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/
Mar
10
Today’s House Subcommittee hearing on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, clumsily entitled “New Jobs in Recession and Recovery: Who Are Getting Them and Who Are Not,” was clearly intended to sow fear. In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Elton Gallegly (R-24th/CA) wasted no time in sounding the alarm that unemployed native-born workers are being left to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/10/house-subcommittee-tries-to-propagate-myth-of-the-job-stealing-immigrant/
Mar
02
The anti-immigrant movement’s current motto could be “Desperate times call for desperate measures.” As evidence mounts that the demographic makeup of the country is changing, the current crop of immigration restrictionists know that they are gradually losing their committed base. Thus, they are pulling out every trick in the book to motivate that base to …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/02/the-wrong-side-of-history-why-the-anti-immigrant-movement-will-always-lose/
Feb
15
Old thinking on border security was on grand display today during a House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee hearing titled “Securing our Borders – Operational Control and the Path Forward.” Congress’ seemingly insatiable appetite for border enforcement does not seem to be assuaged by the reality at the border. Despite the record number of resources …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/02/15/isn%e2%80%99t-it-about-time-we-thought-realistically-about-border-security/
Feb
10
Today, the House Immigration Subcommittee held a hearing on the E-Verify system, a tool to help employers electronically verify that their employees have permission to work in the United States. Although E-Verify remains largely voluntary—except for federal contractors, employers in certain states that have made it mandatory, and a few other exceptions—some members of Congress …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/02/10/mandatory-e-verify-is-not-all-it%e2%80%99s-cracked-up-to-be/
Jan
26
Today, the newly re-named Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held its first hearing on worksite enforcement, which, as expected, did not delve into important policy questions surrounding worksite enforcement. The Republican members of the subcommittee called on the usual suspects to minimize the Obama administration’s enforcement efforts, even though Deputy Director of ICE, Kumar …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/01/26/will-%e2%80%9cstepping-on-the-gas%e2%80%9d-of-immigration-enforcement-drive-us-into-a-brick-wall/
Jan
03
Shortly after Republicans gained a majority in the House after midterm elections, many attempted to predict the Republican game plan on immigration—which, as you can imagine, was no herculean task considering the GOP’s three-ring enforcement spectacular these last few years. Recall also the recent Republican opposition to the DREAM Act, opposition they rationalized using the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/01/03/inch-by-inch-hearing-by-hearing-a-look-ahead-at-the-gop%e2%80%99s-immigration-agenda/
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