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January 25, 2012
BY MARCIA HOHN, IMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER At last night’s State of the Union Address, two immigrant entrepreneurs were among the President’s guests—Japan-born Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita, founder, president and chief executive officer of Quality Electrodynamics (QED) in Cleveland, Ohio and Brazil-born Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram, a fast growing social mobile startup. Dr. Fijuita and Mike …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/25/new-report-highlights-contributions-of-immigrant-entrepreneurs-to-u-s-economy/
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January 4, 2012
BY MELANIE NEZER, HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY (HIAS) Tucked into the fiscal year 2012 spending bill the President signed before the holidays was an extension of a provision known as the “Lautenberg Amendment.” The inclusion of the extension is good news for refugees seeking religious freedom at a time when Congress has deadlocked on immigration …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/04/celebrating-a-legislative-victory-for-refugees-and-religious-freedom/
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November 21, 2011
BY CLAIRE GUTHRIE GASTAÑAGA The Virginia General Assembly that convenes in January 2012 will be much changed from the one that it replaces. Effective control of Virginia’s government—a Governor, House of Delegates and Senate— is now in the hands of legislators who have consistently sought to lead Virginia in the direction of states like Arizona …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/21/heads-up-virginia-anti-immigrant-agenda-could-be-2012-legislative-focal-point/
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November 15, 2011
BY JOAN FRIEDLAND Alabama lawmakers want undocumented immigrants to be so afraid of the consequences of the state’s new anti-immigrant law (HB 56) that they leave the state. However, that’s not the only fear factor built into the law. Under section 6(f), state and local government employees must report violations of HB 56—which includes unlawfully …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/15/policing-the-enforcers-criminalizing-alabama-employees-encourages-discrimination/
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November 11, 2011
BY MARGARET D. STOCK, COUNSEL TO THE FIRM, LANE POWELL PC This Veterans Day, we celebrate those who have proudly served in the U.S. military, including immigrants. Immigrants have long served in all branches of the U.S. military as infantry soldiers, medics, foreign-language translators, and in every other job open to them. At last count, …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/11/non-citizens-eager-to-serve-in-u-s-military-blocked-by-government-bureaucracy/
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November 1, 2011
BY KAREN TUMLIN, MANAGING ATTORNEY, NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against South Carolina, challenging the state’s extreme anti-immigration law (SB 20). With this action, the Department of Justice charges that South Carolina, like Arizona and Alabama, have passed unconstitutional immigration laws. Civil rights groups (including the National …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/01/doj%e2%80%99s-lawsuit-against-south-carolina-latest-challenge-to-state-immigration-laws/
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September 26, 2011
BY TYLER MORAN, NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER While Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) promises that his mandatory E-Verify legislation (HR 2885) is a jobs creation bill, the mark-up of the bill in the House Judiciary Committee last week proved that it is anything but. Though the bill passed the committee by a 22-13 party line vote, …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/26/despite-lamar-smith%e2%80%99s-claims-e-verify-is-not-a-jobs-bill/
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August 31, 2011
BY ERIC SIGMON, LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE* On August 2, after a number of press conferences and late-night negotiation sessions, President Obama signed into law the Budget Control of Act of 2011, legislation that prevented the U.S. government from defaulting on its debt and requires deep cuts into future federal spending. While deficit cutting …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/31/what-the-new-budget-law-could-mean-for-immigrant-and-refugee-programs/
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August 30, 2011
BY JOSH BREISBLATT, IMMIGRATION POLICY FELLOW AT THE NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM At a time when we should be looking for ways to curb costs, some in Congress are actually attempting to spend more by expanding immigration enforcement programs. In May, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1932 titled, “Keep Our Communities …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/30/runaway-costs-for-immigration-detention-do-not-add-up-to-sensible-policies/
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August 17, 2011
BY GREG CHEN, DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY, AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION For the last two years, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been spinning a good yarn—that it’s keeping Americans more safe by pursuing those who are truly dangerous. Today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton was quoted in the New York Times …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/17/new-report-shows-dhs-way-off-target-going-after-harmless-individuals/
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