Jan
26
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney stole a page from the restrictionists’ playbook this week when he promoted the idea of “self-deportation” during a presidential debate. “If people don’t get work here,” Romney stated, “they’re going to self-deport to a place where they can get work.” Rather than initiate a constructive solution to our nation’s immigration …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/26/romney-uses-restrictionist-code-words-to-describe-his-immigration-policies/
Jan
24
The lines between the anti-immigrant movement and the Tea Party movement are blurred. That is the most important finding of a new report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), entitled Beyond FAIR: The Decline of the Established Anti-Immigrant Organizations and the Rise of Tea Party Nativism. As its title suggests, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/24/new-report-draws-connections-between-anti-immigrant-and-tea-party-movements/
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/
Jan
11
Today, Mitt Romney’s campaign heartily accepted the endorsement of renown anti-immigrant activist, Kris Kobach. As Mitt Romney emerges as the leading contender for the GOP nomination, he and those he affiliates with will garner closer scrutiny, making it critical for Romney’s campaign to understand who Kobach is and why his policies engender such strong emotion.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/11/is-the-romney-campaign-embracing-anti-immigrant-extremism/
Jan
09
The Obama administration’s recent announcement that it intends to change regulations allowing the children and spouses of American citizens to stay together while processing applications for legal permanent resident status has the immigration restrictionists crying wolf—or more accurately “amnesty”—once again. They are characterizing the administration’s rule change, as they do any and all actions that …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/09/anti-immigrant-crowd-cries-wolf-in-response-to-administrations-family-unity-policy/
Jan
03
You wouldn’t know it from listening to the ridiculous anti-immigrant rhetoric over the past year, but treating immigrants like actual human beings is a concept some hope catches fire in 2012. The Washington Post recently added “immigrants as people” on “The List: 2012”—their annual zeitgeist-inspired list of ins and outs for the new year. Granted, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/03/washington-post-lists-treating-immigrants-as-people-as-in-for-2012/
Dec
06
The firestorm around the inclusion of the term “anchor baby” in the new edition of the American Heritage Dictionary has led to a dramatic reversal in the definition. Not only did the executive editor, Steven Kleinelder, emphatically apologize for the initial definition, he promised swift action to change it. By Monday morning, the term was …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/06/american-heritage-dictionary-redefines-%e2%80%9canchor-baby%e2%80%9d-term-as-%e2%80%9coffensive%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cdisparaging%e2%80%9d/
Nov
28
It is an article of faith among anti-immigrant activists that immigration results in fewer jobs and lower wages for native-born workers. For instance, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) recently released a report in which it claims that native-born workers with science and engineering (S&E) degrees are being driven en masse into non-S&E occupations …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/28/report-debunks-myth-that-high-skilled-immigrants-steal-american-jobs/
Nov
23
Washington, D.C. area schools participate in the Urban Debate program, which gives middle school children the opportunity to learn the art of debate. My sixth grader signed up right away. She was surprised to learn, however, at her first tournament that many people have no qualms debating either side of an issue, no matter how …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/23/how-to-talk-turkey-on-immigration-redux/
Nov
21
BY CLAIRE GUTHRIE GASTAÑAGA The Virginia General Assembly that convenes in January 2012 will be much changed from the one that it replaces. Effective control of Virginia’s government—a Governor, House of Delegates and Senate— is now in the hands of legislators who have consistently sought to lead Virginia in the direction of states like Arizona …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/21/heads-up-virginia-anti-immigrant-agenda-could-be-2012-legislative-focal-point/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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