Michele Waslin
Author's details
Name: Michele Waslin
Date registered: July 23, 2008
URL: http://www.immigrationimpact.com
Biography
Michele Waslin, Ph.D., is the Senior Policy Analyst at the Immigration Policy Center. She has authored several publications on immigration policy and post-9/11 immigration issues. Ms. Waslin appears regularly in English and Spanish-language media. Previously, she worked as Director of Immigration Policy Research at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and Policy Coordinator at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. She received her Ph.D. in 2002 in Government and International Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and holds an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Political Science from Creighton University.
Latest posts
- Expansion of Proposed Waiver Rule Could Help More Families Stay Together — May 22, 2012
- Comments Due on Proposed Rule that Will Help Keep American Families Together — May 16, 2012
- House VAWA Bill Threatens Protections for Immigrant Women and Children — May 3, 2012
- Study Shows Self-Deportation is Irrational Behavior and a False Premise — April 30, 2012
- FAIR’s Economic Analysis of HB56 Ignores Reality in Alabama — April 18, 2012
Most commented posts
- Bush Immigration Enforcement Tactics Haunt the Obama Era — 19 comments
- USCIS Seeks to Unify Families Facing Separation through Revised Waiver Process — 17 comments
- ICE Partners With San Diego County, Seeks Presence in 3,100 Jails — 14 comments
- Citizen Children Neglected and Deserted in Wake of Immigration Raids — 9 comments
- Large Immigrant Populations Keep Cities Safe, Just Ask El Paso, TX — 8 comments
Author's posts listings
As previously noted, the administration recently proposed a new rule that would help keep American families —the “Proposed Rule on Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives.” This proposed rule would streamline the application process for many relatives of U.S. citizens currently eligible for a green card by minimizing the amount of …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/05/22/expansion-of-proposed-waiver-rule-could-help-more-families-stay-together/
The administration recently published a proposed rule that will help keep American families together. The “Proposed Rule on Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives” is an effort to streamline the application process for many relatives of U.S. citizens currently eligible for a green card by minimizing the amount of time that …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/05/16/comments-due-on-proposed-rule-that-will-help-keep-american-families-together/
This year, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is up for reauthorization. Last week, the Senate passed a reauthorization (S. 1925)—which provides protection to people who are the victims of domestic violence, rape, trafficking, sexual assault, stalking, and similar crimes—by a vote of 68-31. The House will takes up its own version next week, but …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/05/03/house-vawa-bill-threatens-protections-for-immigrant-women-and-children/
Proponents of “attrition through enforcement” would have you believe that, given the right conditions, unauthorized immigrants will choose to leave the U.S. and return to their home countries. The Myth of Self Deportation, by Alexandra Filindra, questions the assumptions behind the attrition strategy and concludes that self-deportation is not rational because unauthorized immigrants have invested …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/30/study-shows-self-deportation-is-irrational-behavior-and-a-false-premise/
While the original sponsors of Alabama’s extreme anti-immigrant bill HB56 have acknowledged that the law is deeply flawed, as evidenced by a new bill to modify some of the harsher provisions, the restrictionist stalwarts at the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) want Alabamians to remember what it has supposedly done for the state. In …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/18/fairs-economic-analysis-of-hb56-ignores-reality-in-alabama/
Keeping to its tradition of releasing controversial reports on holidays and Friday afternoons, the DHS Office of Inspector General issued two reports on the controversial Secure Communities program last Friday. These reports had been anticipated for months by immigrant advocates, law enforcement officials, local elected officials, and others who hoped they would address serious concerns …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/09/dhs-inspector-general-issues-disappointing-reports-on-ices-secure-communities-program/
Immigration enforcement and deportation have a particularly devastating impact on mixed status families, that is, families who have one or more direct members who are undocumented. When parents are deported, families face impossible decisions about whether their family will be separated or whether U.S. citizen kids will be de facto deported along with their parents. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/02/ice-deported-more-than-46000-immigrants-with-u-s-citizen-children-last-year-report-finds/
Although the DREAM Act remains stalled in Congress, students and youth activists across the U.S. continue to mobilize, march and fight for legislation that would provide a pathway to legal status for thousands of deserving undocumented students. But they aren’t the only ones fighting for a fair way forward for these students. The Wall Street …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/13/silicon-valley-leaders-fund-effort-to-help-dream-students/
This month, President Obama released his FY2013 budget proposal, estimating $3.8 trillion in total spending in 2013. This budget proposal signals the beginning of the annual federal budget process. Congressional budget and appropriations committees will now spend months deliberating over the appropriations bills, which are unlikely to look anything like the president’s budget proposal. However, …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/21/what-the-presidents-2013-budget-means-for-the-administrations-immigration-priorities/
Federal immigration enforcement resources have increased significantly in recent years, as have the number of deportations. Meanwhile, states have passed harsh immigration laws intended to crack down on unauthorized immigrants. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has announced that he supports a policy of “self-deportation.” What do these things have in common? The belief that making daily …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/06/new-report-examines-dire-consequences-of-attrition-through-enforcement-immigration-strategy/
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