Top Stories + Immigration Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 20, 2009
Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers.
Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year.
November 19, 2009
New Report Shines Light on Detainee Rights Violations in Minnesota
November 18, 2009
On November 18 at 8:00 PM Eastern time/5:00 PM Pacific, all across the country people are hosting house parties with their families, friends, neighbors, churches, classmates and anyone else who supports comprehensive immigration reform for America.
Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. – Stephanie Rose
November 16, 2009
The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
November 13, 2009
Postville Raid: Eighteen months have passed since immigration agents raided Agriprocessors Inc. meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers, and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy. – On Thursday, the plant’s former vice president – Sholom Rubashkin – was found guilty of 86 of 91 counts of financial crimes. – Verdict brings closure to many in Postville
Federal authorities have identified more than 111,000 immigrants with criminal records being held in local jails, during the first year of a program that seeks to deport immigrants who have committed serious crimes.
November 11, 2009
Domestic Violence In Immigrant Communities: Often Triggered by Stress and Complicated by Immigration Status – This is the first in a special two-part series on domestic violence in immigrant communities by Feet in Two Worlds reporters.
November 10, 2009
One of the largest immigration crackdowns under the Obama administration to date took place in the Twin Cities last month, when 1,200 undocumented janitors were ‘quietly’ fired from their jobs
November 6, 2009
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 4, 2009
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
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
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.
October 28, 2009
New Perils In Mexico For U.S.-Bound Migrants
October 17, 2009
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.
October 14, 2009
Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of lobbying and an afternoon rally calling for comprehensive immigration reform.
October 12, 2009
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)
October 9, 2009
Republican Senators Want Census to Identify ‘Illegal Aliens’
October 7, 2009
Ideas for Immigrant Detention Include Converting Hotels and Building Models
October 6, 2009
“Toughest Sheriff in America” Stripped of ICE Agent Status – According to a statement released by MCSO, the new 287(g) agreement has “stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies of their ICE agent status to act as federal immigration authorities.”
October 5, 2009
Immigration advocates hoping to see comprehensive reform move through Congress this year now acknowledge they will probably have to wait until 2010, thanks to the all-consuming health care debate.
October 2, 2009
With the 2010 census 6 months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won’t seek a halt to immigration raids as it did in the previous census in hopes of improving participation in hard-to-count communities.
Upcoming Supreme Court Session to Decide Two Critical Immigration Issues
October 1, 2009
1st 9 months of 2009 = 441,942 repatriated Mexicans :: Durante los primeros nueve meses de 2009 fueron repatriados desde Estados Unidos 441 mil 942 mexicanos a través de los 26 puntos fronterizos y el Programa de Repatriación Voluntaria al Interior firmado por los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos, informó ayer el Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM)
A U.S. government task force (Southwest Border Task Force) recommended Wednesday that the federal Department of Homeland Security scale back an initiative – 287(g) – that allows local authorities to enforce the country’s immigration law.
September 29, 2009
The number of deaths of undocumented immigrants in the Arizona desert increased by 20% during the 2009 fiscal year, despite extreme vigilance and the efforts of humanitarian organizations.
Immigration officials consider more fee increases – Immigrant rights groups fear that further fee hikes would cut many out of the citizenship application process. The immigration agency, which must be self-supporting, faces a $118-million shortfall.
September 28, 2009
With swine-flu vaccinations set to begin next month, public-health officials are mobilizing to ensure that the nation’s estimated 11 million-plus illegal immigrants are vaccinated.
The head (Thomas Saenz) of the nation’s leading Latino legal advocacy group (MALDEF) said if comprehensive immigration legislation seems unlikely in 2010, Congress should make down payments by passing smaller-scale reforms.
Liberals seek health-care access for illegals – Fearful that they’re losing ground on immigration and health care, a group of House Democrats is pushing back and arguing that any health care bill should extend to all legal immigrants and allow illegal immigrants some access.
September 24, 2009
Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – one in three would immigrate to the United States if they could – new Pew Research report
September 22, 2009
Mexico’s violent drug gangs are increasingly kidnapping illegal migrants for ransom and forcing them to carry narcotics into the United States as they muscle into the lucrative trade of smuggling people across the border.
Obama overreaches on immigrant care
September 21, 2009
Billions for a US-Mexico border fence, but is it doing any good? The cost for adding 600 miles of new barriers is $2.4 billion so far. The new fencing has been breached more than 3,000 times, a government report finds. – also says $6.5 billion will be needed to maintain the new fencing over the next 20 years
September 17, 2009
Mexican American astronaut isn’t changing course on immigration stand – NASA went ballistic when Jose Hernandez advocated legalization of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. shortly after his return to Earth. The California-born son of migrants isn’t backing down.
New Study Finds Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws Led to Racial Profiling – UC Berkeley
Obama links healthcare, immigration reform – “My commitment is real and so is my desire to get this (immigration reform) done,” Obama said Wednesday during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 32nd Annual Awards Gala.
September 15, 2009
Latino Lawmaker Rips Obama for Making It Harder for Illegals to Buy Private Insurance – The criticism was leveled in Spanish by Rep. Luis Gutierrez
September 10, 2009
Video: Obama Heckled by GOP During Speech to Congress
How volatile is immigration in DC – In Lawmaker’s Outburst, a Rare Breach of Protocol – South Carolina GOP Rep Joe Wilson interrupted President Obama’s speech Wednesday night with a shout of “You lie!”
September 3, 2009
The Five Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate – Illegal immigrants will get free health insurance
September 2, 2009
New GAO Report: Border Patrol: Checkpoints Contribute to Border Patrol’s Mission, but More Consistent Data Collection and Performance Measurement Could Improve Effectiveness
September 1, 2009
It’s the Economy, Stupid! Immigration Reform as Economic Stimulus by Walter A. Ewing
August 27, 2009
Over 500 Organizations Demand White House End Flawed State And Local Immigration Enforcement Program – Federal 287(g) Program Results In Illegal Profiling And Threatens Public Safety, Say Groups
August 25, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security is requiring counties that participate in its illegal-immigration enforcement program 287(g) to agree to a new focus on violent criminals.
‘Better to Be Deported Alive Than to Be Dead’ – For undocumented residents, a call demanding ransom for a kidnapped loved one can lead to an equally fear-inducing call to federal immigration authorities.
August 24, 2009
Study: Immigration judge as stressed out as emergency room doctors, prison wardens
August 21, 2009
President Barack Obama on Thursday managed to undo some of the damage he did recently with immigrants’ rights advocates — who were angered when Obama said in Mexico that immigration reform would have to wait until after health care and energy bills passed Congress.
August 18, 2009
Homeland Security’s Revolving Door – Contracts with the Department of Homeland Security are spewing billions of dollars into private industry, largely to companies that also rely on Pentagon military contracts.
August 17, 2009
New Cato Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Legalizing Immigrants – Reform that Includes Legalization Would Yield a Net Benefit of $180 Billion Over 10 Years, While Enforcement Efforts Alone Would Incur $80 Billion in Losses
August 13, 2009
Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday launched an employer’s sanctions raid at a Valley paper company and planned to detain more than 100 employees in connection with using false or stolen IDs.
August 12, 2009
“Send them (immigrants) home with a bullet in their head”: Health Reform Racists Encourage Attacks on Immigrants
A day after President Barack Obama announced that legislation to overhaul immigration laws would have to wait until next year, the secretary of homeland security played down the need for change in a speech here and took a tough stance on enforcing current immigration laws.
August 11, 2009
Debate heats up on healthcare for illegal immigrants – House Speaker Pelosi has said that they would not be covered under overhaul proposals, but activists say medical care should not be denied to the sick, no matter their status.
August 10, 2009
Americans Return to Tougher Immigration Stance – More want immigration decreased than kept the same or increased
Obama: immigration overhaul will have to wait until next year
August 6, 2009
U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants – The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violators, trying to transform it from a patchwork of jail and prison cells to what its new chief called a “truly civil detention system.”
August 4, 2009
The son of a decorated Vietnam veteran, Hector Veloz is a U.S. citizen, but in 2007 immigration officials mistook him for an illegal immigrant and locked him in an Arizona prison for 13 months.
After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration’s tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is pursuing an aggressive strategy for an illegal-immigration crackdown that relies significantly on programs started by his predecessor.
August 3, 2009
Immigrants who flocked to the once-burgeoning Inland Empire are hard-hit in economic downturn
July 29, 2009
Immigrant Detainee Rights Are Routinely, Systematically Violated, New Report by National Immigration Law Center Finds “A Broken System” is based on 18,000 pages of previously confidential ICE, ABA, and UNHCR reviews of detention centers
July 28, 2009
The administration of President Barack Obama is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails known as Secure Communities. But in Houston where the effort got a trial start eight months ago, people on each side of the immigration debate have found fault with it.
July 23, 2009
The Senate Democrat leading the push for immigration changes said Tuesday verifying the legal status of workers will require citizens and immigrants to prove they are legally eligible to hold jobs in the U.S.
July 22, 2009
Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave?
July 21, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security is changing the way it tackles illegal immigration, in many cases remaking or rescinding Bush administration policies. The changes put heavier emphasis on employers, including more investigations of hiring records and fines for violations
July 16, 2009
In first year, Texas’ $2 million Webcam border watch nets just 11 arrests
July 13, 2009
Outlaws in the U.S., Strangers at Home Downturn – Strands Illegal Latino Immigrants Between Cultures
Mentally ill immigrants have little hope for care when detained
July 9, 2009
Government Rescinds “No Match” Rule – would have unlawfully used the error-ridden Social Security Administration database
July 1, 2009
Feds begin immigration crackdown at 625 companies
The Arizona House has defeated a bill that would have made it the only state in the nation to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants by expanding its trespassing law.
June 26, 2009
Video: President Obama vowed on Thursday to immediately begin negotiations to craft comprehensive immigration reform , with the goal of passing legislation in Congress later this year or early next year.
June 25, 2009
The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Today’s White House Meeting on Immigration Reform
June 22, 2009
More than 100 U.S.-born children sue the Obama administration over their parents’ deportations
June 19, 2009
Illegal Entry At A 36 Year Low, But Comprehensive Immigration Reform Still a Must
President Barack Obama says he is committed to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a way that illegal immigrants can become U.S. citizens – at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference.
June 18, 2009
Nearly three years after the Justice Department found that the nation’s immigration courts were seriously overburdened and recommended hiring 40 new judges, only a few hirings have taken place and the case backlog is at its highest point in a decade
June 16, 2009
Cautious Optimism Despite Another Delay in White House Immigration Reform Talks
Mexico report: 9,758 migrants mainly Central American were abducted in just 6 months
June 15, 2009
So The Time Isn’t Now Then? : Obama Postpones Immigration Reform Meeting…..Again
Computer ‘raid’ in Vernon leaves factory workers devastated – No immigration agents descended on Overhill Farms, a major food-processing plant in Vernon. No one was arrested or deported. There were no frantic scenes of desperate workers fleeing la migra through the gritty streets of the industrial suburb southeast of downtown Los Angeles. For more than 200 Overhill workers, however, the effect was devastating: All lost steady jobs last month
June 5, 2009
A federal appeals panel has upheld a suburban St. Louis town’s ordinance prohibiting the hiring of illegal immigrants, a case that could have national implications. – Valley Park
June 4, 2009
Nevada Senator and Majority Leader Harry Reid wants immigration bill this year
June 3, 2009
Mexican emigration drops 13 percent in 1st quarter
June 2, 2009
Arrests on Southern Border Drop 27% – Decline Marks Fewest Seizures by Agents Since 1976
April 15, 2009
Nearly 75% of illegal immigrants’ children were born in the USA and are citizens, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center. – (nice interactive map)
April 9, 2009
While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama plans to begin addressing the country’s immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.
April 2, 2009
Saying traditional census outreach will not be enough, Hispanic groups on Wednesday urged the Obama administration to follow through now on its pledge to pass immigration reform or risk an undercount of millions of people.
March 30, 2009
The nation’s immigration courts are now so clogged that nearly 90,000 people accused of being in the United States illegally waited at least two years for a judge to decide whether they must leave, one of the last bottlenecks in a push to more strictly enforce immigration laws.
March 23, 2009
President Barack Obama said last week that he wants to follow through on his promise to fix the immigration system. But that goal, always politically difficult, faces major hurdles: the crumbling economy, drug violence in Mexico, and a jam-packed agenda already facing Congress.
March 20, 2009
Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, the former Republican Party chairman who vividly remembers the “variety of names” conservatives called him because of his work on immigrant rights, is readying for another big brawl over the issue of immigration.
March 19, 2009
Hispanic Caucus Says Obama Will Back Its Push For Overhaul Measure This Year
March 17, 2009
Hispanic Democrats – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) – will have their first West Wing meeting with President Obama on Wednesday morning to discuss immigration reform, according to Democratic sources.
March 16, 2009
Most Immigrants In Detention Did Not Have Criminal Record, Reports AP
March 9, 2009
Border arrests drop to 1970s levels – With the economy in tatters and security beefed up at the U.S.-Mexico border, fewer people are willing to cross illegally.
March 4, 2009
Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos Admonishes Obama on immigration
March 3, 2009
Activists Protest Immigration Raids In Phoenix – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched deputies into Hispanic communities in the Phoenix area.
February 16, 2009
Some states, cities and counties that plunged into the immigration debate are having second thoughts. In Texas, Alabama and elsewhere, lawmakers have repealed or modified measures that cracked down on illegal immigrants or made English the official language. In Iowa and Utah, legislators are proposing similar reversals.
February 1, 2009
Need a job? Try the Border Patrol – That’s the message this weekend in a 15-city job fair sponsored by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is seeking to hire more than 11,000 people this year. No experience necessary.
January 29, 2009
The lawyers for over 600 American born children filed a lawsuit against President Obama to suspend the deportation of their undocumented parents until there is immigration law reform.
January 28, 2009
Immigration Judge Michael Straus recently issued a split decision in court challenges brought by 17 immigrants who charged that their arrests last year by federal agents were unconstitutional. Straus, in an oral ruling, found that six of the 17 immigrants have made a prima facie case that constitutional violations took place – Connecticut
January 26, 2009
Federal prosecutions of immigration crimes nearly doubled in the last fiscal year, reaching more than 70,000 immigration cases in the 2008 fiscal year, according to federal data compiled by a Syracuse University research group. The emphasis, many federal judges and prosecutors say, has siphoned resources from other crimes, eroded morale among federal lawyers and overloaded the federal court system.
Some 300 women held at immigration detention centers in Arizona face dangerous delays in health care and widespread mistreatment, according to a new study by the University of Arizona, the latest report to criticize conditions at such centers throughout the United States.
January 21, 2009
Obama’s Immigration agenda on new WhiteHouse.gov’s website
January 16, 2009
Hispanics and the New Administration – Immigration Slips as a Top Priority – Pew Hispanic Report
January 15, 2009
Janet Napolitano, named to run the Homeland Security Department, pledged today to crack down on illegal immigration by targeting companies that hire undocumented workers.
January 2, 2009
Vatican view of Hispanic immigration to U.S. – Prepared by FIDES, the Vatican information service, the historical and economic origins of Latino immigration and the U.S. response are summarized. The position of the Catholic bishops in the U.S. is also reviewed.
December 29, 2008
Tensions rise with U.S.-Mexican border fence – As construction crews have moved into El Paso, a working-class, largely Hispanic city of 600,000 in Texas’ western corner, emotions have intensified.
December 28, 2008
City of Immigrants Fills Jail Cells With Its Own – Central Falls, Rhode Island (a mostly Latino community) :: look into the fastest-growing, least-examined type of incarceration in America, an industry that detains half a million people a year, up from a few thousand just 15 years ago. The system operates without the rules that protect criminal suspects, and has grown up with little oversight, often in the backyards of communities desperate for any source of money and work. – In a sinking economy, immigration detention is a rare growth industry. – (A MUST READ)
December 19, 2008
Hispanic retired ICE agent is candidate for Assistant Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – a sub-cabinet presidential appointment that requires U.S. Senate confirmation – Miguel Angel Contreras
December 18, 2008
The U.S. government has completed 500 miles of fencing along the border with Mexico, which is just 170 miles short of its goal.
December 15, 2008
Illegal-immigrant workers driven down hard road – Bad economy, job cuts forcing many into stay-or-go decision
December 12, 2008
Bush Administration now bails out agricultural industry with changes to guestworker program that creates a government sanctioned slave market
Los indocumentados en Missouri enfrentarán en 2009 unas leyes de inmigración más severas
An investigation finds a Maryland cleaning company, which Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff used to clean his home, was hiring illegal workers.
December 10, 2008
Returning migrants find Mexico, themselves unready to adapt
U.S. steps up deportation of illegal immigrants – Reflecting stepped-up enforcement of its borders, the U.S. government now flies an average of 600 illegal immigrants back to their native countries every day.
December 5, 2008
The New Electoral Landscape and What It Means for Immigration Reform – Immigration Policy Center
December 2, 2008
Immigration’s changing course is story that needs telling – A lmost everywhere that Miami Herald reporter Frances Robles and photographer John VanBeekum traveled along the southwest border with Mexico, they found the same ghost-town feel in what once were crowded villages built mostly on the illegal immigration trade.
Sides get set to lobby Barack Obama for immigration policy changes Some activists oppose detentions and deportations; others seek hiring restrictions and border control
November 28, 2008
Virginia, known for some of the nation’s toughest policies on illegal immigration, appears to be abandoning its hard-line approach as state officials consider proposals to help foreign-born residents assimilate, including increasing the number of English classes.
November 21, 2008
Fewer Mexicans leaving homeland Emigration down sharply; ailing U.S. economy, tighter border cited
November 20, 2008
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano tapped as new Homeland Security chief – The vocal immigration reformer brings border-state experience to the post.
November 18, 2008
Karl Rove says immigration reform key to saving GOP
A system’s fatal flaws – Thousands of inmates admit they’re in the U.S. illegally, but even those convicted of violent crimes are often released right back onto Houston’s streets
November 17, 2008
Children caught trying to slip illegally into the U.S. are mistreated while in custody, transported home unsafely and denied access to representation, a study released Thursday contends. The Austin-based think tank Center for Public Policy Priorities outlined a series of what they said were shortcomings by the federal government in dealing with unaccompanied illegal immigrant children taken into custody.
Economic crisis, illegal immigration crackdown spurs exodus
November 12, 2008
Critics cry foul over DPS license checkpoint plan – Some lawmakers say stops would unfairly target illegal immigrants – Texas
November 11, 2008
Cuban American Senator Mel Martinez Slams Anti-Immigration Rhetoric In Republican Party
November 4, 2008
HIRC Struggles Show Immigration’s Failure as a Campaign ‘08 Wedge Issue – House Immigration Reform Caucus (HIRC) members are locked in tough re-election races – there’s a good chance the HIRC could lose 10% of its caucus tomorrow night and up to 20% if a strong Democratic wave develops
November 3, 2008
Central American immigrants adopt Mexican ways in U.S. – Many who come to the United States from El Salvador and elsewhere say it’s easier to adopt the language habits and customs of Los Angeles’ largest Latino population. Others fiercely stick to their own traditions
New U.S. citizens, many of them Hispanic immigrants, say they are excited by the U.S. presidential election and will head to the polls Election Day.
October 20, 2008
Immigrants contribute $10.6 billion a year to Long Island’s economy by increasing productivity, generating new business and paying taxes, according to a study to be released Monday by Adelphi University’s Center for Social Innovation.
‘Kids in Need of Defense’ (KIND) Launched by Microsoft, Angelina Jolie, Major Law Firms and Corporate Legal Departments – New Children’s Advocacy Organization to Provide Legal Assistance for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in U.S.
October 15, 2008
A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that the city’s plan to issue municipal identification cards to residents regardless of immigration status does not violate state and federal law.
Immigrants integral to Nebraska state economy, UNO study finds – If immigrants vanished and weren’t replaced in three of its key industries, Nebraska would lose 78,000 jobs, including some filled by U.S.-born workers. Production throughout the state would drop nearly 9 percent, or by $13.5 billion.
Mexican laborers giving up, going home – Economic, legal problems take toll
A look at immigration issues among Hispanic voters
October 9, 2008
Presidential Debates Ignore 12 Million Elephants in the Room, Bypass Immigration
October 8, 2008
Federal agents detained more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants Tuesday in a raid at a chicken processing plant that has been under investigation for months. – Greenville, South Carolina
October 6, 2008
Make No Mistake : ICE Raid of Citizen Latina Wasn’t a Mistake -A Port Isabel woman who has been a U.S. citizen for 40 years has immigration agents storm into her house.
October 2, 2008
Flow of illegal immigrants slows, Pew Center finds
September 30, 2008
Border visits no longer will be day at beach – The federal government’s effort to slam the door on illegal immigration, drug smuggling and the threat of terrorism means a new secondary fence will be built in the park, creating a 90-foot-wide no-man’s land of patrol roads and security lights that extends to the sea. – Southern California
September 29, 2008
U.S. immigration authorities said Monday they arrested more than 1,150 people in California in a three-week sweep, the state’s largest of its type since since 2003.
September 19, 2008
AdWatch: Spanish-language ads are short on facts – Apparently both presidential campaigns feel less constrained by the facts when they’re speaking in Spanish.
September 18, 2008
A state appellate court ruled on Monday that a state law granting subsidized in-state tuition rates to undocumented California college students conflicts with federal law.
September 12, 2008
Anti-immigration hard-liners in the GOP have scared away many Latinos, leading immigrant voters to abandon the Republican Party in record numbers. But some Latinos still believe John McCain has their interests at heart.
The Bush administration needs an extra $400 million to complete its fence along the country’s southwestern border, and government investigators say that may not even be enough to finish construction by the end of this year.
September 10, 2008
It’s Time to Fight F.A.I.R. – What You Should Know About the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
U.S. teen: ‘I felt like there were no dreams for me’ – Julie Quiroz – (CNN picks up that: 3 million U.S. citizen children are believed to have one undocumented parent and tells this Latina’s story)
September 8, 2008
Commenting on the Republican Platorm on Immigration – The GOP approved their platform, including immigration, which John McCain endorsed upon his acceptance of nomination
September 5, 2008
Guest Voz: Academic researchers discover the lack of comprehensive immigration reform increases disparities and limits future progress of Latinos nationwide – Dr. María del Carmen Salazar of the University of Denver
September 3, 2008
Immigration, once the hottest U.S. political issue, is on a backburner this election season with little firm evidence it will advance, no matter who moves into the White House in January.
Lawyers difficult to obtain in immigration cases – Free representation is not assigned in such proceedings, leaving 58% of respondents nationwide without attorneys.
GOP: Only legal residents should be counted
Illegal immigrants opted to stay during Gustav – New Orleans
August 29, 2008
Can the Republican Party unite a divided country? The signs aren’t good – there are two issues Republican delegates are grappling with that specifically impact the Latino community — illegal immigration and making English the official language
The RNC Meets to Draft Their Platform: Sparks Fly on the Issue of Illegal Immigration
August 26, 2008
Howard Industries is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic transformers and transportation equipment. Early Monday morning, the Laurel facility was swarming with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. After hours of interviewing all the employees on site, 350 illegal immigrants were identified. – Mississippi
August 20, 2008
Mexico says 11.8 million of its citizens now live in the United States. Immigration official Ana Teresa Aranda says some 580,000 Mexican nationals emigrate each year.
August 18, 2008
Organizations Win Lawsuit Challenging Unreasonable Delays Granting Citizenship – NWIRP and ACLU-WA Reach Settlement with Federal Government in Lawsuit Challenging Unreasonable Delays Granting Citizenship
August 17, 2008
Dept. of Homeland Security has deported over 90,000 children under the age of 17 to Mexico without a parent or caregiver
Immigration Is Snaring U.S. Citizens In Its Raids
Eight people serving on Gov. Don Carcieri’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs have resigned to protest Carcieri’s immigration crackdown in Rhode Island.
August 12, 2008
As the gay rights movement progresses in Latin American countries, homosexual Mexicans struggle to prove asylum in the United States is warranted.
By hiring 1,500 more staff and increasing overtime, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services will reduce the average national processing time to between 10 and 12 months from about 16 months, a spokesman for the agency, Shawn Saucier, said.
August 11, 2008
A new study by the nonpartisan Employee Research Institute (EBRI) indicates that the uninsured population in the United States is becoming increasingly dominated by immigrants. In fact, over a 12-year period ending in 2006, immigrants accounted for 55% of the increase in the uninsured population.
The U.S. government has spent more than $51 million over the past four summers flying nearly 64,000 illegal immigrants home to Mexico City.
Republican state lawmaker Doug Bruce blasted the El Paso County Sheriff’s office last week for booklets Bruce said tell suspected illegal immigrants how to avoid law enforcement officers. – Colorado
As Valley border fence work begins, questions resurface – Feds take steps to make sure only legal workers build barriers
August 6, 2008
Hispanic aldermen are demanding to know why 59 Chicago motorists with Latino surnames have been arrested for traffic violations and other misdemeanors recently only to land in jail because somebody tipped Immigration and Customs Enforcement in violation of the city’s “sanctuary” ordinance.
August 5, 2008
US races to erect controversial steel fence on Mexican border
August 3, 2008
Immigrants Facing Deportation by U.S. Hospitals – Mr. Jiménez’s benchmark case exposes a little-known but apparently widespread practice. Many American hospitals are taking it upon themselves to repatriate seriously injured or ill immigrants because they cannot find nursing homes willing to accept them without insurance.
July 30, 2008
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will launch next week a self-deportation program to cut the country’s huge illegal immigrant population.
July 28, 2008
The Immigration Fight Gets Ugly – A law making it a felony to be an undocumented worker is sowing conflict in Mississippi, as states take action in the absence of federal immigration reform
The Reign of ‘Sheriff Joe’ – In Arizona, the perils of driving while brown – (revealing read)
July 23, 2008
Border Patrol NOT Checking Documentation of Valley Evacuees – Texas
July 22, 2008
Mexico will no longer jail illegal immigrants detained within its borders.
July 21, 2008
Illegal immigrants spurn benefits – Fear of immigration agents means available resources go unclaimed
Jobs For Day Laborers Are Dwindling – Florida
July 16, 2008
Dozens of detainees in Postville face indefinite wait – Iowa
July 15, 2008
More Illegal Immigrants Putting Affairs in Order – Deportation Risk Prompts Preparation
Hispanics mixed on McCain’s compassion for migrants
July 14, 2008
Fewer Americans Favor Cutting Back Immigration – new Gallup poll
July 13, 2008
An Interpreter Speaking Up for Migrants (from the Postville, Iowa raid) – Erik Camayd-Freixas – Professor of Spanish at Florida International University
July 10, 2008
ICE deports more than 5,800 from Florida in 2008 – (up from a year ago)
Report: Immigration no-match policy could (really, really) hurt state economy – Oregon
Eyewitness comes forward to tell the true story of what happened at Postville, Iowa (Latina Lista)
July 9, 2008
Video of Barak Obama Calling for Immigration Reform
July 8, 2008
Immigration Not Key to Winning Hispanic Vote: Experts
June 26, 2008
LAPD won’t ask about immigration status – lawsuit thrown out
June 24, 2008
Border farmers seek change on guest workers
Border fence challenge rebuffed by Supreme Court – The justices decline to hear a petition from environmentalists, allowing the Department of Homeland Security to continue construction.
June 23, 2008
Group Wields Racketeering Law Against Landlords to Combat Illegal Immigration – Plainfield, New Jersey
June 19, 2008
Bureau of Prisons ranks immigration as third highest offense in nation’s jails (Latina Lista)
Cuban immigrants reach Texas after being snatched by gunmen in Mexico
June 18, 2008
Abandoned two-year-old is the poster child for immigration debate (Latina Lista)
Federal prosecution of illegal immigrants soars
June 12, 2008
Sheriff Arpaio’s thugs threaten to arrest a New Times reporter for looking at public records – (wow, you have to read this one) – Phoenix, Arizona
June 11, 2008
New report shows that family reunification is one of the driving forces of illegal immigration (Latina Lista)
Border Patrol implements zero-tolerance policy for illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley – Some fear ‘Streamline’ could overburden federal courts
June 10, 2008
Border Crossings – Spain, Like U.S., Grapples With Immigration
June 9, 2008
Few Latin artists mobilize for immigration reform
Both parties duck on immigration
States Take New Tack on Illegal Immigration (online title) vs. (newspaper title) Local Officals Adopt New, Harder Tactics On Illegal Immigrants – New York Times
June 5, 2008
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction preventing certain portions of HB 1804, Oklahoma’s tough, controversial new immigration law, from taking effect July 1.
Gov. Sanford Signs Illegal Immigration Bill; Farmers Concerned – South Carolina
June 4, 2008
Immigration legislation: Latinos ask South Carolina to reconsider – Gov Sanford expected to sign controversial bill into law today
June 3, 2008
Aurora OKs bigger immigration detention center – The move effectively clears the way for GEO Group Inc. to turn a 400-bed facility into a 1,500-bed center to house illegal immigrants, making it the second-largest detention center in the nation. – Colorado
The Great Immigration Panic – Unjust and Unethical Treatment of Illegal Immigrants in the United States
Immigration Prosecutions Hit New High – Critics Say Increased Use of Criminal Charges Strains System
Can fence be built without immigrants? – Can the U.S. border fence be built on deadline without the help of foreign laborers? – (doubt it)
June 2, 2008
Bush administration steps up immigration raids – Election year aside, ICE vows to go full force
Lou Dobbs Said He’d Be Happy to Triple Number of Legal Immigrants – David Sirota’s new book reveals unexpected tidbit about the God Father of the Anti-Immigration Set.
May 29, 2008
Texas cities join suit against Mexico border fence
May 27, 2008
Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute
Prince William’s county sees signs of change amid crackdown
May 22, 2008
Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News
Department of Homeland Security Will Face Questions on Care of Detained Immigrants
Border agents won’t slow hurricane evacuations – BUT no clarification on whether or not illegal immigrants taken to shelters during a hurricane will be allowed to return home or if they will be deported.
Immigration Reform Under the Next U.S. President – Immigration advocates say the prospect of immigration reform under the next U.S. president is slim, but the way immigration plays out in the election could change the face of the Republican Party.
U.S. to ease visa restrictions for seasonal jobs – definition of “temporary” jumps to 3 years from 10 months!
May 21, 2008
Hurricanes, Citizenship, and the Makings of an Unnatural Disaster
May 20, 2008
Homeland Security ignored Iowa officials’ pleas to postpone Postville raid until criminal investigation of plant management completed (Latina Lista)
Study: Loss of illegal immigrants would cripple economy
Update: Postville illegals ordered to leave – Iowa
Are immigration raids really doing what backers claim?
May 19, 2008
Could infighting end Minuteman movement? Anti-illegal immigration group struggling as chapters disband, donations slow
May 15, 2008
Feds grapple with backlog for citizenship – Arizona focus
May 14, 2008
Careless Detention – Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation – Immigrants Sedated Without Medical Reason
What’s Next for Postville? – (update: near 400 arrested – town may dry up)- Iowa – (you should read the comments below the original article)
May 13, 2008
Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at Postville plant – Iowa (largest in the history of state)
May 12, 2008
Cuban Defectors Adjust to a New Life
Immigration-themed movies are riding high
May 8, 2008
Maricopa County OKs $1M for illegal-immigrant sweeps – Arizona
May 7, 2008
Groups Struggle to Clean Up Mess Illegal Immigrants Leave Behind – (as they cross the border)
Border busts coming and going – U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal immigrants only as they enter the country. Now they’re catching them on the way out.
May 6, 2008
Ski towns struggle with labor crunch as immigrant crackdown continues
May 5, 2008
Border crackdown, U.S. slowdown has Mexican migrants giving up sooner
May 1, 2008
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning refuses to sue for immigrants’ fair housing rights
April 30, 2008
Latinos outraged over CBS report by Katie Couric
April 29, 2008
U.S. slowdown likely to drive Mexican workers north – As the U.S. economy slows down and Mexican factories are shuttered, more workers may cross the border to look for jobs.
Napolitano vetoes bill on police role in immigration – Arizona – (may have cost as much as $100 million)
April 28, 2008
Nun who led civil rights march in Dallas leaving for Mexico – Sister Consuelo Tovar
April 25, 2008
Illegal immigration issues roil Iowa town – Marshalltown, where a quarter of residents are Latino, is seeing rising anti-immigrant sentiments, especially after a deadly car crash involving a woman in the country illegally.
Virtual fence on Mexican border deemed insufficient – $20 million prototype down the tubes
Feds aid Sept. 11 victims’ illegal-immigrant relatives
Joe’s worthless sweeps – Not only are they wrong, they’re not even making dent in illegal migration
Mesa on edge as it awaits promised Arpaio sweeps – Arizona
Immigration: The Democratic divide
North Carolina governor’s candidates want tough immigration rules
April 24, 2008
Facing South: How Mississippi passed the country’s biggest crackdown on immigrant workers
Congressional Hispanics knock Democratic leaders – Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona called the Democratic caucus “spineless.”
April 22, 2008
Colorado Lawmaker Calls Mexican Workers “Illiterate Peasants”
U.S. immigration laws sapping trade, businesses say – in Washington state
April 21, 2008
Arizona’s Immigration Two-Step – Traumatized by a tidal wave of illegal immigrants, Arizona last year enacted the nation’s most pitiless law to punish employers who hire undocumented workers. Now state lawmakers, having proved that they mean business — even if it means killing off businesses — are reconnecting with reality: They want to import Mexican workers.
Illegal immigration looms as a key issue in this year’s governor’s race – North Carolina
An Illegal Immigrant’s Legal Paradox – Paying Child Support Means Breaking the Law
April 15, 2008
Illegal immigrants pay billions in taxes
April 14, 2008
Are Illegal Immigrants Entitled to Organ Transplants in the U.S.?
More Cubans abandoning communist island in ’silent exodus’
Phoenix Mayor Asks FBI to Check Sheriff Joe Arpaio
April 12, 2008
Legal Immigrants, Until They Sought Citizenship – (why does the immigration process have to be so difficult?)
April 10, 2008
San Francisco Welcomes Illegal Immigrants With New Ad Campaign
Assault Over Immigration Poster Refuted – + video link – (this Texas middle school incident was picked up by many bloggers and other sites but I held back for some reason – now I am glad I did)
Missouri House backs curbs on illegal immigrants – (looks like Missouri might be going the way of Oklahoma – makes me want to move out this state)
April 8, 2008
Border Patrol Works To Recruit Thousands of New Agents – want to hire 6,000 new agents by the end of the year
April 2, 2008
Immigration Issues End a Pennsylvania Grower’s Season
Environmental Laws to Be Waived for Fence – Lawmaker Accuses Administration of Abusing Authority to Build Barrier at Mexican Border
March 31, 2008
Mexican drug cartels move into human smuggling – Immigrants as commodities
Socialist policies spur Venezuelans to leave -U.S., Europe take in South Americans who are fleeing Chavez government.
Migrant fair growing every year, organizers say – welcoming back migrant families to West Ottawa, Michigan
March 28, 2008
304,000 Inmates Eligible for Deportation, Official Says
Los Angeles Votes Against Anti Immigrant Legislation
March 24, 2008
National Guard presence along Mexican border to end this summer
3,000 illegal immigrants processed for deportation in Nashville – in the past year
Labor shortage grows desperate for area farmers; Relief sought in state measure, but say U.S. reform needed – Colorado
March 20, 2008
Univision PAC Contributes To Prominent Foe of Unauthorized Immigration
March 18, 2008
U.S. tries to shut revolving door of illegal reentry
The University of Uncertainty – Virginia Children of Illegal Immigrants Lack In-State Status – (students – US Citizens – have to prove that parents are in this country legally – wtf!)
Governor signs bill cracking down on illegal immigration – Utah
March 17, 2008
McCain Must Appease both Hispanics and Conservatives on Immigration
March 13, 2008
Illegal immigrant program stretches U.S. marshals to the limit
Immigration Matters: Progressives Fight Back on Immigration – NAM
March 11, 2008
Over 600 illegal immigrants arrested in Arizona in the last week
The Growing Nightmare for Immigrants in Arizona
March 10, 2008
Illegal immigrants slip as hot voter issue – “With Sen. John McCain clinching the Republican nomination, immigration essentially has become a non-issue in presidential debates”
March 9, 2008
Immigration crackdowns in Irving, Farmers Branch followed rise in Latino students – Texas
March 6, 2008
A year after raid, immigration cases drag on for many – New Bedford, Massachusetts
Border Counties Shortchanged in Immigrant Costs, Study Says
March 5, 2008
Immigration: New bills, old borders
NPR: Geraldo Rivera Takes on Anti-Immigrant Fervor in ‘His Panic’ + His O’Reilly Factor ‘explosion’ on YouTube
February 28, 2008
Immigration Matters: Mexican Strawberry Pickers Seek African American Help – Louisiana
A Los Angeles man with mental problems, who spent three months lost in Mexico after being deported despite being a U.S. citizen, sued homeland security and immigration officials on Wednesday.
February 27, 2008
Immigration Agency Accused of Illegal Searches – ICE is violating the constitutional rights of US workers by conducting illegal searches and seizures in workplace raids to find illegal immigrants
February 26, 2008
U.S. naturalization applications surge – study
February 25, 2008
New Tactics to Control Immigration Are Unveiled – (virtual fence, tech and high fines)
February 19, 2008
Feared Sweeps for Illegal Workers Found Just One – Suffolk County
