Dec 14
At a time when state budget deficits are growing larger, you might think that state governments would avoid imposing costly, unfunded mandates on themselves. Yet that is exactly what states are doing when they pass laws that transform their police officers into proxy immigration agents. As officers spend more of their scarce resources and time …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/14/colorado-digs-itself-into-a-fiscal-hole-in-the-name-of-immigration-enforcement/
Dec 11
Every year, local law enforcement agencies receive thousands of requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to keep individuals in custody—even after they are entitled to release—while federal officers determine whether to initiate removal proceedings. Last Tuesday, California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued simple but groundbreaking guidance to all law enforcement agencies in the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/11/guidance-on-ice-detainers-sends-ripples-through-california/
Dec 04
For the third time in three years, lawmakers in California will seek passage of the TRUST Act, a so-called “anti-Arizona” bill that would limit the ability of local authorities to honor requests from immigration authorities to continue detaining individuals on behalf of the federal government. Although Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar version of the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/04/will-the-third-time-be-the-charm-for-the-trust-act-in-california/
Nov 29
Less than six months after it received a stinging rebuke from the Supreme Court, Arizona today was hit with another major lawsuit over its punitive immigration policies—this time challenging its practice of denying driver’s licenses to beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Filed in federal court in Phoenix, the class-action suit …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/29/arizona-faces-lawsuit-over-daca-drivers-license-policy/
Nov 26
Despite a general consensus that adopting “self-deportation” as immigration policy helped sink Mitt Romney’s White House aspirations, the architect of this philosophy, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, isn’t ready to give in. Kobach doesn’t seem to care that most in his party have awakened to the fact that they are in a “death spiral” …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/26/kris-kobach-continues-digging-immigration-hole/
Nov 13
While much of last week’s energy was focused on Latino voter turnout in the Presidential race— and the subsequent recognition that immigration reform was all but inevitable—there was another major victory for immigration policy that came out of Maryland. Voters in the state supported through referendum their legislature’s decision to provide in-state tuition to undocumented …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/13/understanding-the-important-symbolism-of-the-maryland-dream-act-victory/
Oct 26
Recent state-level immigration battles are often characterized by a great deal of negative attention and not enough positive information about immigrants living in those states. Unfounded claims about the costs of immigration overlook the benefits and contributions immigrants make to American communities. Fortunately, some organizations are dedicated to pushing back on the negativity and publishing …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/26/immigrants-play-key-role-in-virginias-economy/
Oct 22
Under the Constitution, it has long been established that the government needs “probable cause” to hold an individual in custody, and that people granted bail must be released once it is paid. In a class-action lawsuit filed last Friday by numerous immigrants’ rights groups, Los Angeles County and Sheriff Lee Baca stand accused of flouting …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/22/los-angeles-county-faces-sweeping-suit-over-ice-detainers/
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 15
By Yali Lincroft, Policy Consultant, First Focus Campaign for Children Late last month, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills – AB2015 and SB1064 – which address the nightmare scenarios that can befall parents and their children caught up in the immigration system. The recent report Shattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigrant …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/15/california-passes-groundbreaking-legislation-to-prevent-shattered-families/
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