Oct
29
Florida State Representative William Snyder, a former police officer from Miami, drafted his own version of Arizona’s SB 1070 for the state—a bill has the potential to be even more offensive. The bill mimics SB 1070—allowing officers to stop persons based on a “reasonable suspicion” that they are undocumented in order to check their immigration …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/29/finally-an-immigration-bill-that-embraces-racial-profiling/
Oct
28
Today, NPR aired a story on a profiteering plot that watchdog groups have watched unfold for months—private prison corporations, who stand to make hundreds of millions in profits from the detention of immigrants, not only had a hand in drafting Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law, SB1070, but contributed millions to the bill’s cosponsors and continue …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/28/prisonomics-101-how-the-prison-industry-got-arizona%e2%80%99s-sb1070-onto-gov-jan-brewer%e2%80%99s-desk/
Oct
27
Ever since SB1070 passed through the state legislature in Arizona, aspiring politicians and elected officials have jumped on the rhetorical bandwagon, promising similar legislation in their own states—no matter what the political or fiscal costs. No other state has actually passed copycat legislation, but many have made attempts and overtures towards that end. While observers …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/27/which-state-is-really-going-to-be-the-next-arizona/
Oct
26
DHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released an updated report on the Performance of 287(g) Agreements which provides the same dreary account of the program as the first one. The April 2010 OIG report found that ICE and its local law enforcement partners have not complied with the terms of their 287(g) Memoranda of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/26/office-of-inspector-general-oig-finds-287g-program-still-riddled-with-flaws/
Oct
25
While some fault the foreclosure crisis for the swell in vacant homes and continuing drop in home prices, recent Census data reveals that immigrants—or lack thereof—may be a bigger factor contributing to the housing glut than people may realize. According to Fortune, steady unemployment, the drop in immigration and the growing number of young people …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/25/how-a-drop-in-new-immigrant-households-affects-an-ailing-housing-market/
Oct
22
Despite a record number of removals in fiscal year 2010, GOP Senators Sessions, Cornyn, Kyl, Grassley, Hatch, Coburn and Graham fired off yet another letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday, accusing the administration of a “lax approach” to immigration enforcement and “selectively enforcing” immigration laws. The letter, which cites a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/22/gop-leaders-huff-and-puff-in-yet-another-letter-to-napolitano-about-ice-enforcement-priorities/
Oct
21
Earlier this month, President Obama announced the annual refugee allocations—80,000 total for Fiscal Year 2011, the same total as in 2010. However, while the total yearly allocation is the same, African refugees are being underrepresented. The 2011 ceiling for African refugees is 15,000, which is slightly lower than in 2010 and nearly 25 percent lower …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/21/underrepresented-african-refugees-and-potential-problems-with-dna-testing/
Oct
20
There are several things the public can count on each election season—a deluge of non-stop political advertising, daily tracking polls, and now to an increasing degree, false claims about immigrants by politicians looking for a cheap way to score political points.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/20/more-election-time-anti-immigrant-antics/
Oct
19
Last week, the Georgia Board of Regents decided to effectively ban undocumented students from attending 5 of the 61 Universities and Technical College Systems of Georgia starting in the fall of 2011 through a series of admissions provisions. Georgia becomes the second state (after South Carolina) to attempt to prevent undocumented students from attending its …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/19/georgia-board-of-regents-attempts-to-ban-undocumented-immigrants-from-university-system/
Oct
18
While some candidates continue to make political fodder out of immigration and border security on the campaign trail, administration officials are pushing Congress to get real about overhauling our broken immigration system. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner, Alan Bersin, recently commented that Congress needs to ‘get serious about a post-election immigration overhaul if the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/18/us-border-czar-calls-on-congress-to-get-serious-about-immigration-reform/
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