Aug
11
If you go to the National Dialogue on the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) website and click through to the Smart and Tough Enforcement of Immigration Laws section, you will find a bit of surprise. Despite a title that panders to the enforcement first crowd, implying that immigration policy is all about being “tough,” there …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/11/quadrennial-homeland-security-review-is-dhs-asking-the-right-questions/
Aug
10
Photo by El Enigma. Last Friday, President Obama spoke to a group of Hispanic reporters at the White House and again reaffirmed his commitment to passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill sometime in early 2010, with a draft to be ready as soon as the end of this year. “We have convened a meeting of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/10/president-obama-says-%e2%80%9cyes-we-still-can%e2%80%9d-with-comprehensive-immigration-reform/
Aug
07
Photo by swirlingthoughts. The Department of Homeland Security recently standardized its 287(g) immigration enforcement agreements with local law enforcement, which allows specially trained local enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration laws. Among the new DHS rules, local law enforcement must now prioritize immigrants with serious criminal records, rather than spend scant time and resources going …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/07/what%e2%80%99s-law-got-to-do-with-it-sheriff-arpaio-defies-new-dhs-enforcement-guidelines/
Aug
06
Photo by Yiyo. Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced some much needed changes to the immigration detention system. The ICE detention system, which has grown dramatically over the last several years, currently has 32,000 detention beds available at any given time, which are spread over 350 facilities across the country. ICE owns and operates …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/06/ice-warms-up-with-immigration-detention-system-overhaul/
Aug
05
Photo by Jeremy Brooks. A slew of data from the 2008 election, released late last month by the U.S. Census Bureau, underscores—yet again—that Latinos constitute the fastest growing share of the electorate in the United States. Yet many Republican politicians seem to be going out of their way to alienate Latino voters. In an effort …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/05/republicans-on-the-road-to-demographic-self-destruction/
Aug
04
Photo by Ian Muttoo. BY ROBERT H. COHEN, PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP If we needed any proof that our dysfunctional immigration system inhibits our economic growth, our neighbors to the north have provided us that proof. Canada is actively exploiting, to their economic benefit, our backlogged and broken immigration system. Canada is recruiting …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/04/newest-reality-tv-show-canada%e2%80%99s-got-our-talent/
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