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Watchdog Report Offers Misdiagnosis of Immigration Court Backlog
With more than 325,000 cases pending at the start of October, our nation’s immigration courts are indisputably operating under a crushing backlog. The only question is whether and how it can be resolved. In a little-noticed report issued in early November, the Inspector General of the Justice Department levied a number of criticisms regarding the […]
Read MoreHave Degree, Will Work
Inside Higher Ed November 13, 2012 A new student-directed documentary explores the difficulties international students face in attempting to work in the United States after they graduate. Students interviewed for the film describe frustrations in finding employers willing to sponsor their visa applications, long delays in visa processing times, and a general lack of freedom: […]
Read MoreImmigration reform ASAP
BostonHerald.com November 13, 2012 President Obama had a convenient excuse for failing to pursue a comprehensive immigration reform bill in his first term — those darn Republicans in the House, they were just out to obstruct him at every turn. That ignored the fact that Democrats held the House for the first two years, when […]
Read MoreEvangelical Coalition Sees Opportunity For Immigration Reform
Deseret News November 13, 2012 A broad coalition of evangelical leaders, seeing a political opportunity to address immigration on the federal level, on Tuesday renewed its call for President Obama and Congress to begin tackling the historically divisive issue within the first three months of next year… …These coalitions of strange bedfellows in faith, business […]
Read MoreThe Immigrant Entrepreneurship Decline in the U.S.
ThomasNet.com November 13, 2012 A recently released report from the Kauffman Foundation, found that the percentage of immigrant-founded companies nationwide dropped from 25.3 percent in 2005 to 24.3 percent last year. A closer look at Silicon Valley start-ups also revealed a more drastic decline: while 52.4 percent of tech start-ups were founded by immigrants in […]
Read MoreGOP Talks About Immigration Reform But Will It Change Its Tone?
The Huffington Post November 13, 2012 We made history. After all the doubts and questions about Latino voter turnout, the fastest-growing minority group in the country squashed all hearsay and pundit-talk in record numbers, carrying President Obama to reelection and giving other Democratic candidates the push they needed. Now, we are hearing a wave of […]
Read MoreThe Business Plan for American Revival
Wall Street Journal November 13, 2012 Four years ago, it was said that the incoming Obama administration aspired to the dynamic that existed in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet, where former competitors and antagonists came together to help the country through the Civil War. If Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals” was the historical aspiration then, the […]
Read MoreComplaints Against Immigrant Judges FOIA
On November 13, 2012, American Immigration Council in conjunction with AILA and Public Citizen, submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) for all complaints made against immigration judges, records relating to those complaints, and an index of those requested records that constitute final opinions and orders made […]
Read MoreCouncil Commends Latest Ruling Allowing Immigration Judges to Consider Evidence of Hardship
Washington, D.C.—Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a unanimous ruling that will allow Immigration Judges to exercise discretion in cases involving lawful permanent residents (LPRs) whose removal would cause extreme hardship to family members in the United States. The ruling is the latest opinion from a federal appellate court […]
Read MoreRecognizing the Contribution of Immigrants to the Armed Forces
By Brett Hunt, Iraq War Veteran and former Captain in the U.S. Army. “I’m a Cuban refugee who came to this country when I was 10-years-old and flunked the sixth grade because I couldn’t speak English.” That’s a quote that won’t surprise many Americans on both sides of the immigration debate.
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