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Immigration Reform Would Alleviate America’s Aging Crisis, New Research Briefs Show
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2015 CONTACTS: Sarah Doolin, [email protected] IMMIGRATION REFORM WOULD ALLEVIATE AMERICA’S AGING CRISIS, NEW RESEARCH BRIEFS SHOW New York, NY—To mark Senior Citizens Day, which honors the elderly and their role in American life, the Partnership for a New American Economy released four research briefs that examine the role immigrants play in alleviating […]
Read MoreImmigration Reform Would Alleviate America’s Aging Crisis, New Research Briefs Show
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2015 CONTACTS: Sarah Doolin, [email protected] IMMIGRATION REFORM WOULD ALLEVIATE AMERICA’S AGING CRISIS, NEW RESEARCH BRIEFS SHOW New York, NY—To mark Senior Citizens Day, which honors the elderly and their role in American life, the Partnership for a New American Economy released four research briefs that examine the role immigrants play in alleviating […]
Read MoreCourt Issues Decision in Washtech, Case Challenging Training for U.S.-Educated Noncitizens
This week, a federal district court issued a decision in Washtech (Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. DHS), a lawsuit brought, in part, by the Immigration Reform Law Institute, to prevent foreign students from having an opportunity to gain meaningful practical experience in the United States. The court invalidated the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) […]
Read MoreOn U.S. Farms, Fewer Hands for the Harvest
Last year, about a quarter of Biringer Farm’s strawberries and raspberries rotted in the field because it couldn’t find enough workers. Samantha Bond was determined not to let that happen again. Early this year, Ms. Bond, human resources manager for the 35-acre farm in Arlington, Wash., offered 20% raises to the most productive workers from the last […]
Read MoreImmigrant Children Without Attorneys are Still Being Ordered Deported
It would seem to be a simple matter of conscience that no child should ever stand before a judge without having an attorney as an advocate. Younger children in particular may not even understand the significance of their day in court or how a judge’s ruling can profoundly impact the rest of their lives. Nowhere […]
Read MoreWho and Where Are the Actual and Potential Beneficiaries of DACA?
Since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was first implemented in August 2012, hundreds of thousands of young immigrants were provided with a temporary reprieve from deportation and access to work authorization. As of March 31, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had accepted just about 750,000 initial requests and granted DACA […]
Read MoreGovernment Doubles Down on Locking Up Immigrant Mothers and Children
The government continued to defend its widespread detention of asylum-seeking women and children in documents filed last week in the Flores case. Advocates went to court in February to argue that the government’s family detention centers violate the long-standing Flores v. Reno settlement agreement, which set minimum standards for the detention, release and treatment of […]
Read MoreWhy Immigration May Decide the 2016 Election
Immigration is already a top issue in the 2016 presidential race, as it was in previous election cycles. In 2012, harsh rhetoric dramatically affected the Republican Party’s appeal with Hispanic and Asian voters — they lost over 70 percent of that vote in the presidential race — and among other immigrant-friendly voting blocs. Looking toward […]
Read MoreDHS Faces Challenges as It Rolls Out the Priority Enforcement Program
Among the executive actions on immigration unveiled last November was the announcement that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would end the controversial Secure Communities program and replace it with the new Priority Enforcement Program (PEP). After months of planning, DHS officially launched PEP last month. The agency has begun a full court press on […]
Read MoreICE’s Computerized Detention Decision-Maker Can’t Work Because of Mandatory Detention Laws
In January 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) implemented the “Risk Classification Assessment” (RCA)—a computerized tool that analyzes evidence and recommends whether to detain or release immigrants facing deportation. Yet ICE still detained 80 percent of its arrestees in FY 2013, in a detention system that remains enormous, and expanded further in 2014 to […]
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