Wendy Sefsaf
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Name: Wendy Sefsaf
Date registered: September 16, 2008
Biography
Wendy Sefsaf is the Director of Communications at the American Immigration Council. Prior to joining the Council, Ms. Sefsaf served as Director of Development at New America Media, after having worked at the Open Society Institute, and public radio station WAMU as the Manager of Foundation Relations and Public Information. Ms. Sefsaf has spent much of her career in the non-profit world including with The California Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in East Los Angeles and The Young Adult Institute and Latino Worker’s Center in New York City.Ms. Sefsaf received her M.A. in Public Communication from the American University in Washington D.C. and she holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from the New School University in New York.
Latest posts
- Is the Romney Campaign Embracing Anti-Immigrant Extremism? — January 11, 2012
- Just in Time for the Holidays: Congress Moves 4 Million Children Closer to Poverty — December 13, 2011
- American Innovation Takes on Broken U.S. Immigration System — December 5, 2011
- Restrictionist Lawyer Reveals Long-Term Assault on Immigrant Children — October 28, 2011
- Dishonest Data on Immigration Cripples Honest Debate and Sensible Lawmaking — October 21, 2011
Most commented posts
- Speak up! The Department of Homeland Security is Listening — 48 comments
- Immigration Remains Top-Tier Issue for New Administration — 13 comments
- The Facts (and Numbers) Don’t Matter in Alabama — 8 comments
- Immigrants Serve U.S. Abroad, Fight For Citizenship At Home — 7 comments
- Remembering Our Immigrant Veterans: An Incalculable Contribution — 5 comments
Author's posts listings
Today, Mitt Romney’s campaign heartily accepted the endorsement of renown anti-immigrant activist, Kris Kobach. As Mitt Romney emerges as the leading contender for the GOP nomination, he and those he affiliates with will garner closer scrutiny, making it critical for Romney’s campaign to understand who Kobach is and why his policies engender such strong emotion.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/11/is-the-romney-campaign-embracing-anti-immigrant-extremism/
Congress has been unable to pass any meaningful immigration legislation this year, but the House couldn’t miss a chance to stick it to immigrants by going after their U.S. citizen children in a recent tax bill. While Americans are debating whether taxes on millionaires should be raised, the House, at least, is planning to raise …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/13/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-congress-moves-4-million-children-closer-to-poverty/
In the past several days news reports have depicted good old American ingenuity taking on our broken and outdated immigration system. CNN ran a story last week from Georgia about a handful of educators who have taken matters into their own hands after the state’s Board of Regents passed an extreme law in 2010 banning …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/05/american-innovation-takes-on-broken-immigration-system/
Today, the head of the legal arm of one of the most notorious restrictionist groups in the nation boldly admitted his work on Alabama’s new anti-immigrant law aims to end public education for the children of immigrants. Michael Hethmon of the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), an offshoot of the Federation for American Immigration Reform …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/28/restrictionist-lawyer-reveals-long-term-assault-on-immigrant-children/
For years, data produced by restrictionist, anti-immigrant advocacy groups have permeated politics and policy. Today is no different. What’s alarming, however, is the ease with which politicians and lawmakers are using this dishonest data to support their restrictive positions on immigration.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/21/dishonest-data-on-immigration-cripples-honest-debate-and-sensible-lawmaking/
Alabama Attorney General, Luther Strange, testifying before Congress. Photo by lutherstrange. As each day passes under Alabama’s new, highly restrictive immigration law (HB56), it is becoming increasingly clear that facts (and numbers) had very little to do with the passage of the law—and that they continue to be ignored as state officials defend the law. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/12/the-facts-and-numbers-don%e2%80%99t-matter-in-alabama/
Today, the federal judge hearing the case against Alabama’s harsh anti-immigrant law HB 56 issued a temporary order preventing the law from going into effect on September 1, 2011. The judge made no ruling on the merits of the pending motions but rather temporary blocked it to buy herself more time to consider the numerous …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/29/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-alabamas-immigration-law/
While the prospect of temporary immigration reprieves—made possible by DHS’s recent announcement that it will standardize its use of prosecutorial discretion—has excited many people, the devil remains in the details. Attorneys and community groups continue to caution that no one knows how fast or how wide spread this relief will be. Part of the confusion …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/26/some-hopeful-early-signs-that-prosecutorial-discretion-is-being-exercised/
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) recently released an analysis of the number of immigration-related proposals introduced at the state level between January and June of 2011. NCSL found that more immigration-related bills (1,592) were introduced in the first half of 2011 than in the same time period in 2010 (1,374). While the bills …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/12/50-states-work-on-immigration-legislation-while-congress-refuses-to-act/
While the authors and proponents of state level anti-immigrant legislation received some measure of notoriety initially, one could also predict that there would be a corresponding price to pay for pursuing such costly and divisive immigration measures. Aside from the immediate lawsuits filed in nearly every state that passed Arizona copycats, there are now additional …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/12/the-cost-of-doing-anti-immigrant-business-russell-pearce-to-face-recall-election/
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