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ImmigrationImpact.com: Pelosi Joins the Hispanic Caucus� Call for Reform, Not Raids |
This past weekend, House Speaker Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took a stand on immigration raids and met hundreds of families Saturday evening at a church in San Francisco's Mission District to demand an end to deportations and the separation of families. What we need is reform, not raids. We need immigration laws that meet the reality of 2009, reduce illegal immigration and strengthen the rule of law by replacing the chaos and exploitation of undocumented immigration with the control and regulation of an orderly and humane system. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (March 10, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: Congress Should Leave Community Policing to the Police |
Over the last several years, Members of Congress who oppose comprehensive immigration reform have cast themselves as the law-and-order crowd, and mostly gotten away with it. But they went too far when they set their sights on attacking state and local police. By trying to punish local law enforcement agencies that refuse to put the deportation of undocumented workers before the arrest and prosecution of dangerous criminals, they're exposing what really motivates their policy proposals: concern over dishwashers and day laborers, not the safety of American communities. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (March 5, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: New Americans Are Springboard for California�s Economy |
Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that analysts across the country have been worried that the economic crisis has fueled an increase in hate groups and racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric. With its large immigrant population and current economic woes, California is in the belly of the beast. Yet, while many restrictionists and anti-immigrant groups are exploiting the recession and using immigrants as scapegoats, an undeniable truth lies beneath their feeble facts: California's immigrants and their children climb up the socioeconomic ladder over time and most Californians have economically benefited as a result. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (February 26, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: Anti-Immigration NumbersUSA Distorts Statistics for Dramatic Effect |
In yet another attempt to derail a rational debate on U.S. immigration policy, the anti-immigration group NumbersUSA has claimed recently that the federal government is bringing more than 1.6 million "new foreign workers" into the United States each year even as the unemployment rate continues to rise. This dubious figure is also being advanced by the Center for Immigration Studies and has already been parroted in a number of media outlets. Yet the "estimate" is so full of holes as to be virtually meaningless. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (February 23, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: UNC Report Confirms Police Immigration Enforcement Misses Target |
A new report from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the North Carolina ACLU examines the 287(g) partnership between DHS and local police in North Carolina. The 287(g) program–in which DHS and local police enter into Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) allowing local police to act as immigration officers in the course of their daily activities — has grown by leaps and bounds over the last several years, and North Carolina is home to eight of the 60 current MOUs with the federal government. At least 20 additional NC law enforcement agencies have requested MOUs. (February 19, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: Napolitano Outlines DHS Immigration Policies on NPR |
In an interview yesterday with NPR’s Day to Day host, Madeleine Brand, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano thoughtfully outlined the department’s immigration priorities. Napolitano provided pragmatic solutions to DHS’ immigration enforcement mishandlings while being careful not to get ahead of President Obama and Congress on the subject of immigration reform.
Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (February 17, 2009)
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ImmigrationImpact.com: Communities Across the Nation Rethink Hard-Line Immigration Laws |
Amidst a deep economic recession and a growing climate of fear and alienation within immigrant communities, many states, cities and counties that plunged into the immigration debate are having second thoughts, reports USA Today. Read the full post at ImmigrationImpact.com. (February 11, 2009)
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