News (Noticias) for Immigration
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November 7, 2009
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Symposium:
San Francisco’s Role in Shaping National Immigration Policy – November 9, 2009
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
Would Mass Deportation Mean More Jobs for U.S. Workers?
November 6, 2009
The closing immigration window
THE LEGALIZATION SOLUTION – IPC Reports Highlight Gains Made From Legalization Programs Past and Explore Future Legalization Proposals
Activists Push for Immigration Reform on Anniversary of Long Island Hate Crime – Marcelo Lucero
Native American corporations, particularly an array of Alaska Native Corporations, have become major defense and homeland security contractors – responsible for a wide range of national security operations, including electronic surveillance on the border, running immigrant detention centers, and supplying security and other services in U.S. overseas wars and energy exploitation.
Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens – Vitter’s attempts fail
November 5, 2009
Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers – Texans on immigration
Coalition calls for public oversight in new San Bernardino 287(g) agreement
For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence
A lesson in effecting change — and compassion — on immigration front
New Immigration Article: Of Hope and Humility: Christian Realism, Immigration Reform and Executive Leadership
November 4, 2009
Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts
A soldier every 3 feet on the US/Mexico border = 6,930,880 soldiers – Immigration Anecdotes
Stop the Deportation of the Mejia-Perez Family; Parents of a Dreamer
New Immigration Book on the Politics of Immigration Reform
39% of NY Immigration Detainees Have Meritorious Claims
Tom Wolfe’s upcoming book explores immigration in Miami
Board of Immigration Appeals Rules Not to Reopen Old Deportation Cases
The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration’s efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.
November 2, 2009
Latinos need more than lip service – Families are being torn apart by America’s broken immigration system. President Obama needs to show leadership and fix it – (the view from England)
The 287(g) policy has become a perverted version of its original intent in Tennessee
More than 200 bodies recovered at Arizona/Sonora border
Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross.
Remembrance at the border: Migrants killed while crossing remembered – About 200 attended the vigil hosted by the Border Network for Human Rights to honor the memory of undocumented immigrants who have died while trying to cross the border.
Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access – City Bar Justice Center is calling for all immigrant detainees to be provided with counsel.
October 30, 2009
Detained immigrant’s death leaves far-reaching questions – the case of Dominican Pedro Tavarez in Massachusetts
Los que se quedan (”Those who remain”,) a film about migration
Labor Pains: How Our Broken Immigration System Hurts All Workers
Senator Reid States He Is Keeping Anti-Immigrant Vitter Amendment From the Senate Floor
U.S. May Be Open to Asylum for Spouse Abuse – Immigration lawyers said the administration had taken a major step toward clarifying a murky area of asylum law and defining the legal grounds on which battered and sexually abused women in foreign countries could seek protection here.
San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law
Ten New Haven residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing federal agents of violating their rights during an immigration raid they say was in retaliation for a city program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally — the first of its kind in the nation.
October 29, 2009
Not a healthy state for all Latinos in the US – Undocumented foreign-born Latinos face serious financial and language barriers to quality health care
Immigrant Hispanic community protests law-enforcement action in Ohio’s far northeast corner
Obama Official: Immigration Reform Will Be Introduced Once Votes to Pass It Are Assured
October 28, 2009
CNN Columnist Ruben Navarrette: Immigration Reform Must Wait – response to Rep. Luis Gutierrez
Pobre Pecos, Pobres Presos—Justicia Penal para los Inmigrantes en el Condado de Reeves en Texas
New Perils In Mexico For U.S.-Bound Migrants
National Law Journal Online Advocates for ‘braceros’ wore opposition down – eight years of heavily defended litigation that required the plaintiffs to win reversal of three trial-court dismissals
Immigrants sue feds over 2007 raid – Residents allege 2007 immigration raids in New Haven were unconstitutional
Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez: Immigration Reform Cannot Wait
Immigrant Children Lost in Education Reform – interview with Ruby Takanishi, president and chief executive officer of Foundation for Child Development
Another reason for immigration reform: military spouses
After Arpaio is Stripped of Immigration Powers, Conservatives Counter With A New Anti-Immigrant Bill
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago
American Rights at Work – Immigration Study Finds Enforcement Has Undermined Workers’ Rights
October 27, 2009
Immigrants and Children of Immigrants Comprise Nearly One-Quarter of the U.S. Population
Police Leaders from Across the Country Call For Immigration Reform – Law Enforcement Officials Describe Impact of Broken System on Public Safety and Community Trust
Impractical and Unconstitutional – Sen. Vitter Tries to Use the Census to Further Anti-Immigration Agenda
Rep. Crowley and Members of Congress to President: We Need Immigration Reform Now
Well-Intentioned Brookings Report Falls Short on Solutions
Senator Vitter’s Amendment is Gumming Up the Census
Obama’s Dirty War On Immigrants
Discussions, Debates or Outrage, Which of These Should Immigrant Issues Incur?
October 26, 2009
Detained immigrant children face legal maze in U.S. – 7,211 children entered the U.S. illegally in 2008 by themselves – As many as 50% of those kids went before judges with no lawyer
Call for Investigation of Detention of Mexican Official Who U.S. Government Held as an Asylum-Seeker — But Who Never Asked for Asylum
Second Obama Immigration Detention Official Leaves Abruptly
In Mexico, An Eritrean Man Sets His Sights On U.S.
More Hondurans Leaving Their Country To Find Work
20 years after amnesty, lives reshaped – Ricardo Magallanes – 1 of the nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants to be granted amnesty under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
October 17, 2009
The interpretation of immigration – A Kansas City asylum case could provide the impetus for the reform of unfair and inconsistent policy
Immigrant Gulag Larger Than Homeland Security’s Detention Centers – The Obama administration is trying to wiggle its way out of the immigration crisis created by the Bush administration without taking any decisive steps to distance itself from its predecessor’s immigration policies and enforcement practices.
A Rogue Sheriff Roams in Arizona: FI2W’s Valeria Fernández on The Takeaway
Hispanic leaders in Ohio are reviewing letters sent by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to determine whether the state is engaging in ethnic profiling and improperly delving into federal immigration matters.
The Homeland Security Department said Friday that it has revamped pacts that allow for greater cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement in 55 states and cities, including Carrollton and Farmers Branch.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched a sweep in Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio cited a non-existent federal law and included a legal interpretation taken from an anti-immigration Web site in a document he distributed during a news conference last week.
Question just a tactic, but revealing of feelings – (re proposed census question about immigration status)
October 15, 2009
Some state and local police are having second thoughts about working with the federal government to enforce immigration laws.
Reforma Migratoria: “Sin movilización no ganamos esta batalla”: Congresista Gutiérrez
October 14, 2009
A 21-year-old Montgomery County man Hector Hernandez whose criminal case helped trigger new police policies in Montgomery Count regarding illegal immigration was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday for killing a 14-year-old honor student aboard a transit bus last year
New York Needs More Immigrants, Says Bloomberg
U.S. Supreme Court Considers “Collateral Consequences” for Immigrants in Criminal Cases
Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of lobbying and an afternoon rally calling for comprehensive immigration reform.
Forcing the debate over immigration reform starts now
ACLU Comprehensive Immigration Reform Must Protect Privacy And Civil Liberties
5 Former Census Directors Warn that Vitter Amendment would Severely Damage 2010 Census, Cost Billions – would add a new question on citizenship and immigration status to the 2010 census.
SEIU Members Join Thousands at U.S. Capitol to Renew Push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform – Joined by legislators, thousands of workers, families and clergy call for an end to divisive, costly immigration policies that separate families, harm all workers
October 13, 2009
Thousands To Participate in Vigil With Members of Congress For Immigration Reform on Oct 12-13 in Washington DC
October 12, 2009
Hispanic lawmakers in the House are writing an immigration reform bill that will outline the minority community’s position before the debate begins in Congress.
The Pecos Insurrection – How a private prison pushed immigrant inmates to the brink. (a must read)
Latinos march in Indio for immigration reform – California
Angered by President Obama’s lack of success in legalizing illegal immigrants, some Hispanic activists are urging all Hispanics to boycott the 2010 census as a sign of displeasure.
U.S. Can’t Trace Foreign Visitors on Expired Visas – about 40% of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States came on legal visas and overstayed. (of course they weren’t all Latinos)
No Samaritans Allowed: U.S. Prohibits Helping Migrants
October 9, 2009
NCLR Applauds the Inclusion of Faith Leaders at a A Senate Hearing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
LULAC Opposes Vitter-Bennett Amendment: Call Your Senator Today!
Immigration advocates protest 287(g) – Mayor attempting to move forward a proposal to deputize local police as federal immigration agents – Morristown, NJ
Department of Homeland Security should revoke the 287(g) program until there is immigration reform
287 (g): The Abuse of Delegated Immigration Enforcement Authority
Manhattan Institute Report: Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United States – How has the recession impacted immigrants and where they choose to live? Do immigrants learn English more quickly now than one hundred years ago? What impact have hurdles on the path to citizenship had on naturalization rates?
Republican Senators Want Census to Identify ‘Illegal Aliens’
Over 3000 undocumented military veterans battling deportation orders
Julio Maldonado : Hate Crime Survivor Scheduled for Deportation
A new immigration reality defines state
U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants – (more on the American Apparel layoffs)
October 7, 2009
New measures to improve detention policies of undocumented immigrants doesn’t go far enough
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