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Data Supports Benefits of Immigration Reform in a Bear Market Economy
Last week, the White House reaffirmed President Obama’s commitment to working on immigration reform during his first year as president. While Obama has made clear that fixing the economy is his number one priority, a summary of recent research released by the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) shows that fixing the broken immigration system could bring […]
Read MorePay Attention to that Man behind the Curtain
As right-wing political pundits questioned the Obama administrations’ renewed commitment to comprehensive immigration reform yesterday, the Wall Street Journal pulled back the curtain to reveal White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, as a new committed ally in the fight for immigration reform. Billed as a brilliant political strategist by Janet Murguia of the National […]
Read MoreObama to Make Good on Promise of Immigration Reform This Year
Today, the New York Times reported that the Obama administration has reiterated its intention to tackle comprehensive immigration reform this year. Immigration restrictionists have been working under the assumption that President Obama’s promise to reform the dysfunctional U.S. immigration system during his first year in office would be sidelined by the current recession. But the […]
Read MoreUtah Police Say “Local Agencies Can’t Solve the Immigration Problem”
Salt Lake City’s local NBC channel reports that many residents are up in arms about a new state immigration law (SB 81) that would allow police to question individuals’ legal status, among other stringent requirements on everyone from employers to landlords. The Salt Lake Police Department’s Chief Burbank has been opposed to the immigration bill […]
Read MoreRev. Al Sharpton Demands Sheriff Arpaio’s Resignation
In an act of solidarity with the immigrant community, National Action Network’s Reverend Al Sharpton and ACORN‘s Chief Organizer and CEO, Bertha Lewis called for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s resignation and an end to racial profiling on a national media call today. Never one to miss the national spotlight, Sheriff Arpaio is currently the focus of […]
Read MoreICE Agent Sues ICE Agents for Storming His House
We’ve heard the stories about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents terrorizing immigrant families by kicking in doors in the middle of the night and separating mothers and fathers from their children. However, in an ironic twist, Customs and Border Protection Officer Jim Slaughter is filing a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security after […]
Read MoreNapolitano Navigates Border Problems in a Broken Immigration System
Late last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met with Mexican officials and announced yet another re-focus of her agency’s objectives: hundreds of border patrol agents will be paying just as much attention to what goes into Mexico as to who comes out of it. In other words: NAPOLITANO: …from now on, when […]
Read MoreThe Times They Are A-Changin’
Who would have believed a year ago that a conservative New York legislator named Kirsten Gillibrand, who formerly opposed immigration reform, would become the junior New York Senator and co-sponsor the Dream Act, giving the children of the undocumented a shot at higher education, in her first few months in office? And who would have […]
Read MoreHouse Hearing Shows 287(g) “Sets Police Profession Back to 1950’s”
In response to evidence piling up suggesting that the 287(g) program is experiencing an array of problems, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law and the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing today to learn more about the program’s alarming effects. Members […]
Read MoreMaricopa County Halts Sheriff Arpaio’s Immigration Funds
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Arizona has voted to postpone the acceptance of $1.6 million from the state to help pay for County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s controversial immigration enforcement tactics. Observers said the decision could signal that the board is concerned by federal inquires into Arpaio’s practices, which allegedly include discrimination and racial […]
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