America: Start-Up Nation of Immigrants
…that of their family and friends on an idea. Immigrants are gutsy enough to uproot from their home countries to take a chance on an idea of progress in America….
Read MorePosted by Brett Hunt | Dec 6, 2012 | Business & the Workforce, Demographics, Economics, Entrepreneurship/Innovation, Integration, Legislation, Reform
…that of their family and friends on an idea. Immigrants are gutsy enough to uproot from their home countries to take a chance on an idea of progress in America….
Read MorePosted by Walter Ewing | Nov 6, 2017 | Abuses, Detention, Enforcement, How the Immigration System Works
…fast-tracked the deportation of apprehended border crossers. Detained immigrants are often held in dangerous detention facilities. Programs such as 287(g) transform local police into proxy immigration agents. Immigrant families containing…
Read MorePosted by Walter Ewing | Nov 13, 2015 | Enforcement
…U.S.-born children, and was caught illegally crossing the border in May 2010 to get back to his family in San Diego. Rojas was beaten and tased, even as he lay…
Read MorePosted by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Oct 13, 2021 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement
…Mexican police in January 2021 on his way back to rejoin his family. Following both of those raids, the employers largely received slaps on the wrist for hiring undocumented immigrants…
Read MorePosted by Mary Giovagnoli | Feb 26, 2018 | History of Immigration, Immigration 101
…humanitarian protections, like refugee and asylum status, promoting citizenship, and processing family and employment-based applications for lawful permanent residents. Sadly, this move sets the stage for viewing would-be refugees, asylum…
Read MorePosted by Benjamin Johnson | Mar 17, 2015 | Economics, Employment and Wages, High Skilled
…only through employment-based channels but through family reunification and as refugees and asylees. They can also be found within the population of unauthorized workers. The importance of reforming our system—all…
Read MorePosted by Seth Hoy | Aug 13, 2010 | Birthright Citizenship
…through childbirth is just false. As Senator John Kerry (D-MA) pointed out in a recent editorial, undocumented parents with U.S.-born children have to wait decades to apply for family-sponsored citizenship:…
Read MorePosted by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Oct 8, 2021 | Asylum, Border Enforcement, Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection
…in collapse. Without rhyme or reason, outcomes differed from one family to the next, to the extent that some peoples’ fates might as well have been decided by the roll…
Read MorePosted by Mary Giovagnoli | Nov 24, 2010
…we may need to put political differences aside for the sake of family, friends, and pumpkin pie. But when you work in immigration, people inevitably bring the topic up and…
Read MorePosted by Royce Murray | Feb 23, 2018 | Asylum, Humanitarian Protection, Waivers and Relief from Deportation
…for an interview, detailed memories fade, supporting documents get lost, corroborating witnesses become harder to find, and evidence grows stale. Long delays also prevent family members from reuniting in safety…
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