Jan
27
The President’s State of the Union address this week re-iterated some of his key themes on immigration—support for comprehensive reform, dismay that DREAM Act students and foreign students educated in this country have no way to legalize their status, and a belief that he’s done enough to the secure the border. More importantly, he framed …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/27/following-state-of-the-union-address-president-obama-needs-to-follow-through-on-immigration-reforms/
Jan
06
Today, the administration took another important step toward fixing one of the most notorious problems with our broken immigration system—the 3 and 10 year bars. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it was filing a notice of intent to change a rule which would streamline the application process for many relatives …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/06/uscis-seeks-to-unify-families-facing-separation-through-revised-waiver-process/
Jan
05
Immigration creates jobs for native-born Americans. That is the fundamental finding of a new study from the American Enterprise Institute and the Partnership For A New American Economy, entitled Immigration and American Jobs. The study—authored by Madeline Zavodny, a professor of economics at Agnes Scott College—reinforces the findings of numerous other studies which have demonstrated …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/01/05/new-report-finds-that-immigration-creates-u-s-jobs/
Dec
19
Exhausted by the base immigration rhetoric prevalent in the GOP presidential debate, a group of concerned Iowans is seeking to reframe the issue in anticipation of the Iowa Caucuses next month. Last week, business, faith and city leaders in Iowa signed the Iowa Compact—a list of five principles meant to guide how people discuss immigration. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/19/as-iowa-caucuses-approach-signatories-of-iowa-compact-hope-to-reframe-immigration-debate/
Dec
08
Immigration is a hot issue in the GOP primary debates, complete with extreme anti-immigrant rhetoric and far-fetched policy proposals. Michele Bachman, for example, promised to deport every undocumented immigrant in the country—a costly and unworkable task. And she’s not the only one. Herman Cain recently “joked” that he would electrify the border fence as a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/08/polls-reveal-conservative-voters-favor-path-to-legal-status-for-unauthorized-immigrants/
Nov
07
Twenty five years ago this week, President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), an immigration reform bill which, despite a contentious debate, managed to pass a Republican Senate and a Democratic House. In fact, Reagan called the immigration bill one of the “most difficult legislative undertakings of recent memory” but one …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/07/remembering-the-benefits-of-irca-25-years-later/
Oct
14
Shortly after Alabama began implementing their anti-immigration law (HB 56), Dayton, Ohio passed legislation that welcomes and integrates immigrants with the hope that they will revitalize their slowing economy. Faced with a declining population, Dayton’s City Commission voted unanimously last week to adopt the Welcome Dayton Plan—a plan that is tapping into the very economic …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/14/dayton-ohio-passes-plan-to-revitalize-economy-through-immigrant-integration/
Oct
03
In a recent speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg highlighted the vital role immigrants play in stimulating economic growth. Bloomberg called for immigration policies that “spur innovation, increase the number of entrepreneurs who start businesses here, and create jobs for Americans on every rung of the economic ladder.” …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/03/declining-cities-look-to-immigrants-to-revitalize-economies-and-increase-university-enrollment/
Sep
22
There is a generation gap in the United States and it is not only a difference in age. It is a difference in color as well. The predominantly white Baby Boomers are just this year beginning to reach retirement age. As they leave the labor force and the tax base over the next two decades, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/22/bridging-the-ethnic-generation-gap-why-an-aging-population-will-depend-on-a-new-generation-of-workers/
Sep
09
Federal courts and prisons are being overwhelmed by the broken U.S. immigration system. That is one of the central points to emerge from data contained in a new report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission. It is also a point that is easily missed if you are looking at the wrong numbers. For instance, the numbers …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/09/u-s-sentencing-commission-data-reveals-dysfunction-of-u-s-immigration-system/
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