The Racial Blame GameThese days it seems that some people want to blame immigrants for every problem under the sun: high taxes, crime, pollution, the national deficit, healthcare costs, even traffic. Now some folks are even trying to say that immigrants are solely to blame for unempl...
April 19, 2011Unauthorized Immigrants Pay Taxes, TooThe unauthorized, like everyone else in the United States, pay sales taxes. They also pay property taxes-even if they rent. At least half of unauthorized immigrants pay income taxes. Add this all up and it amounts to billions in revenue to state ...
April 19, 2011Obama plans to 'intensify' immigration debateThe White House statement:In a meeting in the State Dining Room this afternoon, the President and members of his Cabinet and senior staff met with a broad group of business, law enforcement, faith, and former and current elected lea...
April 19, 2011Court Protects Immigrants' Right To Reopen Cases From Outside the U.S.A federal appellate court recently reversed a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision that would have prevented noncitizens from presenting new evidence in their removal cases – evidence that potential...
April 14, 2011Tuition Equity Legislation for Undocumented Students Picks Up SpeedUpdated 04/12/11: The State of Maryland is well on its way to making higher education accessible to undocumented students, as both houses passed the Maryland DREAM Act and Governor O’Malley has pledged to sign into la...
April 14, 2011Four Cheers for the Ninth Circuit’s Ruling on SB 1070In a clean sweep for the rule of law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction yesterday against four key provisions of SB 1070—Arizona’s notoriously misguided attempt to drive undocumented im...
April 14, 2011Two Years Under the Obama Administration, How Does DHS Measure Up?Nearly two years ago, expectations ran high as President Obama took office and Secretary Napolitano took the reins of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In review of DHS’s first year under the Obama Adm...
April 14, 201122 Senators Demand President Obama Exercise Executive Action on ImmigrationAs it becomes increasingly evident that Congress is too mired in politics to reform our broken immigration system, a steady chorus demanding executive action is growing. This week, 22 U.S. Senators, including ...
April 14, 2011Get Out Your Wallets, Georgians! State Lawmakers Pass Costly Immigration MeasureDespite the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling to uphold a preliminary injunction against provisions of Arizona’s SB 1070 earlier this week, state lawmakers in Georgia passed their own version of Arizo...
April 14, 2011Federal Court Decision Protects H-1B Employees from Wrongful ArrestReleased on Wed, Apr 13, 2011Washington D.C. - A recent ruling from a federal judge in Connecticut confirmed that—as the American Immigration Council (AIC) and the American Immigration Lawyers Associati...
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