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Weekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (June 13-17)
What does it take to win? Find out in today’s Weekend Reading post. In the Financial Times, Silicon Valley titan Michael Moritz offers a powerful argument on immigration policy and what it will take to win the White House. He writes, “the women and men of Silicon Valley welcome open borders. They are not nationalists […]
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (May 23-27)
In case you missed the compelling image of 2nd Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache standing at attention with a tear streaming down his cheek during the commencement ceremony at West Point’s U.S. Military Academy going viral on social media this week, check out the Washington Post’s feature on Idrache, who immigrated to America from Haiti in […]
Read MoreThis Japanese Immigrant Helps Immigrant Businesses Contribute $170 Million to the St. Louis Economy Yearly
During her 38 years as president and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis, Anna Crosslin has seen how immigrants and refugees have made significant contributions to the city with the right support. The Institute serves 7,500 immigrants and refugees from more than 80 countries, providing language and citizenship classes, translation and interpretation services, […]
Read MoreCouncil and AILA comments to the DOJ/EOIR regarding the “Retrospective Regulatory Review” (Nov. 27, 2012)
Pertaining to regulations on motions to reopen, stays of removal, bond hearings, telephonic and video hearings, filing and service of documents and decisions, and stipulated removal orders.
Read MorePetition Comments to the DOJ/EOIR regarding the “Retrospective Regulatory Review” (submitted Nov. 27, 2012)
The Council, in collaboration with AILA, inter alia, urged EOIR to amend regulations pertaining to telephonic and video hearings (see page 4).
Read MoreUnited States v. State of Texas, No. 15-674 (S.Ct., amicus brief filed November 30, 2015)
The American Immigration Council, in collaboration with the National Immigration Law Center, the Service Employees International Union, American Federal of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Advancement Project, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, among others, filed an amicus brief on behalf of a coalition of 224 immigration, civil rights, labor and social service groups, urging the Supreme Court to review the case that has blocked expanded DACA and DAPA.
Read MoreStatement on H-1B Fiscal Year 2017 Cap Season
CONTACT Sarah Doolin, Partnership for a New American Economy, [email protected] As the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) opens for H-1B visa petitions, New American Economy Chairman John Feinblatt states: “Today tens of thousands of businesses will file H-1B visa applications to get the talent they need to grow and compete globally, but […]
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Highlights from this week’s immigration news (March 7 – March 11)
This week, Democratic and Republican debates took place in Florida, a state where immigrants play a critical role in the local economy. In this CNN piece, Ione Molinares profiles multiple Hispanic leaders in Central Florida, including Karina Oyola, who owns a tax preparation business based in Plaza del Sol. America’s top universities are a magnet […]
Read MoreAfter Five Years, Are Challenges to SB 1070 Coming to an End?
A federal judge in Arizona issued a decision on September 4, which some say signals the end of years of legal challenges against Arizona’s SB 1070 law. For the most part, the law has been gutted, drastically reducing much of the negative impact of this wrong-headed, draconian state immigration law, which made Arizona the subject […]
Read MoreStruggling U.S. farmers are paying Mexican laborers up to $17 an hour
Farmers are struggling to make ends meet because of labor problems U.S. policymakers didn’t foresee when strengthening anti-immigration laws. Latino laborers, once subjugated to backbreaking work conditions for a fraction of what other American jobs pay, are being welcomed with raised wages, improved medical benefits, and cheaper housing costs by farm owners desperate to solve […]
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