Jan 31
As the immigration debate heats up in Congress, the central question for much of the American public will be whether or not to create a pathway to legal status for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants now living in the United States. In formulating an answer to that question, however, it is necessary to ask two …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/31/why-should-we-support-a-legalization-program-for-unauthorized-immigrants/
Jan 11
For more than a decade, the general thrust of U.S. immigration policy has been aimed at expanding the grounds of removal and the tools for facilitating deportations from the country. Not surprisingly, this has come at an enormous cost. Although the figure has been disputed by restrictionists, a report from the Migration Policy Institute recently …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/01/11/removals-remain-the-starkest-measure-of-immigration-enforcement/
Dec 03
Even as the push for legislative reform to our immigration system begins anew, it’s important that every tool to fix our outdated immigration system be employed, including administrative reform. While rarely discussed, attention must be paid to immigration court reform. Immigration courts lack many of the hallmarks of due process that Americans have come to expect, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/12/03/using-administrative-tools-to-improve-immigration-court/
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 05
By Patrick Oakford, Research Assistant for the Economic Policy Team at the Center for American Progress Last week the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a shocking report claiming that most new jobs created under President Obama have gone to immigrants. Aside from the sheer incorrectness of the claim, being founded on flawed methodologies, CIS …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/05/nativist-group-releases-hopelessly-flawed-report-on-immigrants-and-job-creation/
Oct 03
Republican Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has become a poignant and effective advocate for smart immigration policies, including the DREAM Act. On Monday, Shurtleff spoke at the Immigration Law and Policy Conference, in Washington D.C., where he concluded that the “biggest casualty in the immigration debate is the truth.” Shurtleff understands prosecutorial discretion, and is …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/03/utah-attorney-general-pushes-sensible-immigration-policies/
Oct 02
In the world of anti-immigrant activists who specialize in stamping out “voter fraud” by non-U.S. citizens, there are few symbols more potent than that of the bus. Apparently, a bus is the favored mode of transportation among the legions of immigrants who want to subvert the U.S. electoral process by illegally casting ballots. Many a …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/10/02/anti-immigrant-activists-still-pushing-the-myth-of-voter-fraud-by-noncitizens/
Sep 27
Faced with a battered, post-recession economy, lawmakers in Arizona adopted a unique approach to fostering economic recovery; they passed a law that beat down or drove out tens of thousands of the state’s workers, consumers, and taxpayers. The rationale for this counterintuitive action was that the workers, consumers, and taxpayers in question were unauthorized immigrants, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/09/27/arizonas-immigration-policies-are-an-economic-disaster/
Sep 10
It is by now well-known that more immigrants have been deported on an annual basis since President Obama took office than at any time in U.S. history. Late last month, however, Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) issued a statement seeking to cast doubt on this widely accepted fact by alleging that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/09/10/clearing-up-the-controversy-over-the-number-of-ice-removals/
Aug 14
As the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative begins accepting applications this week, many are wondering whether beneficiaries of the program will be eligible to obtain a state driver’s license. At this point the answer is: it depends.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/08/14/can-deferred-action-beneficiaries-get-drivers-licenses/
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