Nov
22
Thousands gathered outside the historic 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama yesterday to demand the repeal of the state’s harsh anti-immigration law, HB 56. Religious, community and civil rights leaders, as well as a special Congressional delegation, urged state legislators to bring an end to Alabama’s immigration law—a law which continues to slow state …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/22/thousands-rally-for-repeal-of-alabama%e2%80%99s-extreme-anti-immigrant-law/
Oct
17
It was clear from the outset that Friday’s Congressional hearing on U.S.-Mexico border security was going to be light on data and heavy on bluster. The tabloid-style title of the hearing said it all: “A Call to Action: Narco-Terrorism’s Threat to the Southern U.S. Border.” Not surprisingly, it proved to be a largely fact-free performance. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/17/house-hearing-new-report-add-to-hysterical-narrative-on-border-security/
Oct
13
The luster may be wearing off Republican attacks on DHS’s prosecutorial discretion policies. Efforts to paint the prioritization of cases as “backdoor amnesty” didn’t seem to go anywhere in yesterday’s hearing on immigration enforcement in the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. ICE Director John Morton defended the prosecutorial discretion guidance he issued earlier this …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/13/restrictionist-gop-members-rely-on-scare-tactics-in-hearing-on-prosecutorial-discretion/
Sep
26
BY TYLER MORAN, NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER While Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) promises that his mandatory E-Verify legislation (HR 2885) is a jobs creation bill, the mark-up of the bill in the House Judiciary Committee last week proved that it is anything but. Though the bill passed the committee by a 22-13 party line vote, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/26/despite-lamar-smith%e2%80%99s-claims-e-verify-is-not-a-jobs-bill/
Sep
20
Rep. Lamar Smith may find himself whistling in the wind this week as members of his own party continue to blast his E-Verify proposal. Smith’s bill, The “Legal Workforce Act” H.R. 2885, which continues to get marked up this week by the House Judiciary Committee, would make E-Verify mandatory nationwide. Conservative lawmakers, Tea Partiers, and …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/20/mandatory-e-verify-an-enforcement-proposal-even-conservatives-don%e2%80%99t-like/
Jul
26
Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing on the “Hinder the Administration’s Legalization Temptation Act” (HALT Act), introduced by House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX). The bill, which some are calling a political response to recent ICE memos, would suspend the Administration’s ability to exercise certain discretionary forms of immigration protections and relief until …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/26/lamar-smiths-halt-act-would-limit-administrations-ability-to-administer-humanitarian-relief/
Jun
28
Today, the U.S. Senate held its first ever hearing on the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Witnesses such as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Dr. Clifford Stanley, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, testified to an overflowing Senate hearing room. The …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/06/28/senate-hearing-on-dream-act-emphasizes-need-for-relief/
Jun
15
Here we go again with the next round of “how we’re going to look tough on immigration without actually accomplishing anything.” This year, mandatory E-Verify is the magic bullet of choice. On Tuesday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the “Legal Workforce Act,” which would expand the E-Verify program, making it mandatory for …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/06/15/making-e-verify-mandatory-will-not-magically-solve-our-immigration-woes/
May
18
Our nation’s immigration courts are backlogged. Historically backlogged. At the end of last year, more than 260,000 cases remained pending before immigration judges. Across the country, the average wait was nearly sixteen months. In California, thousands of cases have been pending for more than two years. While justice is not always swift, our immigration courts …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/18/immigration-court-backlog-likely-to-get-worse-before-it-gets-better/
Apr
07
Opponents of immigration reform are often quick to differentiate their disdain for unauthorized immigration and their alleged support of legal immigration. But finding evidence of their support for legal immigration has always been difficult. Over the past several months, the House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement has conducted several hearings where some members have …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/04/07/house-subcommittee-battles-diversity-in-u-s-immigration-system/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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