Category Archive: Hearings

Jun
15

Making E-Verify Mandatory Will Not Magically Solve Our Immigration Woes

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 …

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May
18

Immigration Court Backlog Likely to Get Worse Before It Gets Better

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 …

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Apr
07

House Subcommittee Battles Diversity in U.S. Immigration System

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 …

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Mar
10

House Subcommittee Tries to Propagate Myth that Immigrants Steal Jobs

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 …

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Mar
02

The Wrong Side of History: Why the Anti-Immigrant Movement Will Always Lose

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 …

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Feb
15

Isn’t It About Time We Thought Realistically About Border Security?

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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 …

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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

Mandatory E-Verify is Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

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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 …

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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

Will “Stepping on the Gas” of Immigration Enforcement Drive Us Into A Brick Wall?

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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 …

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Jan
03

Inch by Inch, Hearing by Hearing: A Look Ahead at the GOP’s Immigration Agenda

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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 …

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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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