May
31
By H. BOB SAKANIWA, AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYER’S ASSOCIATION As President Obama indicated in an immigration speech in El Paso, Texas, earlier this month, in a global marketplace, the United States needs the best and brightest to stay in our country to work, innovate and help create jobs for the benefit of all Americans. Well-educated, foreign-born …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/31/administration-uses-executive-authority-to-keep-educated-grads-in-u-s-longer/
May
25
Speeches, even those delivered by the President of the United States, can be forgotten fairly quickly. Following the El Paso immigration speech from two weeks ago, the White House is attempting to sustain a buzz by sending other members of the President’s cabinet and White House officials out to give speeches and hold roundtables across …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/25/white-house-immigration-blueprint-a-starting-point-2/
May
19
Last week President Obama issued a blueprint for a twenty-first century immigration policy that highlighted, among other things, the need to promote accountability for employers who deliberately hire and exploit undocumented workers. The Administration’s recommendations for achieving this goal include a better employment verification system, more comprehensive anti-retaliation protections for workers, and a legalization program …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/19/obama-administration-seeks-balance-between-labor-and-immigration-law-enforcement/
May
13
Plenty of people are calling this week’s events—especially the President’s speech on immigration in El Paso—pure politics. And some are rightly criticizing Administration policies—such as record levels of deportations—as inconsistent with the broader vision of immigration and economic prosperity the President outlined in El Paso. But placed in a broader strategic context, the El Paso …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/13/immigrant-community-needs-white-house-muscle-to-move-immigration-politics-and-all/
May
11
Today, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), Harry Reid (D-NV) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) re-introduced the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, or “DREAM Act,” which would provide a pathway to legal status for the thousands of undocumented students who graduate from high school each year (the companion bill in the House was also introduced …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/11/senator-durbin-re-introduces-dream-act-on-heels-of-president%e2%80%99s-immigration-speech/
May
10
Today in El Paso, President Obama delivered his second major speech dedicated to fixing our broken immigration system. The President addressed some of the major obstacles to passing comprehensive reform—namely the “border-first” crowd’s repeated claim that the Administration hasn’t done enough to secure the border—by touting the record level of resources invested along the border. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/10/is-president-obama%e2%80%99s-speech-on-immigration-campaign-politics-or-a-call-to-action-2/
May
04
In his latest effort to drum up bipartisan support for immigration reform in Congress, President Obama met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) yesterday at the White House. Similar to other meetings in recent weeks (with national and state leaders, Latino celebrities and an immigration-themed commencement speech at Miami-Dade College), the President reiterated that his …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/04/congressional-hispanic-caucus-asks-president-to-untie-hands-and-help-immigrant-groups/
May
02
President Obama delivered a heartfelt commencement address this weekend at Miami-Dade College that once again showed the difficult tightrope he walks on immigration. On the one hand, he reminded his listeners yet again how important immigration reform, including passage of the DREAM Act, is to the continued moral and economic vitality of the country. On …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/02/president-obama-continues-to-walk-immigration-tightrope/
Apr
29
President Obama has convened a number of meetings on the issue of immigration lately. However, the one that got the most attention took place this week and included a notable group of Latino actors, journalists and radio personalities for what Politico called “Obama’s Celebrity Roundtable.”
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/04/29/help-wanted-latino-leaders-and-presidential-leadership-needed-on-immigration-reform/
Apr
21
After the threat of a government shutdown last week, Congress finally managed to approve a budget that will keep the government running through the 2011 fiscal year. Included in that budget, however, are a host of cuts that will impact immigrants and immigration programming in the fiscal year to come. As policy experts and economists …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/04/21/by-the-numbers-how-fy-2011-budget-impacts-immigration/
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