Eye Openers + Immigration Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 21, 2009
A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud. – Postville news
LatAm Immigrants Are Changing Spain, Sociologist Says
November 20, 2009
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
In Virtual Town Hall with Immigration Reform Activists, Gutierrez Promises Bill By December
November 19, 2009
More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Immigration Reform
November 18, 2009
After accidental deportation, critics say immigration officials making mistakes – After a Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported, immigration rights activists have complained about toughened enforcement by authorities.
Governor Deval Patrick urged Massachusetts residents today to avoid getting mired in “the usual debate” over illegal immigration as he gave his cabinet 90 days to craft a plan for better integrating all foreign-born residents into the state’s daily fabric.
Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
Supreme Court Hears Case about Immigrants’ Access to Federal Court Review
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has launched its 13th immigration and crime sweep and reported 27 arrests by Monday night.
November 16, 2009
Where two contentious issues intersect- Immigration and health House measure omits Senate panel’s legal test
November 13, 2009
Guest Voz: NJ Mayor says it makes sense to grant citizenship to undocumented immigrants – Michael Wildes mayor of Englewood, New Jersey.
November 11, 2009
Reporting for the Big Bend Sentinel, Sterry Butcher reported on the US Department of Homeland Security’s new mass deportation program taking place in Presidio, Texas.
Lawsuit targets immigration enforcement – Racial profiling alleged in Salvadoran’s arrest in Frederick
November 10, 2009
Members of a Guatemalan family living in Marin County are now separated by thousands of miles after immigration officials deported the parents of three children overnight. – California
November 9, 2009
Two women (Latinas) who had applied and been approved under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that gives them permits to be in the country legally report being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, arrests that landed them in jail, in one case for an entire month.
November 7, 2009
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
November 6, 2009
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.
November 5, 2009
For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence
November 4, 2009
Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts
Board of Immigration Appeals Rules Not to Reopen Old Deportation Cases
November 2, 2009
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.
October 30, 2009
Detained immigrant’s death leaves far-reaching questions – the case of Dominican Pedro Tavarez in Massachusetts
San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law
October 29, 2009
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
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
After Arpaio is Stripped of Immigration Powers, Conservatives Counter With A New Anti-Immigrant Bill
Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago
October 27, 2009
Immigrants and Children of Immigrants Comprise Nearly One-Quarter of the U.S. Population
Impractical and Unconstitutional – Sen. Vitter Tries to Use the Census to Further Anti-Immigration Agenda
October 26, 2009
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
October 17, 2009
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 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.
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
U.S. Supreme Court Considers “Collateral Consequences” for Immigrants in Criminal Cases
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.
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
The Pecos Insurrection – How a private prison pushed immigrant inmates to the brink. (a must read)
October 9, 2009
Over 3000 undocumented military veterans battling deportation orders
Julio Maldonado : Hate Crime Survivor Scheduled for Deportation
October 7, 2009
Amid an overall drop in arrests of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S-Mexico border, an intriguing anomaly has cast a new light on human smuggling: Authorities report an almost tenfold spike in the number of Chinese people caught in the southern Arizona desert, the busiest smuggling corridor on the international line.
October 5, 2009
Joe Arpaio Re-signs 287(g) Jails Agreement, According to Sources; ICE Vague on Specifics
Police: Maria Gurrolla’s immigration status was “not relevant” to solving assault and abduction of Gurrolla’s days-old son – If someone posing as the IRS attacked you at work, would the press interview your accountant? – The case of Yair Anthony Carillo abduction
October 2, 2009
Although President Obama has put off an immigration overhaul until next year, the federal agency in charge of approving visas is planning ahead for the possibility of giving legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, the agency’s director said Thursday.
September 30, 2009
Does the U.S. Constitution defend the rights of undocumented immigrants?
Police in Framingham, Mass., say an illegal immigrant from Guatemala entered a police station, told officers he had stolen another man’s identity and asked to be deported because he could no longer make ends meet in America.
With little movement on Immigration reform among lawmakers, the debate is entering a new space: museums. From New York to San Francisco, a network of museums will address tough questions on Immigration, including health care, borders and citizenship.
Grupo anti-inmigrante ataca movimiento Judeo-Cristiano pro reforma inmigratoria tachándolos de ‘desconectados’
U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Deaths Are A Humanitarian Crisis, According To Report From The ACLU And CNDH – Death Rate Climbs Despite Economic Decline And Drop In Migration And Apprehensions
September 29, 2009
Does ICE’s Criminal Alien Program (CAP) Target Serious Criminals?
September 28, 2009
Eight neo-Nazis demonstrating against illegal immigration in Riverside left the scene after just 45 minutes when hundreds of counter-protestors shouted them down and tore up their swastika-covered flags.
September 24, 2009
Cubans tell of capture and torture on Mexican journey
September 22, 2009
ICE refuses to cross-deputize Davis County deputies – Utah politicians angry that the police agency was turned away.
September 21, 2009
Save Our Trailer Parks from Immigrants!?
The Intersection Of Health Care And Immigration or an interview with Rev. Luis Cortes Jr.
September 17, 2009
Is This the Best They Can Do? Anti-Immigrant Group Rally Fizzles – FAIR Claims 200,000 Members; Only 50 People Show Up
A new team of federal agents operating in Iowa this year has arrested immigrants with previous convictions for sex crimes, cocaine possession, kidnapping and carjacking. – But arrests of such criminals have been the exception, not the rule, new statistics obtained by The Des Moines Register show.
September 15, 2009
Religious Leaders Face Deportation: Detention Reignites Churches’ Call for Immigration Reform
The White House strengthened its stand against health-care coverage for illegal immigrants Friday, and a pivotal Senate committee looked ready to follow its lead.
Immigrants with Mental Disabilities Are Deprived Their Day in Court
September 12, 2009
Joe Wilson Voted to Provide Taxpayer Money for Illegal Immigrants’ Healthcare in 2003 – (can you say hypocrite)
September 9, 2009
As the health care debate draws more hate against “illegal immigrant coverage”, the Democratic Senator charged with introducing immigration reform legislation is making more excuses instead of moving forward. – Sen. Charles Schumer
A study released Tuesday says that without enforcement, undocumented immigrants could get health care coverage through the president’s proposed plan, costing Americans more than $30 billion annually.
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But that’s if all undocumented immigrants seek care — something another immigration expert and the study say is unlikely.
Laid-off Undocumented Migrants Seek End to Crackdown and E-Verify
September 8, 2009
E-mails on illegal immigration are eye-opening – A deeper look at the facts contained in chain letters reveals hyperbole, exaggerations and misstatements by opponents.
Massachusetts Immigrants Divided Over Census Boycott
Center for Immigration Studies Adds to Falsehoods about Health Care Reform
September 6, 2009
Clothing company American Apparel said Thursday it is terminating 1,600 employees at its Los Angeles operations after a government investigation into workers’ immigration status.
September 2, 2009
N.C. native wrongly deported to Mexico – Federal investigators ignored evidence the man is a U.S. citizen, documents show.
September 1, 2009
Rio Grande Valley sheriffs ponder federal immigration enforcement program – 287(g)
Dramatic drop in Cuban migrants arriving in Florida, economics, law enforcement likely reasons
L.A. County supervisors agree to explore system to check immigration status of employees
August 27, 2009
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn this week signed into law a new measure requiring that history courses across the state include references to the mass deportation of Mexicans from the United States back during the 1930s. (???)
On Immigration, Kennedy’s Death Leaves Leadership Gap
August 26, 2009
Immigration uproar will upstage health care debate
August 25, 2009
In 2008, Mexican consulates located along the southern U.S. border handled the repatriation of 17,772 unaccompanied minors, 83% of them boys.
A few beers and now this student faces deportation – Rigo Padilla in Chicago
August 24, 2009
Immigrant’s story of hardship, love, deportation – Pittsburgh Latinos – the Mejias
Woman facing deportation remains at Simi church – 2 years later still there – California
August 21, 2009
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday the agency is no longer using arrest quotas in a program aimed at tracking down immigrants who have ignored court orders to leave the country.
States without Nations: The Mexican-izing of Mark Lyttle: The First Steps in Deporting a US Citizen
How about a “temporary bail out” for immigrants
August 17, 2009
DHS Announces 11 Previously Unreported Deaths In Immigration Detention
The Problem With Comprehensive Immigration Reform Messaging: Almost Marcelo Lucero
August 16, 2009
Arizona immigration debate at heart of littering case – The heated issue inflames a court case, in which an Arizona man is convicted for leaving water jugs for migrants in the desert.
FBI: Human trafficking increases among Hispanics in Arkansas
Some Lawyers Said to Prey on Illegal Immigrants
August 12, 2009
White Nationalist Anger and Violence: A Preview of Even Greater Anti-immigrant Violence?
August 11, 2009
Joe Arpaio-Supporting, Gun-Toting Nativists Menace Children’s March for Family Unity
August 6, 2009
Obama’s Vision of “Truly Civil” Immigrant Prison Reform: More Prisoners, More Prisons
July 23, 2009
Do immigrants make cities safer?
July 20, 2009
NEW AMERICANS IN THE GREAT LAKES STATE: Michigan’s Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are a Political and Economic Powerhouse
July 14, 2009
Latino leaders focus on Morristown as 287(g) looms – New Jersey
Questions Raised Over New Rules Governing Local Enforcement of U.S. Immigration Laws – 287 (g)
July 9, 2009
Obama Administration Mandates Bush Administration E-Verify Rule For Federal Contractors
June 29, 2009
The single biggest event that caused the real estate debacle was the nationwide increase in immigration raids by ICE Agents from the DHS – (interesting commentary)
Obama feeling strain over immigration reform – White House summit to show support may buy him a little time
June 28, 2009
Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce has taken the lead in a new round of anti-immigration reforms that could have long-lasting effects – One would require school districts to collect data on any student who can’t prove legal residency. Another would require state and local officials to enforce federal immigration laws, thus making sanctuary laws illegal.
June 25, 2009
It’s a win for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The County Board of Supervisors has voted to give County Attorney Andrew Thomas $1.4 million to enforce employer sanctions laws — and part of that money will go to Sheriff Joe Arpaio to help combat illegal immigration.
DHS needs to explain restrictions against public and media access to immigration courts
Immigrant Treatment in Phoenix Reminiscent of Slavery – By Rev. Al Sharpton
June 24, 2009
Obama’s immigration straddle – If he wants Americans to consider a “path to citizenship” for illegal aliens, he’ll have to lead on “enforcement first.”
June 19, 2009
A national commission released a report today that says there was a “systematic abuse of worker rights” during the federal immigration raids that included the 2006 raid at the Swift meatpacking plant in Marshalltown and the 2008 raid Agriprocessors in Postville.
June 17, 2009
Phoenix Suns forward Amar’e Stoudemire Backstabs Hispanic Fans, Signs on as “Special Deputy” Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio
June 16, 2009
In a new report, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)—an anti-immigrant hate group – Takes Aim at Virginia’s Immigrants and Children
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to dramatically expand an immigration enforcement program that uses biometric information to check the immigration status of all individuals booked at state and local jails. Known as Secure Communities, ICE expects to make the program available to each of the nation’s 1,200 state and federal prisons and 3,100 local jails by the end of 2012.
June 11, 2009
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced the official launch of a new major crimes strike force Wednesday afternoon. It’s a team of six state and local agents cooperating with federal agencies to crack down on felony-level crimes perpetrated by illegal immigrants.
Illegal immigration’s fallout in Detroit: Families split as deportations grow
June 6, 2009
A bill that aims to curb illegal immigration by prohibiting local governments from enacting “sanctuary” ordinances, or policies that make it difficult for law enforcement and other local government employees to comply with federal immigration law, was approved in the Tennessee’s state House on Friday morning.
June 5, 2009
White House Staffer Disappoints Phoenix Latino Leaders in Meeting at El Portal – Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Obama administration to do anything in the near future about immigration reform, or yanking Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 287(g) authority
June 3, 2009
Suppressed news of hunger strike at immigrant detention facility flies in the face of Obama administration’s goal for transparency
The City of Flagstaff has decided not to rent space for ICE to conduct its operations in Northern Arizona
June 1, 2009
Hard times send Latinos back across the border – Fewer jobs, tougher immigration rules force some immigrants to return home.
May 7, 2009
“Shut Down ICE!”: 30 Arrested in Civil Disobedience at Minnesosta Immigration Facility
April 29, 2009
Mark Daniel Lyttle, 31, is mentally handicapped, suffers from mental problems, requires insulin for type II diabetes and has depended on others to care for him his entire life. A U.S. Citizen, he was wrongly determined to be a Mexican, deported to Mexico
April 27, 2009
This year’s immigration marches promise a bigger turnout than 2006
Facing budget concerns, non-emergency healthcare for illegal immigrants had been cut from the budgets of a few Northern California counties.
April 22, 2009
Some immigrant advocates are threatening to tell undocumented immigrants to boycott the census in retaliation for immigration crackdowns, a move that would deny recession-starved cities and towns much-needed federal tax dollars, which are allocated based on population.
April 20, 2009
Father and son arrested: the other side of Utah’s stab at immigration reform
April 10, 2009
As the White House gears up to push an immigration overhaul, advocates are finding they have an unexpected ally in White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
The mayor-elect of a North Shore suburb said Wednesday that he would drop many restrictions against illegal immigrants imposed by his predecessor. “The current mayor was not open to listening to what the community really needed,” said Robert Sabonjian, who on Tuesday defeated the incumbent mayor of Waukegan
April 7, 2009
Texas Mayor Caught in Deportation Furor – Mayor Herbert Gears of Irving
April 2, 2009
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Latest Victim? Yet Another Hispanic Mom in Estrella
March 31, 2009
Reporting on the ‘Silent Middle’ in Immigration Coverage
March 25, 2009
Tens of Thousands Languish in Immigration Detention Without Hearings or Bond, Numbers Tripled Since 1996, Charges Amnesty International
March 24, 2009
Obama Flinches on Immigration
Feds to poison plants along the border where criminals hide
March 20, 2009
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says the enforcement of existing immigration laws is “un-American.” Pelosi made the comments before a group of both legal and illegal immigrants and their families in San Francisco recently.
March 17, 2009
Immigrant advocates blast medical care at detention facilities
March 16, 2009
Unreliable CIS Data Is Out-of-Date and Context Restrictionist Group Analysis Long on Fear, Short on Solutions
March 11, 2009
Rape trees prove Mexican violence has crossed the border and there are women who need justice
Though majority of immigrant women in ICE detention are pregnant by rape, abortion is no option
March 10, 2009
Of Milk and Mexicans – Vermont farms vexed by migrant dilemma – As many as 2,000 Mexicans work on Vermont’s 1,100 dairy farms
State and local leaders on Monday defended a $40 million federal program used by Mecklenburg County that identifies jailed illegal immigrants – after a congressional report criticized it for targeting minor offenders instead of serious criminals. – North Carolina
Mixed signals along South’s ‘Immigrant Highway’ – The strip of Buford Highway that runs through Chamblee and Doraville has attracted a huge influx of immigrants
February 22, 2009
In Loneliness, Immigrants Tend the Flock – Most borregueros speak no English; many have only a vague idea of where they are and no knowledge of their legal rights as documented immigrants. The herders enter the country under the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program, which allows companies to hire foreigners if no Americans want their jobs. (at $750 a month who would?)
February 16, 2009
U.S. immigration authorities say they’ve ordered 30,000 Haitians to leave the country.
February 1, 2009
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today a wide-ranging action directive on immigration and border security.
January 28, 2009
The Center for Immigration Studies Ignores the Facts: Immigration Important Concern for Latino Voters
The Center for Immigration Studies Ignores the Facts: Immigration Important Concern for Latino Voters
January 23, 2009
More than 1,200 advocacy groups – includng the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) – have delivered a letter to the Obama Administration outlining priorities for immigration reform from the pro- immigrant, pro-immigration perspective.
December 28, 2008
‘Toughest Sheriff’ takes act to small screen – Sheriff Joe Arpaio now has own TV show
December 23, 2008
Immigrants reshape post-disaster New Orleans
December 21, 2008
Una cuarta parte de las y los jornaleros migrantes mexicanos son niñas y niños menores de catorce años. Así lo informaron las organizaciones Ririki Intervención Social e Infancia en Movimiento, en boletín de prensa, en el marco del Día Internacional del Migrante, a conmemorarse este próximo jueves 18 de diciembre.
December 19, 2008
Nearly 2 million hits on a Web site that allows anyone anywhere to become a virtual border deputy resulted in one drug bust and reports of about a half-dozen illegal border crossings in the last month, officials said Tuesday.
December 18, 2008
A court prevented nearly 2,000 people from taking the oath of U.S. citizenship in time to register to vote in the November elections, a new report released Wednesday said.
December 17, 2008
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released another report claiming that undocumented immigrants cost states much more than they pay in taxes. This time the target was Colorado. As is the case for many restrictionist reports, FAIR’s conclusions are based on dubious “evidence” and assumptions, and often relies upon national level data to estimate Colorado-specific numbers.
December 12, 2008
Lawsuit Challenging Denial Of Bail Rights For Immigrants Can Continue, Says Federal Court – Class Action Status Granted For Plaintiffs
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement raid at Swift & Co. meatpacking plants.
December 10, 2008
ACLU report blasts violations of basic rights for hundreds of immigrants detained in Massachusetts – First-of-its-kind study details poor jail conditions, denial of medical care and violations of due process against immigrants held for months without being accused of a crime
President-elect Barack Obama pledged to make comprehensive immigration reform a priority in his first term in the White House, but the nation’s worsening economic woes may force delays on the campaign promise, experts said.
Despite testimony, immigration bill looks to pass session intact – Utah
Undocumented migrants expelled from the land of their dreams – A government-chartered plane recently carried more than 100 undocumented Hondurans back to their country, one of several daily deportation flights.
December 8, 2008
Two years after Swift raid: Latino community still reeling – Utah
December 7, 2008
Tennessee immigrants fight back fear, sue for rights – Three cases challenge state and local policies
December 5, 2008
New England Border Patrol chief charged with hiring illegals
Napolitano’s immigration strategy was largely defense – Republicans, Democrats say she was reluctant to take lead on issue
December 2, 2008
Hiding in Plain Sight For an undocumented family, life in a sanctuary city is feeling less safe all the time. – NYC
November 21, 2008
Does Facebook have connections to ardently anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA? Insiders at Clarium Capital, the $5.3 billion hedge fund run by Facebook investor Peter Thiel are claiming their boss has made a $1 million donation to NumbersUSA
November 17, 2008
Politics of Humanity: ICE’s and Border Patrol’s Child Abuse Policy
Sheriff: Fairfax County Deputies Denied Immigration Training Immigration agency allegedly rejects Fairfax application
November 12, 2008
Racism, Immigration and Profit
Immigrant rights organizations have called for a major march on Washington on January 21, the day after Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th US president.
November 11, 2008
A Hispanic lawyers group has asked Arizona’s chief justice to end state court use of words its members consider inflammatory such as “illegal aliens.”
Immigration reform might be a long shot in the short term – The strong immigrant vote for Obama puts some pressure on the new administration, but auguring against a quick fix are the economic crisis and the Iraq war, both of which the president-elect promises to prioritize early on his administration.
Dallas immigration officials say illegal immigrant arrests up 21 percent in 2008
Most Americans Endorse Path to Citizenship
November 6, 2008
Wasting little time after the election before jumping ship, Julie L. Myers, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will leave the Bush administration on Nov. 15
Did ICE Assistant Secretary Julie Myers leak the immigration status of Obama’s aunt?
November 3, 2008
Five migrants rescued after 15 days lost at sea ate their dead comrades to stay alive, a Dominican official said Sunday.
Latino bloggers ask Speaker Pelosi to clarify remarks on citizenship for undocumented immigrants
October 27, 2008
U.S. to renew push for crackdown on illegal workers – Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff says he will seek to lift an injunction on a rule that would check for discrepancies in workers’ Social Security data.
October 23, 2008
Supreme Court to hear case on immigrants’ use of fake IDs – The justices will decide whether illegal workers can be convicted of identity theft if they didn’t know their bogus cards used the Social Security number of a real person.
October 21, 2008
An undocumented Mexican immigrant pleaded publicly Monday for a chance to stay in the country with her husband and six children, and sought to delay any action until after the next president takes office. – Chicago
October 20, 2008
Mexico agreed Monday to deport Cubans who sneak illegally through Mexican territory to reach the U.S., a step toward cutting off an increasingly violent and heavily used human trafficking route.
The leading anti-immigration groups don’t specially target illegal immigrants. For the restrictionist groups Federation for American Immigration Reform, Center for Immigration Studies, and NumbersUSA, the country’s 11-12 million illegal immigrants are simply low-hanging fruit. Their long-range goal is to rid the nation of most all immigrants—both illegal and legal.
October 17, 2008
Crackdown on illegal immigration boosts food prices
October 15, 2008
Children of immigrants reshaping America – Booming ‘second generation’ becoming the mainstream, research suggests
The nation’s taxpayers have spent $5.2 million on the raid of Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville by immigration officials.
October 8, 2008
Mexico should prepare itself for both the forced and voluntary return of more than 350,000 of its people currently living in the United States due to the financial crisis north of the border, an organization representing farm workers warned Sunday.
October 7, 2008
Attorney General To Reconsider Rules Protecting Immigrants From Lawyers’ Mistakes
October 6, 2008
There is controversy at the Tulsa State Fair. The President of an immigration advocacy group says Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are targeting Hispanic fairgoers.
September 30, 2008
The Postville 28 — Women Immigrants Fight To Stay In U.S.
September 29, 2008
A report shows that fewer Cuban migrants, 25% less than the previous fiscal year, have been caught trying to enter the United States.
September 27, 2008
A pro-immigration group (Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together – MATT) has launched a new televison ad campaign intended to revive discussion of immigration reform in some swing states key to the presidential race.
September 25, 2008
Immigration polarizes small-town America – Some communities are angry about immigration, but the candidates aren’t spending much time on the topic.
“Virtual Kidnappings” ::Families of illegal immigrants in Arizona are increasingly being targeted by an extortion scam in which criminals falsely claim to have kidnapped their loved ones as the immigrants tried to sneak across the U.S. border with Mexico.
September 23, 2008
Hispanic Leaders Upset Over Opening Of Immigration Office – New ICE office in Tulsa
September 22, 2008
Geraldo Rivera urges local business leaders to tell President Bush to pardon illegal imigrants – Birmingham, Alabama
McCain refuses to answer questionnaire on immigration reform
September 18, 2008
nearly one-in-ten Hispanic adults–native-born U.S. citizens (8%) and immigrants (10%) alike–report that in the past year the police or other authorities have stopped them and asked them about their immigration status
September 17, 2008
Cross-Border Activists Escalate Fight Against “The Wall of Death”
September 15, 2008
On the lookout for immigration raids – Activist networks have sprung up to prepare illegal immigrants for possible federal activity in their communities.
Mexicans in Alaska: The Last Immigration Frontier – Alaska, along with many other states in Middle America, has changed dramatically since my family lived there in the ’70s, and a good part of the growth in diversity has been due to immigration
Immigration issue expected to resurface when debates start
September 11, 2008
Federal investigators will conduct an audit later this month of an 18-month-old agreement that gives the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office authority to enforce federal immigration laws. – Sheriff Joe Arpaio
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials say they are stepping up the number of deportations from Ohio where 3,300 have been sent home this year.
The Immigration Battle Wages On :: FAIR Immigration + Leadership Quotes :: Don’t judge a book by its cover see what lurks below
September 10, 2008
Pro-Latino Policies – McCain’s focus on immigrants and healthcare
New Immigration Ads Stir the Melting Pot in DC
ACLU Urges House Judiciary Committee to Support Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008 – Legislation is first congressional action to provide basic medical care of immigration detainees
Indiana legislators tackle illegal immigration again
September 9, 2008
Border Patrol roadblock rattles small Washington town
As known anti-immigrant “hate group” lobbies Congress this week… SEIU Denounces Anti-Immigrant Hate Speech Joins Prominent Immigrant Rights Groups to Advocate for Smart, Pragmatic Reform
September 8, 2008
Republicans Echo Immigration Restrictionists – The draft Republican Party platform is a restrictionist dream come true. Rather than following the less severe lead of its presidential candidate, the party platform committee took its ideological lead from the party’s social conservatives and nationalist right.
Utah Latinos are reacting to current comments made by Jason Chaffetz, Republican candidate for the Third Congressional District. In a recent statement posted on the candidates official Web Site, Chaffetz said illegal immigrants with criminal records should be placed in military style tent camps.
A large pro-immigrant billboard in Old Town Manassas is being dismantled before a court hearing could have forced a man to remove it from his property. – Virginia
The Democrats are uniting behind new messaging on immigration reform. Having acknowledged that the immigration restrictionists are dominating the immigration debate, the Democratic Party and its allies are desperately seeking to reframe the immigration crisis. Their new language about immigration policy—”nation of laws,” “rule of law,” and “required legal status”—is popping up everywhere, from the pronouncements of immigrant-rights groups to the Democratic Party platform.
Ohio may be preparing for an illegal immigrant crackdown – State legislators considering new laws.
September 5, 2008
A member of a southern Arizona Indian tribe who has been putting out water for illegal immigrants crossing the desert for about seven years said Thursday that he has again been told to stop.
Immigration issue hardly mentioned at GOP convention
In what’s being hailed as an important victory for South Florida immigrants, Lake Worth has reached a settlement with seven Guatemalan families left homeless from a nighttime raid by city officials in 2006.
September 3, 2008
‘Poli-Migra’: New Spanish Word for Blurred Line Between Police and ICE
As Republicans and Democrats race to write Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) political biography, one issue remains a mystery: her views on immigration reform.
A darker state economy sends day laborers packing – With more competing for fewer jobs, some immigrant workers are returning home.
Mexicans deported from US face shattered lives
August 28, 2008
Relatives of illegal immigrant who was in coma at UIC Medical Center seek review of his death – Chicago
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies raided a Mesa landscaping company early Wednesday, arresting nearly three dozen people suspected of being in the country illegally.
ACLU Investigating Largest Immigration Raid In The Country – Reports Of Government Discrimination And Secrecy Trigger Scrutiny – Mississippi
August 26, 2008
Questions surrounding man’s death in Border Patrol custody remain unanswered six weeks later
Immigration: Too Hot for DNC? Some of the leading voices shaping the Democratic Party’s immigration reform platform reveal a mix of reserved optimism and
When Reality is Ignored by the Political Theorists : Mississippi Raids Ignored
Immigration authorities on Friday ended a trial offer not to jail illegal immigrants who had been ordered to leave the country if they surrendered at government offices. In the three weeks that the federal immigration agency tested the program in a handful of cities, only eight people came forward.
August 23, 2008
Undocumented Immigrant Upset After Arrest At Car Dealership – Irving, Texas
August 20, 2008
Citizens of Postville, Iowa report ICE has created “open-air” prison in town that keeps detained immigrant women from feeding their children
A Chicago hospital is preparing to send a 30-year-old patient back to Mexico. Francisco Pantaleon, who is in this country illegally, had a brain hemorrhage last month and is in a coma at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago.
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is asking the federal government to help foot the state’s tab for jailing illegal immigrants.
August 17, 2008
Arpaio’s West Valley sweeps netted 102 arrests – Arizona
The Immigration Non-Debate – For all the hot rhetoric it prompted during the presidential primaries, the immigration debate has gone dormant since Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) began the general election campaign
August 14, 2008
A federal judge has decided to let 10 women return to their homes in Guatemala or Mexico three months after they were swept up in an immigration raid in Postville.
Fifty-seven workers rounded up in Western North Carolina’s largest immigration raid face deportation in a complicated legal process, and they likely will have little representation, immigration experts and advocates said Wednesday.
August 12, 2008
Olympics Expose the Total Hypocrisy of U.S. Immigration Laws – Americans aren’t known for their rational views on immigration. So it’s no wonder we attack low-wage workers while celebrating immigrant athletes.
August 11, 2008
Mexican smugglers are cramming illegal immigrants and drugs into boats and ferrying them to California by sea to try to beat the tightened security on the U.S. land border, authorities say.
August 10, 2008
Immigration rights — the next struggle? Juan Williams says immigration is the great civil rights issue of the day. Erin Aubry Kaplan says we shouldn’t define the struggle for equal rights as any single group’s cause.
Holding suspected illegal immigrants in jail in Prince William County has cost nearly $800,000 more than expected in the previous fiscal year, officials said.
August 8, 2008
Republican Sheriff Runs Attack Ad Against McCain – Sheriff Richard K. Jones doesn’t think much of McCain’s views on illegal immigrants and wants to make sure the presumptive Republican nominee for president knows it. – Butler County, Ohio
August 7, 2008
Another California Community Colleges board member steps down – Randal Hernandez withdrawals his application for reappointment. He is the fourth to leave in the year since the panel angered Republican lawmakers by supporting illegal immigration legislation.
Illegal workers get help from fund – Group assists in posting bond for immigrants held in ICE raids – Houston
August 6, 2008
Conservative Republican Tamar Jacoby, who has become one of the nation’s leading advocates of immigration reform, says everything ultimately comes down to the economy. Marcelo Ballvé is a New York-based writer with New America Media.
August 4, 2008
An undocumented pregnant woman faces the horror and neglect of the U.S. justice system … giving birth only to have her child stripped from her.
A recent report (CIS) that suggests the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has declined because of immigration law enforcement ignores some critical factors, says Walter A. Ewing, Senior Researcher at the Immigration Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Immigration Matters regularly features the views of the nation’s leading immigrant rights advocates.
July 30, 2008
Attrition Through Recession: New Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) Report Suggests Spend More, Say Nothing, and Hope for a Recession
Hispanics profiling victims by Border Patrol in West Palm, group says
Justice Inspector General Report Finds Immigration Judges Were Illegally Hired
July 29, 2008
New video unmasks the “Hidden System” of federal deportations and detentions
Border wall questioned after Dolly South Texas officials want government to first rebuild levees in Valley
July 28, 2008
Anti-immigration groups go green – Readers of the Nation and other left-leaning magazines may have noticed a new addition to the usual advertisements — full-page advocacy ads by an ad hoc coalition of anti-immigration organizations.
Una madre deportada abraza a su hijo después de 9 meses de separación – Reencuentro en Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Nearly two weeks after federal agents arrested dozens of suspected illegal immigrants who clean the state’s courthouses, lawyers are still not sure where all of the detainees are being held. – Rhode Island
About 1,000 people, including rabbis, Hispanic immigrants and Catholic clergy, marched through Postville, Iowa on Sunday, protesting working conditions at Agriprocessors Inc.
July 24, 2008
For years, the chief punishment for immigrants caught working illegally in the United States has been deportation. But prosecutors are now bringing criminal charges that include aggravated identity theft, which can bring a hefty prison sentence. Immigrant rights groups and some members of Congress are challenging the practice.
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday called on Mayor Gavin Newsom to allow the federal agency full access to information about local inmates, saying the city should rescind its policy that prohibits ICE agents from reviewing jail logs and records.
Tighter border security and a broken-down rail line on Mexico’s southern frontier are prompting thousands of U.S.-bound illegal immigrants to head north through thick jungles controlled by violent drug gangs.
July 23, 2008
Welcome Home Raymundo Pacheco – It’s time for the Mexican government to take some responsibility for the immigration crisis.
South Carolina county to vote English as official language – Pickens County
July 22, 2008
Immigration law means a borderline existence for U.S. wife of Mexican
July 21, 2008
Los Angeles Immigration Court caseload soars – And wait times are growing because the number of judges has not kept pace.
Immigrant arrests sever parents, children
Out of Public Limelight, U.S.War on Immigrants Intensifies
Immigration frustration stokes fury in Fremont – Nebraska – (exacerbated by the influx of workers with different customs, language and skin tone!)
States balk at checking farm workers’ documents
Mexican immigrant’s beating at hands of youths exposes racial tensions in Pennsylvania town – Shenandoah
July 17, 2008
McDonald’s franchisee fined $1 million for hiring illegal immigrants – Nevada
Immigration agents arrest 31 in courthouse sweep – Rhode Island
July 16, 2008
San Francisco: Sanctuary City Gone Awry
Immigrants Eager to Vote Sue to Hasten Citizenship – New York
CAUSA: Immigration Detention Worse than Prison at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington
July 15, 2008
Newspaper series reveals rampant abuse of power under Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s watch (Latina Lista)
July 14, 2008
Coyotes turning to new tactics to thwart law
Media Matters – Ignoring own reporting, AP claimed McCain “is respected by many Hispanics for refusing to pander to anti-immigrant sentiment”
Illegal LA – The Immigration Plight in Los Angeles
July 13, 2008
A Nation of Everybody: A Chicago art exhibit stirs dialogue on immigration reform
Immigrants Find Solace After Storm of Arrests – Postville, Iowa
We think: Businesses are having to bear brunt of immigration mess
Immigration officials handle church sanctuary delicately
July 10, 2008
Law Students Rush to Meet Needs In Booming Field of Immigration
Governor Carcieri speaks out on TV on illegal immigrants – Rhode Island
July 9, 2008
Gov. Blunt: New illegal immigration bill among ‘strongest legislation in the country’ – Missouri
Lutheran pastor: Postville’s returned to state it was in 15 years ago – Iowa
MotherJones Blog: McCain Scores New Support Among Hispanics
June 30, 2008
New report finds U.S. deportation policy found to be endangering both migrants and border communities (Latina Lista)
Feds probe San Francisco’s migrant-offender shield
Immigration activist says family being punished – parents fitted with ankle braclets
DNC Video – McCain vs. McCain: Immigration Reform – (Flip-Flop)
Rhode Island group linked to controversial foes of illegal immigration – FAIR
June 26, 2008
Citizens sue after detentions, immigration raids
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to begin sweep Thursday in Mesa – Arizona
June 24, 2008
Why former Mexican migrants are staying home – Tougher border enforcement, jail time, and a slow US economy are causing some Mexicans to reconsider going north for work.
Six bodies found in desert by Border Patrol agents
Returning immigrants report beatings by Tijuana police
Latin America May Halt Trade Talks Over EU Immigration Rules
June 23, 2008
The Dragnet for “Fugitive Aliens”
U.S. immigration courts declare 13-year-old must be separated from his only parent and deported back to El Salvador alone (Latina Lista)
National Guard is already missed at U.S.-Mexico border
