Apr
06
Over the last few weeks, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has been on an enforcement tour defending the Administration’s record on border enforcement while criticizing conservative lawmakers’ “enforcement-first” legislative strategy (Napolitano has repeated called on lawmakers to stop “moving the goal posts”). Calling out legislators for using the border as an excuse to stall immigration reform is …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/04/06/are-the-wheels-falling-off-dhs%e2%80%99s-immigration-enforcement-wagon/
Apr
16
A perfect storm hit the state of Arizona this week. On Tuesday, the Arizona House passed SB1070—a bill which would compel local police officers to investigate people’s immigration status based on a “reasonable suspicion” he/she was in the country illegally. Two days later, Arizona residents witnessed local police descending onto their streets (along with hundreds …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/04/16/razing-arizona-how-local-state-and-federal-authorities-are-%e2%80%9crooting-out%e2%80%9d-arizona%e2%80%99s-immigration-problems/
Dec
10
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has made the rather un-astounding discovery that unemployment in the recession-plagued U.S. economy is high, especially among less-educated workers. In a new report, entitled A Huge Pool of Potential Workers, CIS dissects the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers on unemployment and underemployment among the native-born, and notes that …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/12/10/nativist-group-discovers-unemployment-is-high/
Dec
09
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano testified in an oversight hearing today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. While reinforcing her commitment to securing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws in smart and effective ways, Napolitano also reaffirmed her commitment to immigration reform as a way to strengthen our immigration enforcement policies—a commitment …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/12/09/napolitano-looks-for-comprehensive-way-forward/
Nov
30
Postville, Iowa—home to one of the largest immigration raids in U.S. history—made headlines again this month when Sholom Rubashkin, owner of Agriprocessors Inc., was convicted of “all but five of the 91 business fraud charges listed in a 163-count indictment.” Although the 72 immigration charges were dropped (since they would have little impact on his …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/11/30/post-postville-immigrants-still-vital-to-iowa%e2%80%99s-economy/
Nov
25
Senate Republicans have “thoughtfully’ provided immigration advocates with their strategy for opposing immigration reform in 2010, courtesy of a letter sent to Secretary Napolitano protesting her recent statements that immigration reform is both necessary for DHS to do its job and good for the economy. The letter, signed by twelve Republicans— including Sens. Orrin Hatch …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/11/25/republican-playbook-on-immigration-debate-long-on-emotions-short-on-facts/
Nov
17
While the Obama administration has spent the past year discussing its plans to reform our broken immigration system, it is the day to day actions that, at times, draw a stark contrast to the hope and promise of a new strategy on U.S. immigration. The nomination of Stephanie Rose to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/11/17/does-us-attorney-nomination-send-a-mixed-signal-on-immigration/
Nov
02
ICED OUT: How Immigration Enforcement Has Interfered with Workers’ Rights, a new publication by the AFL-CIO, American Rights at Work Education Fund, and the National Employment Law Project (NELP), tells the often ignored story of our country’s broken immigration system and the collateral damage immigrants and U.S. workers experience when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/11/02/new-report-details-chilling-effect-of-immigration-enforcement-on-workers%e2%80%99-rights/
Oct
28
BY CHARLES H. KUCK* Does Congress’s continued failure to fix our broken employment-based immigration system jeopardize our economy, now and in the future? Yes, it does. If we don’t have enough employment-based immigrant visas, the best and brightest from around the world will start going somewhere else. We are not only a nation of immigrants; we are …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/10/28/risky-business-our-broken-employment%e2%80%93based-immigration-system-jeopardizes-the-american-economy/
Oct
02
This week, American Apparel is slated to lay off 1,800 workers from its clothing factory in Los Angeles. The impending layoffs are the result of a federal investigation which turned up irregularities in the documents workers presented when first hired by the company. The investigation itself represents a new direction in Department of Homeland Security …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/10/02/our-immigration-system-needs-solutions-not-villains/
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