Mar 17
While Americans are justifiably worried about high unemployment levels and the “jobless recovery,” Reps. Lamar Smith, Steve King, and Elton Gallegly are attempting to use America’s concerns as an opportunity to pass more restrictive immigration policies. In fact, immigration restrictionists across the country have taken advantage of the poor economy to push their anti-immigrant agenda. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/17/foreign-born-to-help-fill-gap-in-us-doctors/
Mar 16
Sometimes it’s easy to miss the most outlandish and unrealistic statements made in the immigration debate given the level of dialed up rhetoric. A recent report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), however, appears to have been written to test just how far into the realm of fantasy the debate can be taken. In …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/16/report-on-birthright-citizenship-low-on-facts-high-on-fantasy/
Mar 15
Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed a package of controversial immigration bills today in the Utah’s state capitol. The measures include a series of immigration bills passed by Utah’s legislature last week, including HB 497 (a revised SB1070-inspired immigration-enforcement bill), HB 116 (which creates a guest worker program through federal waivers) and HB 466 (which sets …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/15/utah-governor-signs-controversial-package-of-immigration-bills/
Mar 15
State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI) ringleader, state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-PA). Photo by SLLI. Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a new report, “Attacking the Constitution: State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI) and the Anti-Immigrant Movement,” which examines a dozen leading members of SLLI. The report also links SLLI (and state …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/15/new-report-profiles-rising-stars-in-anti-immigrant-movement/
Mar 14
Virtually every time anyone proposes administrative reforms to the immigration system, someone in Congress calls it amnesty. The discussion at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) today, in which immigration policy experts discussed six administrative fixes that the Obama team could implement without legislation, shows just how much can be done with executive branch authority. The …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/14/group-highlights-administrative-fixes-to-the-immigration-system-absent-federal-reform/
Mar 11
Heading into legislative sessions this year, many state lawmakers seemed to be on a collision course with enforcement-only immigration proposals. This week, however, legislators in Utah at least attempted to look beyond the narrow scope of enforcement to proposals that aimed at a more balanced immigration debate. States like Nebraska and Kentucky also attempted to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/11/states-legislators-attempt-to-reframe-enforcement-only-approach-to-immigration/
Mar 10
Today’s House Subcommittee hearing on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, clumsily entitled “New Jobs in Recession and Recovery: Who Are Getting Them and Who Are Not,” was clearly intended to sow fear. In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Elton Gallegly (R-24th/CA) wasted no time in sounding the alarm that unemployed native-born workers are being left to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/10/house-subcommittee-tries-to-propagate-myth-of-the-job-stealing-immigrant/
Mar 09
The role of local police in immigration enforcement continues to be a complex policy and legislative issue at both the state and federal level. State legislatures, for example, are contemplating bills designed to increase the role of local police in immigration enforcement while federal legislation targets cities with so-called “sanctuary policies.” And as programs like …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/09/police-forum-recommends-limitations-on-investigating-immigration-status/
Mar 08
Google co-founder, Sergey Brin (center), immigrated to the U.S. from Russia. Photo by gillat Despite restrictionists’ repeated attempts to scapegoat immigrants for U.S. unemployment and a flailing economy, research suggests that immigrants actually create jobs through their purchasing power and entrepreneurship—that is, immigrants buy goods and services from U.S. businesses and creating their own businesses, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/08/some-states-try-to-harness-the-economic-power-of-immigrant-entrepreneurs/
Mar 07
Late Friday night, the Utah Legislature passed three immigration-related bills that now go to the Governor for his signature or veto in the coming week. While some may be quick to celebrate Utah’s unique approach to immigration, others are left wondering whether these bills are all they’re cracked up to be. The first measure (HB …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/07/is-utahs-immigration-solution-all-it%e2%80%99s-cracked-up-to-be/
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