Sep 18
Lost amongst media coverage of the ongoing teachers’ strike was the passage in Chicago last week of a historic measure that largely prohibits local police from detaining individuals on behalf of federal immigration authorities. Dubbed the “Welcoming City Ordinance,” the measure makes Chicago the latest jurisdiction to push back against immigration “detainers,” the lynchpin of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/09/18/as-chicago-passes-anti-detainer-ordinance-trust-act-awaits-signature-in-california/
Aug 16
Despite losing both the legal and public relations battles in the fight over SB 1070, Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer was anxious to put Arizona back in the spotlight this week. Although she can’t prevent people from requesting or receiving deferred action, she issued an executive order that attempts to prevent Arizona recipients of Deferred Action …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/08/16/sore-loser-jan-brewer-continues-anti-immigrant-crusade/
Aug 15
Beginning today, undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children may officially submit requests for deferred action, a form of prosecutorial discretion that protects recipients from deportation and allows them to work legally in the United States for up to two years. As might be expected, numerous inaccuracies have surfaced in media coverage and other …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/08/15/busting-myths-about-deferred-action/
Jun 26
Even as the Supreme Court struck down three provisions of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law (SB 1070), the Justices appeared to embrace a major falsehood of nativist ideology: that immigrants are more likely to be criminals than the native-born. On page six of the majority opinion, the Court maintains that unauthorized immigrants are “reported to be responsible …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/06/26/does-the-supreme-court-think-most-immigrants-are-criminals/
May 23
In a case of very creative accounting, the nativist Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is blaming students for Maryland’s fiscal woes. In a new report, FAIR lumps together students who are unauthorized immigrants with U.S.-born students who have unauthorized parents and claims that they are all costing Maryland taxpayers astronomical sums in educational expenditures. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/05/23/antiimmigration-group-blames-students-for-marylands-budget-gap/
Feb 29
Faced with harsh anti-immigrant laws passed by state or local governments, most unauthorized immigrants do not return to their home countries. That is the inescapable conclusion of a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP), entitled Staying Put but Still in the Shadows, by Leah Muse-Orlinoff. The report finds that unauthorized immigrants react …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/29/new-report-debunks-restrictionist-myth-of-self-deportation/
Jan 30
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has outdone itself when it comes to shoddy research. In a recently released report on “demographic changes” in Arizona, FAIR utilizes an almost random assortment of statistics to make its case that the state’s unauthorized immigrants are fleeing in droves thanks to get-tough immigration policies. The report occasionally …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/30/nativist-group-twists-facts-on-effectiveness-of-arizonas-immigration-law/
Dec 03
In response to ImmigrationImpact.com’s critique of the definition of “anchor baby” included in the latest edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the executive editor of the dictionary has agreed to revise the definition of to reflect the derogatory nature of the term. In conversations with Mary Giovagnoli, Director of the Immigration …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/03/american-heritage-dictionary-responds-%e2%80%9canchor-baby%e2%80%9d-definition-criticism/
Oct 21
For years, data produced by restrictionist, anti-immigrant advocacy groups have permeated politics and policy. Today is no different. What’s alarming, however, is the ease with which politicians and lawmakers are using this dishonest data to support their restrictive positions on immigration.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/21/dishonest-data-on-immigration-cripples-honest-debate-and-sensible-lawmaking/
Sep 27
Texas Governor Rick Perry, a candidate in the Republican presidential primaries, has been taking a lot of conservative heat lately over his support for the “Texas DREAM Act.” That bill, which Perry signed into law in 2001, allows young unauthorized Texans who came to this country as children to qualify for in-state tuition in state …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/27/gop-candidates-distort-the-truth-on-in-state-tuition-for-unauthorized-students/
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