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Weekly Diaspora: Rallying the Grassroots by The Media Consortium
Posted on 4 Mar 2010 at 9:49am

By Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger

Ed. Note: After a brief hiatus, the Diaspora is back! We're very excited to have Erin Rosa on board for this project. Please stay tuned for a the latest devel...

This is your march so don't miss out! Come to D.C. to March for America by Restore Fairness
Posted on 1 Mar 2010 at 12:33pm

From the Restore Fairness blog.

Two months into 2010, the urgency for action on comprehensive immigration reform has grown, requiring us to take our efforts up a notch or two. We hope that the esca...

GOP Plays 'Immigrant' Card to Block Progress AGAIN: First Sick Kids, Now Unem... by AmericasVoice
Posted on 23 Feb 2010 at 2:31pm

Today The Hill is reporting that Repbulican Senators are using immigration wedge politics to try to poke holes in the new jobs legislation moving forward in Congress:

The GOP expressed worries tha...

How far will the GOP go for the Latino vote? by Restore Fairness
Posted on 22 Feb 2010 at 2:55pm

From the Restore Fairness blog.

In the 2008 Presidential Election, Republicans won only 31% of the Latino vote, down from 40% of Latino votes they had four years earlier when George Bush took offic...

Hayworth, Norquist and CPAC: the Republican Fork in the Road on Immigration by AmericasVoice
Posted on 19 Feb 2010 at 3:58pm

Republicans are facing a major fork in the road on immigration, highlighted this week at CPAC (the major conservative conference in DC right now).

Does the GOP choose the backward-looking, anti-imm...

Democrats Accused of "Empty Words" on Immigration by AmericasVoice
Posted on 17 Feb 2010 at 9:45am  

There’s  a very strong editorial today in La  Opinion on the issue of immigration reform. Translated, the title reads, "No More Empty Words." It lays responsibility for any inaction on immigration...

Is the criminal justice system "The New Jim Crow?' by Restore Fairness
Posted on 9 Feb 2010 at 1:29pm Jarvious Cotton’s great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting...

Is the Tea Party's racist rhetoric going to save broken families? by Restore Fairness
Posted on 8 Feb 2010 at 3:52pm

From the Restore Fairness blog. 

While it is difficult to find much coherence within the fractured and fast-changing Tea Party Movement, a look at their convention in Nashville last week shows that...

The down payment's been paid, when will the goods to be delivered? by Duke Reed
Posted on 4 Feb 2010 at 7:05pm For years, all we've heard from those opposed to immigration and immigration reform is that until the government could prove that it was "serious" about border security and enforcement, no meaningf...

Congressman Patrick Murphy Should Reject Bridge to Nowhere, Online Ads Say by AmericasVoice
Posted on 4 Feb 2010 at 9:10am

Today America’s Voice is launching an online ad campaign asking Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA) to remove his name from a controversial immigration resolution, H.Res. 1026 -- the so-called “BRIDG...

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President Obama Gets Ball Rolling on Immigration but Concrete Legislative Act... Posted on 5 Mar 2010 at 2:55pm

thousands to mobilize for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

 

Washington, DC –Yesterday, La Opinión and Los Angeles Times reported that President Obama met with members of his Domestic Policy to dis...

Court Evidence Reveals Collusion Between ICE and Employer Posted on 3 Feb 2010 at 2:26pm

Abuse Underscores Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

 

Washington, DC –Yesterday, the New York Times revealed that immigration authorities allegedly colluded with Signal International, L.L.C...

President’s Budget Includes More Accountability in Immigration Posted on 2 Feb 2010 at 3:55pm

congressional action on immigration reform still required

 

Washington, DC – Yesterday, President Obama unveiled his FY2011 federal budget request, including funding for immigration-related provi...

Forum Ready to Work with Administration and Congress on Immigration Reform Posted on 27 Jan 2010 at 9:31pm

Leaders should Work Together on Bipartisan Solutions  

Washington, DC – Tonight, during the State of the Union address, President Obama said Congress must continue working to fix our broken immigra...

Study Makes Strong Economic Case for Immigration Reform Posted on 7 Jan 2010 at 12:50pm

Reform would result in $1.5 Trillion increase in U.S. GDP

 

Washington, DC – Today, the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center released a new study by University of Califor...

Detention Policy Changes Welcomed Posted on 17 Dec 2009 at 4:07pm

Washington, DC – Yesterday, ICE announced a revised policy regarding the detention of asylum seekers who are apprehended coming to the U.S.  The administration indicated that immigrants who are ide...

House Panel Seeks Way Forward on Immigration Detention Management Posted on 10 Dec 2009 at 2:36pm

Until Immigration Reform is in place, System will Continue to be Overburdened

 

Washington, DC – Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing on immigration detention reforms. The...

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Key Republican Focused on Biometrics--Not CIR--This Year? by immigrationprof
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 5:38pm From Roll Call: Graham Eyes Piecemeal Border Approach Immigration. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the key Senate Republican on comprehensive immigration reform efforts, today questioned whe...

Mayor Bloomberg Calls for Immigration Reform by immigrationprof
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 3:31pm An Immigration Policy Based On Reality by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg The Obama administration is wisely using the economic crisis facing the country to begin achieving long-overdue re...

Worker ID Card in the Works? by immigrationprof
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 6:23am Laura Meckler of the Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. Senators leading the charge on immigration reform are "working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prev...

Law Review Article: It?s the Economy, Stupid: The Hijacking of the Debate Ov... by immigrationprof
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 5:51am "It?s the Economy, Stupid: The Hijacking of the Debate Over Immigration Reform by Monsters, Ghosts, and Goblins (or the War on Drugs, War on Terror, Narcoterrorists, Etc.)" Chapman Law Review. KEVI...

President to Talk with Senators About Immigration Reform by immigrationprof
Posted on 8 Mar 2010 at 12:15pm America's Voice reports that "President Barack Obama plans to focus attention on immigration next week by meeting at the White House with two senators crafting a bill on the issue. White House spok...

La Opinion on the Schumer Senate Bill by immigrationprof
Posted on 6 Mar 2010 at 3:44pm Yesterday, Kevin Johnson reported on the LA Times piece related to the President's meeting with key Senate leaders on immigration reform. Antonieta Cádiz writes this related piece in La Opinion: WA...

March 21 Immigrant March on Washington Growing and Growing by immigrationprof
Posted on 6 Mar 2010 at 3:38pm From Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Reform (for Huffington Post): Today, La Opinión - the largest Spanish language newspaper in the U.S. - reported on a possible framework for moving forwa...

National Immigration Forum - ImmPolitic Blog

Immigrants ? Creating the Jobs Americans Want to Do Posted on 5 Mar 2010 at 5:18am

 

The Christian Science Monitor the other day published a story, “Who’s creating US jobs? Mexicans.”  The story noted an increase in Mexican entrepreneurs coming to the U.S. in order to escape drug...

Our Time to Fight for Immigration Reform is Now Posted on 25 Feb 2010 at 11:49am

Democrats have become the party of “I can’t” while Republicans have become the party of “I won’t.” But the overwhelming majority of Americans (conservatives, independents and everyone else) is sa...

Can Washington Govern? Posted on 25 Feb 2010 at 7:57am

A question on the minds of many these days is, “Can Washington govern?”

That question has been the subject of much comment in the last week since the surprise announcement by Indiana Senator Evan ...

Big Tent, Little Tent Posted on 24 Feb 2010 at 8:00am

An interesting pair of articles appeared in the Washington Post on February 21. 

In the first, Dana Milbank reported on the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where each year Republi...

After Rody Alvarado?s Victory, Obstacles Remain for Domestic Violence Victims... Posted on 12 Feb 2010 at 10:30am

Although Rody Alvarado, a Guatemalan victim of domestic violence, recently won her 14-year-long battle to gain asylum in the U.S., there remain obstacles for other victims of domestic violence see...

Operation Streamline a Waste of Taxpayer Dollars Says Judge Posted on 11 Feb 2010 at 3:29pm

Last week, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks decided he had had enough.  The three defendants in his Austin, Texas, courtroom, prosecuted under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 for illegal re-entry into the United Sta...

Which Way Will the Latino Vote Swing in 2010? Posted on 10 Feb 2010 at 10:30am

This is an election year, and one question that will be the subject of speculation between now and Election Day is what role will Latinos play in this election.

Providing a review of recent histor...

In the Wake of a Raid, How do Families Survive? Posted on 8 Feb 2010 at 1:00pm

 

What happens to family members, primarily children, who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents once one or both undocumented parents are swept up in a raid?

On February 2nd, the Urban Institut...