Matt Hershberger

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Name: Matt Hershberger
Date registered: September 13, 2012

Latest posts

The Associated Press Stylebook Drops “Illegal Immigrant,” The Times Debates Following Suit — April 4, 2013
Survey: Asian Americans Concerned with Legalization, Family Backlogs — February 8, 2013
Getting to a Citizenship Consensus — January 24, 2013
Countdown of the Top Five Immigration Stories of 2012 — December 21, 2012
Agriculture Industry Harmed by Restrictive State Immigration Laws — September 24, 2012

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Apr 04

The Associated Press Stylebook Drops “Illegal Immigrant,” The Times Debates Following Suit

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Myths, Reform, Rhetoric, Undocumented Immigration

by Matt Hershberger

April 4, 2013

On Tuesday, the Associated Press (AP) posted a blog saying that they are no longer going to advise writers to use the term “illegal immigrant” in the stylebook. The AP stylebook is considered the standard among American journalists, so the change is likely lead to a marked drop in the use of the controversial term …

Tags: ap illegal immigrant, associated press illegal immigrant, blogs on immigration, illegal immigrant, illegal immigrant vs. undocumented, illegal immigration, immigration blogs, nyt illegal immigrant, undocumented immigration

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Feb 08

Survey: Asian Americans Concerned with Legalization, Family Backlogs

Categories:

Backlogs, Business, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Demographics, Election 2012, Elections, Entrepreneurship, Family, Undocumented Immigration, Voting

by Matt Hershberger

February 8, 2013

In the current debate, immigration is often depicted as a Latino issue. This is partially because just over half of America’s foreign-born population is from Latin America and the Caribbean, and the current political climate around immigration is largely seen as being driven by Latino turnout for Democrats in the 2012 election. But this depiction …

Tags: asian american justice center, asian immigrants, asian immigrants in the united states, asians for obama, blogs on immigration, immigration blogs, national asian american survey, sergey brin family visa, stem vs. family visas, undocumented asian numbers

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/08/survey-asian-americans-concerned-with-legalization-family-backlogs/

Jan 24

Getting to a Citizenship Consensus

Categories:

Congress, DREAM Act, Elections, Enforcement, Integration, Progressives, Reform, Republicans, Restrictionists, Rhetoric, Undocumented Immigration

by Matt Hershberger

January 24, 2013

Immigration reform is enjoying a resurgence of support in both parties, with groups from a variety of backgrounds coming out in favor of a range of changes to our current system. The most striking change may be the melting of opposition to a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. …

Tags: blogs on immigration, grover norquist on immigration, illegal immigration, immigration blogs, marco rubio, marco rubio citizenship, marco rubio immigration, paul ryan on immigration, republicans on immigration, undocumented immigration

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Dec 21

Countdown of the Top Five Immigration Stories of 2012

Categories:

Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Deferred action, Deportation, DREAM Act, Election 2012, Elections, Mitt Romney, National Legislation, Progressives, Reform, Republicans, Restrictionists, SB 1070, Undocumented Immigration

by Matt Hershberger

December 21, 2012

In the beginning of 2012, the landscape of the immigration world looked much different. Pro-immigrant groups were coming off of a rough few years that saw the failure of the DREAM Act, a spike in deportations under President Obama, and the passage of several state-level restrictionist bills like Arizona’s infamous SB 1070 and Alabama’s HB …

Tags: blogs on immigration, daca, demographic shift immigration, immigration blogs, maryland dream act, Mitt Romney, sb 1070 supreme court, self-deportation, top five immigration, top five immigration stories

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Sep 24

Agriculture Industry Harmed by Restrictive State Immigration Laws

Categories:

AgWorkers, Alabama, Business, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Copy Cat Legislation, Economics, Enforcement, Immigration Law, Integration, National Legislation, SB 1070, State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration

by Matt Hershberger

September 24, 2012

The American agricultural industry is facing billions of dollars in losses due to labor shortages resulting from recent anti-immigrant laws passed in various states around the country. The American farming industry is heavily dependent on undocumented workers, and according to a recent article in Time Magazine, has had an extremely difficult time replacing those who …

Tags: ag immigration, illegal immigration, immigrant blog, immigration blog

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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/09/24/agriculture-industry-harmed-by-restrictive-state-immigration-laws/