For many, talk of any kind of reform inevitably and inaccurately leads to the dreaded A-word —amnesty — even though recent Democratic-backed bills introduced in both the House and Senate ask that immigrants meet certain conditions.
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Jose Antonio Vargas Driver’s License Canceled By Washington State
Washington state has canceled the driver’s license of a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who publicly said he is an illegal immigrant. Officials opened an investigation after Jose Antonio Vargas’ essay about his background was published in the New York Times Magazine in June.
Changes to deportation guidelines bring fairness, balance.
Secure Communities, the federal program created to target and deport immigrants identified as dangerous felons, ended up leaving many individuals and communities feeling far from secure. Since its inception in 2008, thousands of illegal immigrants who had no criminal record, or had misdemeanor convictions, were deported.
Editorials in Spanish Language Media Opine On Obama’s Immigration Push
News of President Obama’s recent push for immigration reform has hijacked the news this week, and media personalities have been all too vocal about what they think are Obama’s real intentions for immigration reform. Some have called his efforts “insincere” while others have praised him for finally playing to his base; this is entirely politics, some argue, while others say that yes, it might be, but it’s also good policy
Obama Pledges Not to Divide Families While DHS Separates 4-year-old American From Her Parents
On the last stop of his visit to Latin America, in El Salvador, President Barack Obama declared that “we have to make sure that we’ve got a legal immigration system that is effective and is not frustrating for families, doesn’t divide families.” Interesting enough, it almost seemed as if he were talking about the case of 4-year-old girl Emily Samantha Ruiz, who was born in the United States to undocumented parents.
