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New Hope on Immigration
The New York Times November 17, 2012 Funny how quickly some principles collapse when given the right kind of shove. One day, the Republican Party is rock-ribbed restrictionist, dedicated to the proposition that unauthorized immigrants are an invading army of job stealers, welfare moochers and criminals whose only acceptable destiny is to be caught and […]
Read MoreNew Hope on Immigration
The New York Times November 17, 2012 Funny how quickly some principles collapse when given the right kind of shove. One day, the Republican Party is rock-ribbed restrictionist, dedicated to the proposition that unauthorized immigrants are an invading army of job stealers, welfare moochers and criminals whose only acceptable destiny is to be caught and […]
Read MoreImmigrant Job Creator Faces Deportation
CNN Money November 16, 2012 It doesn’t matter that Asaf Darash started a U.S. company and created 15 jobs here. Federal immigration officials might kick him out anyway. It’s not that he did anything wrong. Rather, he’s tangled in a web of immigration policies that are tough on entrepreneurs. Darash, 38, originally came here from […]
Read MoreBREAKING: DACA Approvals Surpass 50,000
Earlier this afternoon, the Obama administration released updated statistics indicating that 53,273 undocumented youths have been granted relief under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As of November 15, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had received more than 300,000 requests for deferred action, with most applicants still awaiting the completion of background […]
Read MoreIncluding DACA Recipients in Health Care Reform
By Jenny Rejeske, Health Policy Analyst National Immigration Law Center. The Obama administration’s decision to cut access to affordable health care for young people granted relief from deportation hurts everyone. This decision came weeks after the administration initiated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, which lifts the cloud of deportation for immigrant youth […]
Read MoreObama Seeks Comprehensive Immigration Reform In Early 2013
Reuters November 14, 2012 Emboldened by the large turnout of Hispanic voters in last week’s general election, U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday he plans to move quickly to address what he has called the biggest failure of his first term – comprehensive immigration reform. “Before the election, I had given a couple of interviews […]
Read MoreConservatives Who Support Immigration Reform Need to Rethink Border Security
The elections have produced nothing short of an immigration epiphany among some conservative commentators and politicians. Spurred by the electoral beating that Republican candidates suffered at the hands of Latino voters, pundits and lawmakers who once advocated an enforcement-only solution to the problem of unauthorized immigration are now talking about a pathway to legalization. While […]
Read MoreWatchdog Report Offers Misdiagnosis of Immigration Court Backlog
With more than 325,000 cases pending at the start of October, our nation’s immigration courts are indisputably operating under a crushing backlog. The only question is whether and how it can be resolved. In a little-noticed report issued in early November, the Inspector General of the Justice Department levied a number of criticisms regarding the […]
Read MoreEvangelical Coalition Sees Opportunity For Immigration Reform
Deseret News November 13, 2012 A broad coalition of evangelical leaders, seeing a political opportunity to address immigration on the federal level, on Tuesday renewed its call for President Obama and Congress to begin tackling the historically divisive issue within the first three months of next year… …These coalitions of strange bedfellows in faith, business […]
Read MoreGOP Talks About Immigration Reform But Will It Change Its Tone?
The Huffington Post November 13, 2012 We made history. After all the doubts and questions about Latino voter turnout, the fastest-growing minority group in the country squashed all hearsay and pundit-talk in record numbers, carrying President Obama to reelection and giving other Democratic candidates the push they needed. Now, we are hearing a wave of […]
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