I was looking forward to writing a post yesterday about RNC Chairman Michael Steele's new forward-looking approach to dealing with immigration. On Monday I had wondered aloud about whether the hard-won meeting with immigration reform advocates would still happen. Immediately afterward, the closed-door discussion was hailed as a key...
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On Tuesday, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) convened about 40 state and local police officers from across Colorado to discuss immigration enforcement. The attendees reached the same conclusion as law enforcement professionals at previous PERF events in Phoenix, AZ and Raleigh, NC: the incoherence of federal immigration policy...
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Unbound Philanthropy, The Opportunity Agenda, America's Voice, and a number of other organizations are sponsoring Immigration: Arts, Culture and Media 2010 – A Timely Conversation with Artists and Advocates.
The forum will be hosted at Florence Gould Hall, from 7 to 9 p.m. on 55 E. 59th Street, New York,...
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Today, the Spanish-language media discusses the problems plaguing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as a new story about detained Haitians adds to a rash of disturbing news about the agency. Meanwhile, local police need clear guidelines on how to treat undocumented immigrants.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), started a hubbub among comprehensive immigration reform advocates last week when he expressed to members of the Capitol press corps that progressive immigration legislation was "dead" for 2010 due to the contentious passage of health care reform. But the battle isn't over yet. In...
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Today, the Spanish-language media highlights yesterday's Supreme Court decision regarding lawyers' obligations to immigrant clients, the release of disabled detainees and a meeting at the Republican National Committee with immigration activists, among other stories.
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The Supreme Court, in a vote of 7-2, has ruled that a lawyer for an immigrant charged with a crime has an obligation, constitutionally, to tell the client that a guilty plea carries a risk that he will be deported.
In Padilla v. Kentucky, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that...
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New polling of Latino voters reveals that 1) this group is among the least energized heading into the 2010 elections; and 2) progress on comprehensive immigration reform is key to re-energizing these voters.
Latino Decisions researcher and Stanford University professor Dr. Gary Segura highlighted and analyzed the findings:
Among all the...
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As the scandal over leaked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memos continues to unfold in the Spanish-language press, leaders of grassroots organizations are calling for the firing of ICE director John Morton. Meanwhile, Republican support for immigration reform remains elusive, and eight states celebrate Cesar Chávez Day.
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Today, a group of grassroots leaders are demanding that the Obama Administration fire John Morton, the head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security.
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