Feb 14, 2011
New immigration legislation to be introduced this week by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) seeks to double down on the current deportation-only strategy: a strategy that has clearly failed to work these last twenty or so years. The fact that a Republican would be pandering to the far...
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New polling from Latino Decisions and Impremedia shows that immigration continues to surge in importance to Latino voters. In a January-February 2010 survey of 500 registered Latino voters, 47% chose immigration as their top issue, while 34% selected either jobs or the economy (21% for jobs and...
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House Republicans' mass deportation vision for immigration "reform" will again be on display at the next hearing of the House Immigration Subcommittee. Tomorrow's hearing is about expanding E-Verify to all employers in the United States, the centerpiece of the Republicans' vision for expelling 11 million undocumented immigrants...
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A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center on the undocumented population in the United States finds that, despite ramped-up enforcement efforts and the continued effects of the economic recession, the undocumented population remains "virtually unchanged" from a year ago, at an estimated 11.2 million persons nationwide. ...
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A new report by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) examining the 287(g) immigration enforcement program – a program that deputizes local law enforcement personnel to act as federal immigration agents – provides fresh evidence of the credibility gap between the rhetoric of DHS leadership in Washington, DC and...
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The push by Republican policymakers at the federal and state level to change the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution shows the depth to which the Republican Party has plunged in its zeal to "crackdown on immigrants."
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The Immigration Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing under Republican leadership yesterday, titled "ICE Worksite Enforcement – Up to the Job?" It is the first unveiling of Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Elton Gallegly (R-CA), and Immigration Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Steve...
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As the 112th Congress kicks into full swing, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) today unveiled his list of the Senate's top ten legislative priorities. The list features comprehensive immigration reform, including the DREAM Act and AgJOBS. Following President Obama's challenge to Congress last night, all...
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In his State of the Union address last evening, President Obama made a strong plea for bipartisan action on common sense immigration reform. First he made a compelling case for the DREAM Act, saying that it "makes no sense" to deport the "children of undocumented workers, who...
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Jan 25, 2011
New Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Elton Gallegly (R-CA), and Vice Chairman Steve King (R-IA) will hold their inaugural immigration hearing on Wednesday, January 26, 2010. They have called two people from the same anti-immigrant group as their witnesses, demonstrating their deep commitment...
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