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Mayor Emanuel Introduces Ordinance to Make Chicago an Immigrant-Friendly City
The Examiner July 11, 2012 Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced his intention to introduce a Welcoming City Ordinance that builds on efforts to make Chicago the most immigrant-friendly city in the country by incorporating basic protections for undocumented Chicagoans who have not been convicted of a serious crime and are not wanted on a criminal warrant. […]
Read MoreHow Overburdened Immigration Courts Can Be Improved
By Naike Savain. Immigration courts are notorious for significant backlogs and lacking sufficient resources to timely and justly adjudicate the hundreds of thousands of removal cases pending before them. And, despite recent announcements that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is exercising prosecutorial discretion in some removal cases, immigration courts throughout the country struggle to […]
Read MoreBig Step Forward on High-Skilled Immigration Bill
National Journal July 11, 2012 Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican Chuck Grassley on Wednesday removed a huge barrier to legislation that could speed the doddering visa system for highly skilled immigration. He removed his “hold” on legislation that would ease the immense backlogs for applicants from India and China, home to many superskilled immigrants. President […]
Read MoreThe Entrepreneurs We Can’t Afford to Lose
Washington Post July 11, 2012 Immigrant entrepreneurs have not only helped build the U.S. economy and, by extension, the country, they hold the key to our future success. We already know from the pioneering research of Singularity University vice president and Washington Post columnist Vivek Wadhwa and Berkeley’s School of Information Sciences dean Annalee Saxenian […]
Read MoreIssue Media Update: The City as a Startup
The Line July 11, 2012 In answer to a question about the most important thing cities can do as business generators, Case said, “Recruit for talent and find ways to connect people. “It’s the role of the government to set the stage for innovation to flourish,” he said, and one way to do that is […]
Read MoreFor Immigrants, Alternatives to Detention Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be
On any given day, approximately 300,000 immigrants in the United States have pending removal proceedings to determine whether they will be deported from the country. Of those, about 10% are kept in detention centers while proceedings are pending, with the rest are subject to alternatives ranging from the posting of bail to the use of […]
Read MoreSome States Attempt to Move Forward on Immigration Laws Following Supreme Court Decision
Prior to the Supreme Court’s recent decision on Arizona SB 1070, other states that passed immigration laws were also embroiled in complicated legal battles. Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Utah all passed restrictive immigration laws, parts of which were challenged in court and subsequently enjoined pending the Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona. Now that the […]
Read MoreCivil Rights Groups Resume Legal Challenges to Alabama’s Immigration Law
Less than three weeks after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Arizona v. United States—which struck down three provisions of SB 1070 and invited future challenges to a fourth—civil rights groups are back in court resuming their challenges to copycat laws in other states. Going forward, the lawsuits will focus more on how to interpret […]
Read MoreIn California, TRUST Act One Step Closer to Becoming Law
The California state Senate overwhelmingly approved the TRUST Act on Thursday, marking a significant step for a piece of legislation aimed at limiting the humanitarian impact of the Secure Communities program. The bill must still pass the state Assembly and be signed by Gov. Jerry Brown to become law, but its success thus far represents […]
Read MoreStudy Shows More Foreigners than US Citizens Applying for US Patents
workpermit.com July 4, 2012 A new study has revealed that foreign students and researchers file 76 percent of patents at America’s top universities. The study, released Tuesday, follows another recently published report that found that US immigrants are more likely to start a business than non-immigrants. The Partnership for a New American Economy, the group […]
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