Feb
06
Federal immigration enforcement resources have increased significantly in recent years, as have the number of deportations. Meanwhile, states have passed harsh immigration laws intended to crack down on unauthorized immigrants. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has announced that he supports a policy of “self-deportation.” What do these things have in common? The belief that making daily …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/06/new-report-examines-dire-consequences-of-attrition-through-enforcement-immigration-strategy/
Jan
26
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney stole a page from the restrictionists’ playbook this week when he promoted the idea of “self-deportation” during a presidential debate. “If people don’t get work here,” Romney stated, “they’re going to self-deport to a place where they can get work.” Rather than initiate a constructive solution to our nation’s immigration …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/26/romney-uses-restrictionist-code-words-to-describe-his-immigration-policies/
Jan
23
In the United States, most immigration decisions impacting noncitizens are made by immigration officials in informal proceedings far from a courtroom. While the right to an attorney (at the noncitizens’ own expense) in immigration court proceedings is widely recognized, the right to counsel in administrative settings outside of a courtroom is often overlooked or explicitly …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/23/its-time-to-improve-noncitizens-access-to-counsel/
Jan
20
Signs that ICE is invested in the “Morton Memo” and subsequent guidance on prosecutorial discretion are beginning to show up at both ends of the legal spectrum. At one end, the New York Times reported yesterday that approximately one in six cases reviewed in a pilot program at the Denver immigration court may be indefinitely …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/20/holding-the-obama-administration-to-its-word-on-prosecutorial-discretion/
Nov
17
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directed ICE attorneys to begin a review process of current immigration cases pending before immigration courts in order to close or dismiss those cases warranting prosecutorial discretion. The attorneys also received additional guidance on how to apply discretion in certain low priority cases. At the same time, DHS announced …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/17/dhs-begins-review-of-deportation-cases-issues-additional-prosecutorial-discretion-guidelines/
Nov
04
A report released this week reveals yet another devastating consequence of the enforcement-only approach to immigration—a startling number of children whose parents have been detained and deported are placed in foster care and face enormous barriers reuniting with their families. According to the Applied Research Center, 1 in 4 people deported in FY 2011 (nearly …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/04/thousands-of-children-stuck-in-foster-care-after-parents-deported-report-finds/
Oct
19
It was another record breaking year for deportations, with DHS logging 396,906 removals during Fiscal Year 2011. While the raw number is not in doubt, its meaning is far from clear. According to DHS, 55% of those removed (approximately 218,000) were “criminal aliens,” but the definition of “criminal” is overly broad. While DHS may tout …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/19/redefining-criminality-untangling-dhs%e2%80%99s-record-high-deportation-numbers/
Oct
07
Almost immediately after Judge Sharon Blackburn failed to enjoin key provisions of Alabama’s draconian immigration law (HB 56) last week, Alabamans began to feel the sting of the law’s harsh provisions. As immigrants leave the state, farmers, contractors, and homebuilders complain that labor shortages are and will continue to hurt their businesses. School administrators worry …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/07/tell-me-again-how-alabama%e2%80%99s-immigration-law-is-a-%e2%80%9cvictory-for-the-state%e2%80%9d/
Oct
06
In a speech at American University yesterday, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano complained that she was tired of criticism from the left and the right that accuse DHS of both blindly deporting undocumented immigrants and participating in attempts at amnesty through the use of prosecutorial discretion. Secretary Napolitano argued that both cannot be true, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/06/secretary-napolitano-acknowledges-%e2%80%9cmessaging-problem%e2%80%9d-dismisses-criticism-of-key-enforcement-programs/
Sep
13
This past weekend, the U.S. commemorated the ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Life and travel in the U.S. has changed in some significant ways over the past decade, and many observers have noted that immigration policy, in particular, has been deeply affected. The fact that the terrorists were foreign nationals that arrived legally …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/13/ten-years-after-911-is-the-u-s-deporting-those-who-threaten-to-do-us-harm/
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