Dec 2, 2009
The Salvation Army says it will no longer ask for a parent's social security number before giving Christmas toys to children at some local branches.
Juan Alanis, a spokesman for the Salvation Army's Houston branch, says the charity changed its policy Wednesday following a protest by Hispanic immigrants in Los...
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A national immigrants rights group expressed concern Wednesday over a toy-distribution policy by the Salvation Army which it said could discourage some needy immigrant families from seeking free holiday presents.
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Last week a dozen Republican U.S. Senators, all of whom oppose comprehensive immigration reform, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, protesting a recent speech in which she said that immigration reform would help lift the wages of American workers and create a more level...
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The federal government said it was revamping its deportation agreements with local sheriffs to focus on ridding the country of dangerous felons. But some North Carolina sheriffs who signed the agreements have not changed their practices.
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In announcing it will push for immigration reform in 2010, the Obama administration is right to make it clear that a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants is not negotiable. The United States has benefited from people who are here illegally - in the taxes they pay, the...
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Nov 22, 2009
Immigrants didn't come here in order to be lawbreakers; they broke a law in order to come here. That's a distinction with a crucial difference - one that sensible and principled conservatives should be able to understand.
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The Obama administration said last week that it would push for reform next year, making good on candidate Barack Obama's pledge. We were glad to hear it.
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Nov 20, 2009
A new report from the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute and the Minnesota Business Immigration Coalition pulls together compelling evidence that even in this mostly homogeneous state -- where the immigrant population is small but growing -- immigrants are playing an increasingly important role in the economy, and we...
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Leading anti-immigrant zealots in Congress, and controversial allied organizations like the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), are busy today promoting several events and new studies that, shockingly, call for hard-line action against immigrants and mass deportation of undocumented workers. Between a new CIS "study" that tries to paint...
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The White House has breathed new life into a movement by progressives who with "parties" and a massive telephone conference are promoting comprehensive immigration reform, but only time will tell whether their efforts produce the desired effect by the beginning of 2010.
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