Filter
Reason for Reform Campaign Launches with New Data, 62 Events in All 50 States Calling for Immigration Reform
Reason for Reform Campaign Launches with New Data, 62 Events in All 50 States Calling for Immigration Reform Fifty-one new reports (every state plus Washington DC) make the economic case for immigration reform New digital tool allows users to make a video calling for reform and send it directly to Congress New York, NY—Today, the […]
Read MoreLaunching Today: NAE’s Reason for Reform Campaign and National Day of Action
Today we are excited to officially launch our Reason for Reform campaign. Reason for Reform calls on all those affected by our country’s broken immigration system—from farmers to tech leaders, students to faith communities, and others—to give their reasons for reform by recording brief, 30-second videos from cell phones or computers. Your video will be […]
Read MoreFederal Court Grants Class-Action Status in Challenge to Obama Administration
A federal court has granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s failure to provide children in immigration court with lawyers in their deportation hearings. Several thousand children are estimated to be members of the class.
Read MoreTime for Congress to Go Back to Bi-Partisan Comprehensive Solutions to Immigration
Washington D.C. – Today, the Senate rejected the motion to proceed on Senator David Vitter’s (R-LA) “Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act” (S. 2146). This bill is an enforcement-only approach to immigration and would punish cities and states that adopt community policing policies that work to make communities safer and increasecommunication between police and their […]
Read MoreEnforcement Overdrive: A Comprehensive Assessment of ICE’s Criminal Alien Program
This examination of the Criminal Alien Program’s outcomes from fiscal years 2010 to 2013 offers important insights into CAP’s operations over time and its potential impact on communities moving forward.
Read MoreA Guide to Children Arriving at the Border: Laws, Policies and Responses
This Guide provides information about the tens of thousands of children—some travelling with their parents and others alone—who have fled their homes in Central America and arrived at our southern border.
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (June 20-24)
This week, the Supreme Court held a split vote on immigration, resulting in a maintained block on President Obama’s plan to protect from deportation millions of undocumented immigrants who are parents of citizens or permanent residents (DAPA) and young people who were brought to the United States before their 16th birthday and have been in […]
Read MoreReport on New Americans in San José & Santa Clara County Highlights Economic Contributions of Immigrants
CONTACTS Sarah Doolin, New American Economy, [email protected] Zulma Maciel, Strategic Partnerships and Office of Immigrant Affairs, City of San José, [email protected]; (408) 535-8146 Silicon Valley Business Roundtable discusses local immigrant integration; new report shows foreign-born households bring billions to Santa Clara County GDP Santa Clara County, Calif. –Tomorrow, San José Mayor Sam Liccardo, the San Jose […]
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (May 16-20)
This week Tom Nassif, president and CEO of the Western Growers Association, which represents farmers in California, Arizona, and Colorado, penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, proposing that governors take the lead on immigration reform. “As chief executives,” he writes, “governors know how to get things done. They are problem-solvers who are usually […]
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (May 9 – 13)
Pew Research Center found that the number of citizenship applications reached its record high in four years. From last October to this January, 249,609 permanent residents applied for naturalization, a 5-percent increase from the same period ahead of the 2012 elections. Though recent headlines have suggested that the jump is in response to Donald Trump’s […]
Read MoreMake a contribution
Make a direct impact on the lives of immigrants.
