Dec 19
Prosecutorial discretion is the authority of a law enforcement agency or officer to decide whether and to what degree to enforce the law in particular cases. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative continues to be a successful example of prosecutorial discretion in the immigration context. However the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) often …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/19/federal-judges-remind-government-to-consider-prosecutorial-discretion/
Dec 12
On December 12, dozens of children delivered thousands of letters to Capitol Hill, calling upon lawmakers to stop the senseless division of families that is caused by the deportation of mothers and fathers who are not a threat to anyone. The event was part of “A Wish for the Holidays,” a campaign with a simple …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/12/a-much-needed-spotlight-on-families-ripped-apart-by-deportations/
Dec 06
The firestorm around the inclusion of the term “anchor baby” in the new edition of the American Heritage Dictionary has led to a dramatic reversal in the definition. Not only did the executive editor, Steven Kleinelder, emphatically apologize for the initial definition, he promised swift action to change it. By Monday morning, the term was …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/06/american-heritage-dictionary-redefines-%e2%80%9canchor-baby%e2%80%9d-term-as-%e2%80%9coffensive%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cdisparaging%e2%80%9d/
Dec 02
The degree to which the immigration debate has coarsened over the last few years is no more evident than in the pages of the recently released fifth edition of the New American Heritage Dictionary. Among the new entries is the term “anchor baby.” You might think that the definition would read something like: slang, a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/02/%e2%80%9canchor-baby%e2%80%9d-added-to-new-american-heritage-dictionary/
Jul 28
BY MARGARET D. STOCK, COUNSEL TO THE FIRM, LANE POWELL PC The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has been known for coming out with some odd reports over the years—but their latest is notable for its factual and legal flaws—and for argument that we should expand several different government bureaucracies to chase down the dozen …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/28/restrictionist-groups-strikes-out-in-latest-report-on-children-of-diplomats/
Mar 16
Sometimes it’s easy to miss the most outlandish and unrealistic statements made in the immigration debate given the level of dialed up rhetoric. A recent report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), however, appears to have been written to test just how far into the realm of fantasy the debate can be taken. In …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/16/report-on-birthright-citizenship-low-on-facts-high-on-fantasy/
Feb 08
Yesterday, a panel in South Dakota’s legislature voted to halt legislation aimed at denying citizenship to U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants. South Dakota’s bill—and others like it—propose measures which challenge the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which states that, with very few exceptions, all persons born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens, regardless of the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/02/08/some-states-applying-brakes-to-legislation-denying-citizenship-to-us-born-children/
Jan 31
Senator David Vitter (R-LA). Photo by SIR: Poseyal. In the latest attack on the Constitution and U.S. citizenship, Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a resolution (S. J. RES. 2) last week proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit citizenship to children born in the U.S. if 1) one parent is …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/01/31/what-does-the-vitter-paul-resolution-to-amend-the-constitution-solve-exactly/
Jan 25
It is hardly surprising that the newly elected Kansas secretary of state, Kris Kobach, ran an election campaign which featured the baseless claim that “the illegal registration of alien voters has become pervasive” in the state. As a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) describes in detail, Kobach has built a long …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/01/25/a-one-man-wrecking-crew-new-report-details-the-destructive-career-of-kris-kobach/
Jan 07
What a difference a few weeks can make. Just last month, the papers were filled with stories about the amazing feats of DREAM Act students, whose commitment and love for this country is boundless, even as they risk deportation in order to tell their stories. This week, the papers are filled with stories of vicious …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/01/07/the-emperor-and-the-anti-fourteenth-amendment-crowd-have-no-clothes/
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