Court Finds Government Violating Obligations (Again) to Children in Family Detention
A U.S. District Court condemned the federal government for continuing to disregard critical protections for children in detention. Read More
Millions of Dollars at Stake When Visas for Japanese Roe Technicians Delayed
It’s hard not to marvel at the organization of the Alaska seafood business, which maintains a reliably healthy fishery while pumping billions of dollars into the national economy every year. It begins with rigorous resource management by the state and ends with an elaborate, private, global distribution system. Smack in… Read More
The Edmond Sun (OK): Opinion: Immigration reform is necessary for Farmers and Ranchers
Why don’t they just get in line? This is the question many ask when it comes to immigrants attempting to enter our country to work. At this point, it is important we acknowledge that under our current immigration laws, it is simpler to come here illegally… Read More
The Journal Record (OK): Opinion: Enhancing legal immigration pays dividends
It’s time for Americans to rethink the stigmatized dialogue surrounding immigration. With the often inflammatory rhetoric that tends to surround this issue, the value that immigrants bring to the business interests in our country is lost in the noise. Many of our national leaders, including President Donald Trump, are considered… Read More
Immigrants Ready, Able, and Needed on Wisconsin Dairy Farms
Mar-Bec Dairy has 900 dairy cows and grows feed on 1,800 acres. To keep the operation running, owner Marty Hallock depends on immigrants: 9 of his 17 full-time employees are from Mexico. “These people are committed to dairy farming,” he says, “and absolutely vital to my operation.” Without these steady… Read More
The Tennessean (TN): Opinion: It’s time to renew a push for immigration reform
Immigration is one of the most urgent problems our country faces today. With a little political will and leadership, it can be solvable. There are an estimated 11 million undocumented people in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. These people are living and working in the shadows… Read More
VT Digger: Commentary: Immigrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers And The Myths Of Migration
When I was a child, I thought everyone was a first-generation American like me. I couldn’t believe it when friends said their parents and grandparents were born here. All of my maternal and paternal family – parents, aunts, uncles and their parents – emigrated to the United States and Canada… Read More
Refugees in the U.S. Had More Than $56 Billion in Spending Power in 2015, New Study Shows
NEW YORK, New York – Refugees earned more than $77 billion in household income and paid almost $21 billion in taxes in 2015, according to a new study released by New American Economy. The new report is one of the few comprehensive analyses of how refugees contribute to… Read More
Immigration Justice Campaign Launched to Train Legal Community to Defend Against Ramped-Up Deportation Machine
The American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) are responding to this representation crisis with an Immigration Justice Campaign, a new initiative to prepare more lawyers to be cutting-edge defenders of immigrants facing deportatio Read More
Award-Winning Dairy Farmer Depends on Immigrant Workforce
With 430 milk cows, Mitch Breunig’s family farm, Mystic Valley Dairy, in Sauk City, Wisconsin, is a large operation. The round-the-clock job of caring for the animals is done by the farm’s eight full-time employees, seven of whom are immigrants from Latin America. “They come to Wisconsin for the opportunity… Read More
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