A new study from UC Davis found that stricter Immigration enforcement could have a harmful effect on California's agricultural industry. It could lead to more imports and "significantly boost labor costs." Continue »
As if Arizona, with its SB 1070 law that cost $750 million and turned the state into a pariah wasn't enough. As if Georgia, with a new immigration law that criminalized all individuals who harbored or transported undocumented immigrants wasn't enough. As if Indiana's not one, but... Continue »
Because of the mandatory E-Verify legislation being pushed by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the Associated Press reports that "The agriculture industry fears a disaster." Smith and his GOP colleagues are telling the American Agriculture industry to "Drop Dead." Continue »
As Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) gears up to make the ineffective E-Verify program mandatory as a cornerstone of his overall mass-deportation goal, a new Associated Press article highlights what's at stake in the congressional battle ahead. Rep. Smith and the Republicans' push for E-Verify will wreak major... Continue »
Dear President Obama: My name is Isaias Vasquez. Last month I graduated with honors from the Bruce Randolph School in Denver. I was the student body president and a leader with Metropolitan Organizations for People. Continue »
The agriculture industry fears a disaster is on the horizon if the one bit of new immigration policy that Congress seems to agree on becomes law. Continue »
There has been a letter from 22 senators, a legal memo written by the American Immigration Counsel, and a network of immigration advocates all revealing that Obama's hands aren't tied on immigration. Continue »
Isaias Vasquez, just graduated with honors from Bruce Randolph in Denver. That's a school praised by President Obama in the State of the Union. But, Isaias is a DREAMer and his options are limited. He wrote a letter to the President, which appeared over the weekend in the Denver... Continue »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo properly put a hold on New York's participation in Secure Communities, a federal program that partners local police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resources to crack down on illegal immigration. Continue »
Those vicious anti-immigrant types sure stick together. Tom Tancredo is now raising money to defend Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce fight his recall election. Continue »