Apr 23
For more than seven hours on Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee listened to testimony from almost two dozen people about the immigration reform bill a bipartisan group of senators introduced last week. From visas for farm workers and other foreign workers to the mandatory E-Verify system included in the bill, senators debated and questioned the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/23/senate-hearing-reinforces-why-congress-needs-to-pass-comprehensive-immigration-reform/
Nov 28
If you follow immigration, but are returning from a month-long, news-free vacation, there’s only one conclusion you would draw from the legislation Republicans offered up this week in Congress: Mitt Romney must have won the presidential election. After all, the ACHIEVE Act, introduced yesterday by retiring Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/28/this-weeks-immigration-proposals-old-news-old-ideas/
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/
Sep 26
As a high-ranking Justice Department attorney after 9/11, John Yoo authored an infamous legal memo arguing that the President, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, possessed irrevocable authority to order the torture of alleged “enemy combatants.” Although the memos were subsequently revoked, Yoo has remained an ardent defender of presidential power—except, it appears, when it …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/09/26/author-of-torture-memos-challenges-legality-of-daca/
Aug 07
According to data released by the Immigration Policy Center, there are approximately 6,500 young people in Missouri who may benefit from President Obama’s plan to grant deferred action to DREAM eligible youth. This isn’t a huge amount in the grand scheme of things, as Missouri ranks 31st in the country with respect to the number …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/08/07/what-the-show-me-state-shows-us-about-immigration/
Jul 30
Since June 15, the immigration world has largely focused on the impending “deferred action” initiative for individuals who could have qualified for relief under the DREAM Act. Meanwhile, comparatively little attention has been paid to the still ongoing review of more than 300,000 pending removal cases for individuals meriting a favorable exercise of prosecutorial discretion. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/07/30/ice-numbers-on-prosecutorial-discretion-sliding-downward/
Jul 20
By Caitlin Patler, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, UCLA There are roughly 5 million undocumented children and young adults currently living in the U.S. today, 24% (or 1.1 million) of whom live in California. As in other states, California’s undocumented youth face a unique and challenging paradox. On one hand, they work hard, excel academically, participate …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/07/20/california-dreamers-exhibit-high-levels-of-civic-participation-yet-face-significant-hardships/
Jul 02
In a June 15th memo announcing deferred action for immigrant youth, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano gave USCIS 60 days to come up with a process that will allow these young people to affirmatively apply for the chance to work, study, and live in the U.S. without fear of deportation. To be sure, USCIS staff and …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/07/02/how-should-obama-administration-proceed-with-deferred-action-program/
Jun 18
While today’s headlines assess the significance of President Obama’s deferred action announcement on Friday, many are still sorting through the news to get answers to basic questions about who is covered under the new program. Prior to President Obama’s statement that DHS would halt the deportation of immigrant youth who met criteria similar to the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/06/18/a-breakdown-of-dhss-deferred-action-for-dreamers/
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