Oct
26
DHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released an updated report on the Performance of 287(g) Agreements which provides the same dreary account of the program as the first one. The April 2010 OIG report found that ICE and its local law enforcement partners have not complied with the terms of their 287(g) Memoranda of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/26/office-of-inspector-general-oig-finds-287g-program-still-riddled-with-flaws/
Oct
15
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton denied motions by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu last week to dismiss a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs against Arizona law SB 1070. Counsel for the plaintiffs, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/15/another-lawsuit-against-arizona%e2%80%99s-sb1070-moves-forward/
Oct
05
With midterm election campaigning well underway, some local candidates are lifting up state and local immigration enforcement legislation as a means to garner public support. Unfortunately, as is often the case when politics meets reality, not everyone is on board with local enforcement laws like Arizona’s SB1070—key provisions of which were enjoined by a federal …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/05/utah-leaders-balk-at-arizona-esque-immigration-enforcement-bill/
Oct
01
Earlier this week, the Santa Clara (CA) Board of Supervisors and the Arlington County (VA) Board both voted unanimously to opt-out of the Secure Communities program—an ICE program that shares the fingerprints of individuals booked into jails with immigration databases. However, Today’s Washington Post claims that opting out of Secure Communities “is not a realistic …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/01/counties-say-no-to-ices-secure-communities-program-but-is-opting-out-possible/
Sep
01
BY MELISSA KEANEY, NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER The misnamed Secure Communities program appears to be a nothing but smoke and mirrors—a federal program operating without adequate supervision or safeguards. The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking information on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) signature immigration enforcement program. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/09/01/smoke-and-mirrors-foia-reveals-ice-deception-in-secure-communities-program/
Jul
02
Even though there are approximately 19 million foreign born women in the U.S.—accounting for 12.3% of the female population—we tend to hear very little about them. A closer look at the female immigrant population reveals many important facts—immigrant women are incredibly diverse in terms of country of origin, time in the U.S., citizenship rates, income, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/07/02/immigrant-women-the-silent-victims-of-a-broken-immigration-system/
Jun
30
Tired of restrictionists introducing “get tough” anti-immigration legislation in their states, state legislators are pushing back with progressive immigration policies of their own. On a telebriefing yesterday sponsored by the Progressive States Network and the National Immigration Law Center, state legislators from Arizona, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Utah discussed what they are actively doing to push …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/06/30/enough-is-enough-state-legislators-fight-arizona-copycat-laws-with-progressive-immigration-policies/
Jun
23
Yesterday, President Obama sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally asking for $600 million in additional border security spending to fund 1,000 additional Border Patrol agents, 160 additional ICE agents, two unmanned aircraft systems, extra Border Patrol canine teams and improved infrastructure along the Southwest Border. In a tandem move today, Department of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/06/23/secretary-napolitano-announces-%e2%80%9cnext-steps%e2%80%9d-for-southwest-border/
Jun
04
Yesterday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer met with President Obama to discuss immigration and border security. Gov. Brewer described the meeting as “cordial,” but neither the President nor the Governor discussed the Justice Department’s plan to move forward with a lawsuit against Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law—a law which President Obama has publicly criticized as “misguided.” …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/06/04/when-does-border-first-become-border-only/
Jun
01
Tens of thousands of protesters from across the country gathered in Phoenix over the weekend to protest Arizona’s SB 1070. According to some reports, as many as 20,000 protesters carried flags, banners and signs reading “Do I Look Illegal?” and “Where’s the change? Mr. President, how can we trust you for re-election?” across a five …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/06/01/tens-of-thousands-march-in-protest-of-arizona%e2%80%99s-sb-1070/
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