Wendy Feliz
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Name: Wendy Feliz
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
- Letting Tragedy Guide, Not Derail Policy-Making — April 22, 2013
- Business and Labor Announce Breakthrough on Immigration Reform — February 21, 2013
- Reaching the Six-Month Mark on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — February 20, 2013
- Illinois Legislature Votes to License all Drivers in the State — January 9, 2013
- Latest DACA Approval Numbers Released by USCIS — December 14, 2012
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
- Restrictionist Lawyer Reveals Long-Term Assault on Immigrant Children — 6 comments
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While eyes remain fixed on the Alabama legislature’s effort to revise their immigration enforcement law, HB 56, the U.S. Department of Justice informed state officials in a letter last week that the state’s immigration law has resulted in significantly higher absence rates among Latino students. According to the letter, more than 13 percent of Latino …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/05/10/justice-department-says-alabama-immigration-law-disrupts-access-to-public-education/
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Alabama, Children, Copy Cat Legislation, Demographics, Nativists, Restrictionists, SB 1070, State and Local Immigration Law, Uncategorized, Undocumented Immigration
by Wendy Feliz
April 27, 2012
On the same day the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Arizona v. United States the Washington Post published an article featuring Michael Hethmon, general counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute. Hethmon is the lesser-known legal mind behind SB1070, and a variety of other anti-immigrant measures. His legal counterpart, Kris Kobach tends to get …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/27/sb1070-author-shares-concerns-with-america-becoming-a-minority-majority-nation/
The Washington Post and Huffington Post are reporting that ICE’s ongoing review of existing deportation cases will expand to six new cities in the coming months. Initially launched in Baltimore and Denver in 2011, the initiative will soon expand to Seattle, Detroit, New Orleans and Orlando, followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/30/review-of-immigration-cases-expands-to-half-dozen-new-cities/
While anti-immigrant sentiment may win candidates a few headlines, it certainly doesn’t resonate with every day voters. Following Alabama’s GOP primary this week, a CNN exit poll found that “illegal immigration” was not a top-of-mind issue for many Alabamians. According to the survey, only 3% of the respondents cited “illegal immigration” as the most important …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/15/being-anti-immigrant-doesnt-work-in-politics-even-in-the-south/
A recent Salon.com article quotes long-time immigration restrictionist Kris Kobach putting a figure on his self-deportation policy for the first time. “If we had a true nationwide policy of self-deportation,” Kobach said, “I believe we would see our illegal alien population cut in half at a minimum very quickly.” Salon.com did the math, finding that “with …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/23/kris-kobach-romney-immigration-advisor-puts-number-on-self-deportation-plan/
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/
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