Apr 19
Following the introduction of the Senate immigration reform bill earlier this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing about the measure today. It gave the senators a chance to air their various complaints about the bill – that it does not protect LGBT couples or that the bill micro-manages the hiring process for …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/19/former-bush-administration-official-explains-why-immigration-bill-is-good-for-the-economy/
Apr 04
On Tuesday, the Associated Press (AP) posted a blog saying that they are no longer going to advise writers to use the term “illegal immigrant” in the stylebook. The AP stylebook is considered the standard among American journalists, so the change is likely lead to a marked drop in the use of the controversial term …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/04/the-associated-press-stylebook-drops-illegal-immigrant-the-nyt-debates-following-suit/
Mar 11
Among the most contentious debates surrounding national immigration reform concerns immigrant use of welfare programs. Opponents of immigration routinely assert low-skilled immigrants consume more public resources than natives, thereby imposing an unfair fiscal burden on U.S. taxpayers.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/11/cato-report-finds-poor-immigrants-use-fewer-public-benefits-than-natives/
Feb 27
The concept of “border security” is inherently ambiguous. After all, we live in a world where no international border can be completely sealed. The risk that a bad guy will come across the border—by land, sea, or air—can never be reduced to zero, no matter how much money or manpower is funneled into border-security operations. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/27/congressional-hearing-illustrates-nativist-manipulation-of-border-security/
Feb 07
This week, the New York Times gave voice to the nativist argument that legalizing unauthorized immigrants would drain the federal budget because newly legalized immigrants will start using public benefits. However, this flawed fiscal accounting overlooks the myriad ways in which immigrants, just like the native-born, contribute to the U.S. economy over the course of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/02/07/nativists-fail-to-grasp-economics-of-immigration-reform/
Jan 16
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist came to Topeka this week to serve as a counterweight to Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in the national debate over immigration reform. Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, is best known for persuading congressional Republicans to sign his anti-tax pledge. However, he is also an opponent of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/16/a-clash-of-conservatives-in-kansas-city/
Nov 05
By Patrick Oakford, Research Assistant for the Economic Policy Team at the Center for American Progress Last week the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a shocking report claiming that most new jobs created under President Obama have gone to immigrants. Aside from the sheer incorrectness of the claim, being founded on flawed methodologies, CIS …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/05/nativist-group-releases-hopelessly-flawed-report-on-immigrants-and-job-creation/
Oct 24
Unlike lawyers and policymakers, journalists have an obligation to use language that ordinary people understand. Although the practice is generally helpful, it can sometimes result in oversimplification, or sacrificing accuracy for the sake of supposed clarity. A perfect example is the memo issued by the Associated Press last week endorsing use of the term “illegal …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/24/associated-press-issues-misleading-defense-of-term-illegal-immigrant/
Oct 17
George W. Bush made several appearances in last night’s presidential debate, but perhaps nowhere with greater effect than when President Obama contrasted Governor Mitt Romney’s position on immigration reform. Where President Bush supported comprehensive immigration reform, declared President Obama, Governor Romney supports “self-deportation” and Arizona style anti-immigrant laws. Moderator Candy Crowley then segued into a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/17/immigration-finally-takes-the-stage-at-a-presidential-debate/
Oct 02
In the world of anti-immigrant activists who specialize in stamping out “voter fraud” by non-U.S. citizens, there are few symbols more potent than that of the bus. Apparently, a bus is the favored mode of transportation among the legions of immigrants who want to subvert the U.S. electoral process by illegally casting ballots. Many a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/02/anti-immigrant-activists-still-pushing-the-myth-of-voter-fraud-by-noncitizens/
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