Two days after President Obama met with Senators Schumer (D-NY) and Graham (R-SC) to discuss moving forward on immigration reform, Senator Graham appeared on a Sunday morning talk show where he criticized President Obama and his “unwavering commitment” to immigration reform as “political spin” in response to plans for a large immigration rally next week. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/03/15/is-senator-graham-sending-mixed-signals-on-immigration-reform/
Nov
25
Just in Time for Turkey Day: María Celeste Confronts Lou Dobbs on Telemundo
Watch Full Version Here On the heels of leaving CNN, Lou Dobbs sat down with Telemundo’s María Celeste for this interview. Celeste confronts Dobbs for the many past inflammatory remarks he made against immigrants—in particular, the insinuation that Hispanic immigrants are responsible for bringing leprosy into the United States. Watch as Dobbs backpedals and softens …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/11/25/just-in-time-for-turkey-day-maria-celeste-confronts-lou-dobbs-lou-dobbs-on-telemundo/
Nov
17
Does U.S. Attorney Nomination Send a Mixed Signal on Immigration?
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/
Oct
22
Well-Intentioned Brookings Report Falls Short on Solutions
Angela Kelley, VP for Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress. Following a series of roundtable meetings that brought together persons with very diverse opinions on immigration policy, Brookings Institute and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University recently released Breaking the Immigration Stalemate: From Deep Disagreements to Constructive Proposals. After witnessing the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/10/22/well-intentioned-brookings-report-falls-short-on-solutions/
Sep
17
An Anti-Immigrant Hate-Fest on Capitol Hill
Photo by lefteyeonthemedia. A motley collection of anti-immigrant zealots and talk-radio shock jocks of the far right descended upon Washington, DC, this week for an annual event dubbed “Hold Their Feet to the Fire.” The two-day marathon of angry rants on the air waves coincided with three days of lobbying visits to congressional offices organized …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/09/17/an-anti-immigrant-hate-fest-on-capitol-hill/
Aug
20
South Carolina Senator in Search of Solutions
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the Immigration, Refugee and Border Security Subcommittee, has tapped Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to help garner GOP support for a comprehensive immigration bill this year. While not always voting in favor of common sense solutions to our broken immigration system, Senator …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/20/south-carolina-senator-in-search-of-solutions/
Aug
13
Anti-Immigrant Minutemen Join White-Supremacist Militias on the Radical Right
Anti-immigrant groups like the “Minutemen” vigilantes are not only proliferating, but are rapidly beginning to resemble the white-supremacist and anti-government militias that have populated the netherworld of the Radical Right since the early 1990s. Adding insult to injury, the farcical conspiracy theories that circulate among both extreme nativist groups and right-wing militias are now being …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/08/13/anti-immigrant-minutemen-join-white-supremacist-militias-on-the-radical-right/
Jul
07
Community Backlash Over Utah’s Flawed Immigration Law
Video Courtesy of KSL.com Utah’s “get tough on immigration” legislation, Senate Bill 81 (SB81), went into effect last week on July 1st. The litany of protests from faith groups, local police, and conservatives, however, demonstrates the futility of trying to solve a federal immigration problem through state law. Even Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. hesitated …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/07/07/community-backlash-over-utah%e2%80%99s-flawed-immigration-law/
Jul
02
In Order to Form a More Perfect Union
Photo by blink+. As America celebrates its 233rd birthday, we are reminded of the many contributions immigrants have made to America throughout our great history. Nowhere will this be more celebrated than in the 50 naturalization ceremonies taking place around the nation this weekend where 6,000 immigrants will become Americans at venues like Disneyworld and …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/07/02/in-order-to-form-a-more-perfect-union/
Jun
05
Immigration Reform Movement Steams Ahead at National Campaign Summit
After the launch of the national immigration campaign, Reform Immigration FOR America, earlier this week, immigrants, labor unions, business, religious groups, and civil rights organizations continued full steam ahead today at the national immigration Campaign Summit in Washington, D.C., to push Congress for comprehensive immigration reform. According to Summit organizers, the newly re-energized groups managed …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/06/05/immigration-reform-movement-steams-ahead-at-national-campaign-summit/
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