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Texas Governor Invokes Nonsensical Statistics on Immigrant Crime in His State
After more than a century’s worth of studies and reports, you’d think that politicians would have gotten the message: not only are the vast majority of immigrants not criminals, but immigrants are less likely to be criminals than native-born Americans. This is true for both unauthorized immigrants and those who are legally present in the […]
Read MoreThere’s reason for optimism on immigration
The drive to reform America’s broken immigration system suffered a major blow last week when neither the U.S. Senate nor the U.S. House could manage to agree on an appropriation to deal with the thousands of children, many traveling without their parents, who are arriving at our southern border every month. The president’s request for […]
Read MoreHouse Uses Unaccompanied Kids as Excuse for More Enforcement, Less Due Process
Congress adjourned last week without passing a supplemental spending bill to cover the costs of managing the influx of unaccompanied minors and families in the Rio Grande Valley. If the issue had simply been one of how much of President Obama’s $3.7 billion request actually would be appropriated, there might have been a compromise. The […]
Read MoreHouse Fails to Address Problems While Stripping Deportation Relief for Immigrants
The House of Representatives approved two bills Friday night, one that allocated only a fraction of the funds needed to address the humanitarian situation surrounding unaccompanied children and another that strips deportation relief for more than half a million young immigrants. Both passed on largely partisan lines. The funding bill only provides $694 million out […]
Read MoreFrench Founder Launches Second Company in U.S. for Better Opportunity
Stéphane Le Viet, who earned a Master’s in applied mathematics at Harvard University, started a U.S.-based company while still living in France that helps other companies advertise jobs on Facebook. After earning a hefty round of financing, he’ll be moving to the United States on an investor visa this fall. Stéphane Le Viet, a 32-year-old […]
Read MoreOver 100 Faith Leaders Arrested in Protest Against Record Deportations
Nuns, pastors, rabbis and other faith leaders were arrested outside the White House on Thursday in a massive act of civil disobedience to press the Obama administration to end the 1,100 deportations that occur every day. “Too many families have been separated. Too many tears have been shed because of our unjust laws,” Reverend John […]
Read MoreGroups Ask Court to Block Deportation Hearings for Children Without Legal Representation
Washington D.C. – The American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Public Counsel, and K&L Gates LLP have asked a federal court to immediately block the government from pursuing deportation proceedings against several children unless it ensures those youth have legal representation. The move comes as immigration courts are speeding up […]
Read MoreIowa officials, Farm Bureau run ad urging congress to act on immigration
The nation’s largest farm group and Iowa officials were among those unveiling a nationwide ad Thursday calling on Congress to pass immigration reform – an effort that so far has been bogged down by partisan wrangling in Washington. The ad was released by the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Partnership for a New American […]
Read MoreMore Cities Charting an Immigrant-Friendly Path
Positive changes are happening at the local level throughout the country. A growing number of cities, counties, and metropolitan areas get that welcoming immigrants for better and more comprehensive integration is good for their communities. Just within the past week, for example, the Ohio cities of Cincinnati and Springfield officially decided to become more immigrant-friendly. […]
Read MoreTop business leaders, farm group urge Congress to act on immigration
What happens when American farmers don’t have enough workers to harvest crops? Bernie Thiel, who operates his family’s Sunburst Farms near Lubbock, Texas, says in a new ad urging passage of an immigration bill that he had to destroy 10 acres of squash last year because of a shortage of workers. “American families are demanding […]
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