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/
Jan 10
Ever since the horrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, political odds makers have been betting that gun safety will top the President’s list of priorities this year, despite previous statements prioritizing immigration reform. That’s an unfortunate characterization, pitting two important issues against one another and adding to the mistaken idea that immigration reform is such a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/10/why-immigration-reform-and-gun-control-arent-in-competition/
Dec 18
Last week, the Boston Globe ran an important series of articles on a topic that receives far too little attention: the vast network of civil detention centers that last year held more than 400,000 immigrants in the United States. The product of a year-long investigation, the series shines a spotlight on a system in which …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/18/boston-globe-series-exposes-pitfalls-of-immigration-detention/
Dec 10
Nearly everyone agrees that an immigration reform bill of some sort will be introduced in Congress in the near future given the pivotal role that Latinos and immigrants played in getting President Obama reelected. But no one knows yet just how “comprehensive” that bill will be, meaning which groups of immigrants will be included and …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/10/immigrant-friends-and-foes-debate-the-definition-of-comprehensive-immigration-reform/
Dec 05
While some thought the immigration reform talk immediately after the election was just chatter, a series of convenings and speeches this week demonstrate that the topic of broad immigration reform is on plenty of tables. From DREAMers to President Bush, the call for reform goes on.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/05/bibles-badges-business-and-bush-dreamers-make-immigration-reform-demands-known/
Nov 28
If you follow immigration, but are returning from a month-long, news-free vacation, there’s only one conclusion you would draw from the legislation Republicans offered up this week in Congress: Mitt Romney must have won the presidential election. After all, the ACHIEVE Act, introduced yesterday by retiring Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/28/this-weeks-immigration-proposals-old-news-old-ideas/
Nov 21
After cheers for football, some of the loudest shouting at many Thanksgiving feasts will come from political discussions gone awry. You might think that you can take it easy on the immigration issue this year, as the political chatter is now heavily in favor of immigration reform. But the blessings of conservative politicians and pundits …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/21/talking-turkey-on-immigration-2012/
Nov 06
For some people, this year’s journey to the voting booth started years ago, in El Salvador or China or Cameroon, when it became clear that they had to leave their country and start over in America. For those people, (whom U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services calls “Americans by choice,”) the journey to the polls has …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/06/a-long-journey-to-the-voting-booth/
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 23
Project Vote predicts that the number of Latinos who are eligible to vote in this year’s Presidential campaign has increased by 21 percent over 2008. In 2012, nearly 24 million Latinos will be eligible to vote. The growth of this voting bloc is important to track, and much attention is paid to its growth each …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/23/drilling-down-on-latino-voter-engagement/
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