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Border Patrol Deploying Mexican Folk Music as Enforcement Tactic
While funneling more than $1.4 billion into barricading the U.S.-Mexico border with electric fences, vehicle barriers, and 6,000 National Guard troops under the purview of the Bush administration, the U.S. Border Patrol also began a more artistic approach to intercepting the flow of job-seeking nannies and busboys from Mexico in to the U.S. The agency […]
Read More“New American” Idols
Last fall, IPC produced a report about The New American Electorate: The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and Their Children discussing how immigrants and their native-born children, born after 1965, were closely connected to the issue of immigration and that it would prove to be an important factor in their voting decisions. Fast forward to […]
Read MoreA Taste of Real American Justice for Sheriff Arpaio
Even immigration hardliners have to shake their heads at Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose anti-immigrant publicity stunts have angered countless across the nation. The Arizona Sheriff’s latest immigrant exploit, which reads like something out of a super villain’s Do It Yourself manual, involved rounding up immigrant detainees, shackling them and forcing them to march […]
Read MoreEmployment-Based Visa Categories in the United States
Current U.S. immigration law provides several paths for foreign workers to enter the United States for employment purposes on a temporary or permanent basis. This fact sheet provides basic information about how the employment-based U.S. immigration system works.
Read MoreNew Americans: A Springboard for California’s Economy
Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that analysts across the country have been worried that the economic crisis has fueled an increase in hate groups and racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric. With its large immigrant population and current economic woes, California is in the belly of the beast. Yet, while many restrictionists and anti-immigrant groups are […]
Read MoreCommunities Across the Nation Rethink Hard-Line Immigration Laws
Amidst a deep economic recession and a growing climate of fear and alienation within immigrant communities, many states, cities and counties that “plunged into the immigration debate are having second thoughts,” reports USA Today. In states like Texas, Alabama and elsewhere, hard-line immigration legislation has been repealed or modified by lawmakers that have come to […]
Read MoreNY’s Gillibrand Softens on Immigration
“In a lot of these [immigration] issues, it’s a case of learning more and expanding my view,” said Kirsten Gillibrand-the new Senator of New York who has recently indicated that she’s rethinking her hard-line approach to immigration and opting for more pragmatic solutions. Gillibrand’s change of heart in part has to do with the 8,142,871 […]
Read MoreGov. Paterson Stuns Immigrant Community With Gillibrand Senate Pick
The State of New York has, throughout its history, been both a haven and a hotbed for immigrants and diversity. That’s why New York State Governor David Paterson’s decision to pick Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as U.S. Senator raises deep concern among immigrants and advocates in the state and across […]
Read MoreNapolitano Brings New Day to the Department of Homeland Security
Although many questions were left unanswered at the confirmation hearing of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano this week, make no mistake that she has always been a vocal supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. She has made countless numbers of statements in support of smart, sensible and thorough solutions to our broken immigration system. Watch the speech […]
Read MoreHate Group Blames Immigrants for Potholes
The hate group Social Contract Press, which takes a dim view of dark-hued people in general and immigrants in particular, yesterday released a new report entitled The Twin Crises: Immigration and Infrastructure. The report is based on a simplistic and fundamentally flawed premise: that immigration is a major factor in the deterioration of the nation’s […]
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