Mar
22
The “nativist extremist” movement in the United States is in the midst of a fundamental transformation. On the one hand, the number of these virulently anti-immigrant groups plummeted between 2010 and 2011. On the other hand, many of the people and ideas from these groups have found new homes in the conspiracy-obsessed “Patriot” movement, the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/22/anti-immigrant-agenda-goes-mainstream-as-nativist-extremist-movement-declines-report-finds/
Mar
07
In its March/April issue, Mother Jones Magazine goes “inside the self-deportation movement,” exploring “164 state anti-immigration bills and the forces behind them.” The concept of “self deportation,” popularized by GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, is central to the philosophy of “attrition through enforcement.” The basic idea is that, if you make life hard enough for …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/07/mother-jones-exposes-inner-workings-of-the-self-deportation-movement/
Jan
31
Campaigning in Florida this month, GOP Presidential candidates continued to display a general lack of understanding of the state’s diversifying Latino population. While it’s well-documented that the Cuban-American population is currently a strong political force, the emerging story in Florida is that the state’s future voting population will become increasingly Latino, but less Cuban.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/31/gop-candidates-ignore-floridas-diversifying-latino-population/
Jan
17
As if Mitt Romney’s repeated promise to veto the DREAM Act wasn’t alienating enough, advocates warn that Romney’s continued relationship with famed anti-immigrant hawk Kris Kobach is killing future support from Latino voters, especially in key states like New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Florida. Kobach, co-author of Arizona and Alabama’s extreme immigration enforcement laws, appeared …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/17/advocates-call-romneys-relationship-with-anti-immigrant-hawk-political-suicide/
Dec
19
Exhausted by the base immigration rhetoric prevalent in the GOP presidential debate, a group of concerned Iowans is seeking to reframe the issue in anticipation of the Iowa Caucuses next month. Last week, business, faith and city leaders in Iowa signed the Iowa Compact—a list of five principles meant to guide how people discuss immigration. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/19/as-iowa-caucuses-approach-signatories-of-iowa-compact-hope-to-reframe-immigration-debate/
Dec
08
Immigration is a hot issue in the GOP primary debates, complete with extreme anti-immigrant rhetoric and far-fetched policy proposals. Michele Bachman, for example, promised to deport every undocumented immigrant in the country—a costly and unworkable task. And she’s not the only one. Herman Cain recently “joked” that he would electrify the border fence as a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/08/polls-reveal-conservative-voters-favor-path-to-legal-status-for-unauthorized-immigrants/
Nov
07
Twenty five years ago this week, President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), an immigration reform bill which, despite a contentious debate, managed to pass a Republican Senate and a Democratic House. In fact, Reagan called the immigration bill one of the “most difficult legislative undertakings of recent memory” but one …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/07/remembering-the-benefits-of-irca-25-years-later/
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/
Oct
18
Over the weekend, Republican presidential hopefuls Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann made it clear that they were willing to increase their anti-immigration rhetoric in order to court voters. In the process, both confused the right to free speech with the responsibility of free speech, turning what should have been a debate on immigration policy into …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/18/on-immigration-some-gop-candidates-prefer-hostile-rhetoric-to-policy-solutions/
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/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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