Jan 14, 2013
New York Times: Obama Will Seek Citizenship Path in One Fast Push By Julia Preston January 12, 2013 Washington Post: Marco Rubio: Riding to the Immigration Rescue By Matthew Kaminski January 11, 2013 New York Times: After Immigration Arrests, Online Outcry, and Release By Fernanda Santos January 11, 2013...
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Late last night, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the home of Arizona DREAM leader Erika Andiola and detained her mother, Maria Arreola, and her brother, Heriberto Andiola Arreola. After immediate mobilization by the family’s supporters, and DREAMers and supporters from across the country, Heriberto and Maria were released...
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Earlier this week, the Migration Policy Institute published a report, Immigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery. The headline of MPI’s press release summed up its findings, “U.S. Spends More on Immigration Enforcement than on FBI, DEA, Secret Service & All Other Federal Criminal...
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Immigration reform is the #1 (non-fiscal) legislative priority this year, and everyone’s getting onboard–including business interests and the Chamber of Commerce. From the Associated Press today: The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says the organization is joining forces with labor, faith organizations, law enforcement and ethnic groups...
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Mississippi, well-aware of how HB 56 in Alabama turned out, is wary of proceeding with its own anti-immigrant bills. Texas is backing away from last year’s push to crack down on immigrants. Even Georgia is seeking to make changes to its current legislation. Kansas, however, it seems is another...
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A Migration Policy Institute report on the expansion of immigration enforcement has received much attention this week, with its findings that the government spends more on immigration enforcement than on all other federal law enforcement combined, and that it has spent $187 billion on immigration enforcement since 1986 (the...
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The Illinois General Assembly passed a bill yesterday that will grant temporary drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants, moving the bill to the desk of Gov. Pat Quinn (D-IL) who plans to sign it into law. The legislation passed due to the tireless work of advocates like the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant...
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Two new studies on immigration enforcement show that the border first/border only immigration policy is not enough. After spending more on immigration enforcement than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, and achieving record levels of enforcement, the immigration system remains broken. The missing piece—and the centerpiece of the...
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BREAKING: The Illinois State House has just passed the state’s immigrant driver’s licenses bill, 65-46. Today is the last day of the legislative session and the last chance to pass the bill in the current term. The bill, which has already been passed by the Senate, now goes to Governor...
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Young students coming together to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—a national holiday set aside to recognize freedom, equality, democracy, and activism—usually, are applauded and encouraged. Not so in the case of conservative shock jock Mark Belling and the Racine Unified School District (RUSD) versus a Wisconsin youth group...
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