Mar 08
Immigration hardliners never hesitate to claim the mantle of “states’ rights” when defending laws like Arizona SB 1070. But those wanting local cops to double as federal immigration agents were conspicuously silent at a congressional hearing on Wednesday on the Scott Gardner Act, a bill that (among other things) would require police to run extra …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/08/why-the-scott-gardner-act-is-unconstitutionaland-a-bad-idea/
Oct 31
As if things weren’t chaotic enough in Alabama, reports now find that law enforcement and courts vary widely on how they apply the state’s new immigration law, creating different rules and consequences for individuals depending on a judge or officer’s understanding of the law. As the controversial law (HB 56) itself continues to change as …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/31/alabama-law-enforcement-courts-implementing-immigration-law-in-different-ways-across-state/
Aug 29
As Alabamans continue to brace themselves for what the New York Times recently described as the “nation’s cruelest immigration law,” state law enforcement agencies said they have not yet been trained to enforce provisions of the controversial law. Signed in June by Gov. Robert Bentley, HB 56 requires local law enforcement to verify the immigration …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/29/local-law-enforcement-agencies-not-trained-to-enforce-alabama%e2%80%99s-immigration-law/
Mar 09
The role of local police in immigration enforcement continues to be a complex policy and legislative issue at both the state and federal level. State legislatures, for example, are contemplating bills designed to increase the role of local police in immigration enforcement while federal legislation targets cities with so-called “sanctuary policies.” And as programs like …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/03/09/police-forum-recommends-limitations-on-investigating-immigration-status/
Feb 01
This week the Migration Policy Institute released a new study on ICE’s 287(g) program, Delegation and Divergence: A Study of 287(g) State and Local Immigration Enforcement. The study, which assesses the implementation, enforcement outcomes, costs, community impacts of the program generally, and provides an in-depth study in seven jurisdictions: Cobb County, GA; Frederick County, MD; …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/02/01/study-shows-287g-program-fails-to-prioritize-serious-criminals/
Nov 09
The Center for Immigration Studies recently released a report entitled Subsidizing Sanctuaries: The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which claims the federal government is giving State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) grant money to “sanctuary” cities. The problem with this argument is that the very fact these cities (San Francisco, Chicago, Arlington, VA) are receiving …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/11/09/sanctuary-cities-and-the-state-criminal-alien-assistance-program-two-things-that-do-not-go-together/
Nov 08
A cog in the wheel of local enforcement legislation, Arizona state Senator and now Senate President-elect, Russell Pearce, predictably said he will continue his immigration crusade to repeal part of the 14th Amendment despite the looming state budget crisis. A recent article points out that Pearce, in the throes of last minute campaigning, pledged that …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/11/08/arizona-state-senator-russell-pearce-continues-immigration-crusade-despite-budget-crisis/
Oct 29
Florida State Representative William Snyder, a former police officer from Miami, drafted his own version of Arizona’s SB 1070 for the state—a bill has the potential to be even more offensive. The bill mimics SB 1070—allowing officers to stop persons based on a “reasonable suspicion” that they are undocumented in order to check their immigration …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/10/29/finally-an-immigration-bill-that-embraces-racial-profiling/
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/
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