Jun 9, 2011
Latino voters have very real and concrete concerns about the absence of an immigration policy that addresses our times. A majority of Latinos personally know someone who is undocumented and a quarter of Latino voters say they have direct knowledge of someone who has been deported or is undergoing...
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A new law in Alabama authorizes police to stop and demand identification from anyone who looks like a possible illegal immigrant. The law also orders public schools to check the immigration status of their students. In Georgia, a new law cracks down on employers who evade federal requirements that...
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Fearful she will be deported and separated from her two young sons, Vilma Baltazar steeled her family for a long journey from her small apartment in Chamblee back to her native country, Guatemala. The single mother is one of many illegal immigrants in metro Atlanta who say they...
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Last month, Georgia passed one of the harshest new immigration laws in the country. Today, the AJC reports that nearly half of the 132 Georgia businesses polled in a private survey this month say they are experiencing agricultural labor shortages.
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Two of the masterminds behind the GOP’s mass deportation (of immigrants) strategy, Representatives Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and Elton Gallegly (R-CA), chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee, are introducing new legislation intended to bring about their extremist fantasy: the expulsion of 11 million undocumented immigrants...
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Add Massachusetts to the groundswell of states and localities opposing President Obama's misconceived and failing immigration dragnet. Gov. Deval Patrick announced on Monday that his state would not participate in Secure Communities, the fingerprint-sharing program that the Obama administration wants to impose nationwide by 2013.
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In opposing the federal program to use state police to check the immigration status of people who are arrested, and then supporting it, and then opposing it again, Governor Patrick has seemed anguished and indecisive. In an odd way, it's an appropriate stance.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected without comment a challenge against California' s AB 540, a law that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition to attend state colleges and universities. The high court's decision is a resounding victory for the students.
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Nearly half of the 132 Georgia businesses polled in a private survey this month say they are experiencing agricultural labor shortages. And of those who reported shortages to the Georgia Agribusiness Council, more than a third said immigrants are concerned about the state's new anti-illegal immigration law.
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As criticism mounts over a controversial federal program aimed at deporting criminal illegal residents, Gov. John Hickenlooper is now hedging on Colorado's commitment to Secure Communities. "We're gathering data. We're going to do a full evaluation of whether it's working," Hickenlooper said Monday.
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