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Immigration, deportation -- and no right to return?
Posted: 2/17/2012
Three years ago, the Justice Department assured the Supreme Court that although it sometimes deported immigrants while they were challenging unfavorable court decisions, it would bring those people back to the United States if they won on appeal. That was U.S. policy, the department asserted. The justices relied on that statement in deciding that immigrants would not suffer irreparable harm if they were forced to leave the country while still appealing their cases.
Now it turns out, according to U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, that the government's assertion may have been false. In fact, it may be that those who are wrongfully deported stand little chance of returning.
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Obama renews call for Dream Act OK
Posted: 2/16/2012
President Obama's call for relief for illegal immigrants brought here as children marked the second straight year he's made the plea in his State of the Union speech.
Highlighting a downturn in illegal border crossings, President Obama said Tuesday night that it's time for comprehensive immigration reform. But he acknowledged that's not likely, urging Congress to at least help children of illegal immigrants who are committed to going to college or joining the military, a concept known as the Dream Act.
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Report looks at border security, or does it?
Posted: 2/15/2012
A 42-page report released last month by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) called "Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry" says the number of people convicted of major crimes who are apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol in Fiscal 2011 was less than 1 percent.
But, some criminals with non-serious criminal records also may be coming into the United States, and others may be illegally entering by hiding in vehicles or using fake identification.
The report includes a chart that presents data since Fiscal Year 2005 on the percentage of unique subjects apprehended by the Border Patrol more than once in a fiscal year (the recidivism rate) and the percentage of subjects with a prior conviction for a major crime.
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Latinos won't forget Romney's 'anti-immigrant' talk
Posted: 2/4/2012
Miami, Florida (CNN) -- Responding angrily to a campaign ad from Newt Gingrich accusing him of being anti-immigrant, Mitt Romney insisted during last week's Republican debate at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville that he has no problem with immigrants.
Perhaps not. But the dishonest and cynical way in which the former governor of Massachusetts has dealt with the immigration issue on the campaign trail shows that he has a problem being consistent.
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Celebran cambios perdón migratorio; recomiendan cautela
Posted: 1/7/2012
LOS ANGELES, California.- La administración del presidente Barack Obama anunció cambios migratorios que podrían prevenir las criticadas separaciones de familias en el país, ya que a través del Departamento de Ciudadanía y Servicios de Inmigración (USICS) ha presentado ajustes limitados, pero sensatos al tramite migratorio que permitirá a miles de solicitantes de una visa familiar (Green card) pedir un perdón pro-unificación familiar.
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Tweak in Rule to Ease a Path to Green Card
Posted: 1/7/2012
Obama administration officials announced on Friday they are proposing a fix to a Catch-22 in immigration law that could spare hundreds of thousands of American citizens from prolonged separations from illegal immigrant spouses and children.
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Obama's immigration move may have political benefit on 2 fronts
Posted: 1/6/2012
President Obama's plan to ease rules for some illegal immigrants is likely to shore up his standing among crucial Latino voters while igniting a new fight with Republicans as he seeks reelection.
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Mitt Romney Has a Plan for Immigration Reform. But It?s a Secret For Now.
Posted: 12/9/2011
Mitt Romney has taken a hard-line position on immigration reform of late. But apparently, he's got a top secret plan to deal with the issue. That information was revealed this week when Romney was interviewed by the Editorial Board of the Washington Examiner. First, Romney offered another muddled explanation of his views on immigration
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Republicans tell immigrants and US poor to get "at the back of the line"
Posted: 12/1/2011
Mitt Romney recently made a comment about immigration that he hoped would set him apart from his Republican opponents, particularly those such as Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich, who have been less than perfectly xenophobic when discussing the immigration problem.
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Gingrich Risks Conservative Outrage on Immigration
Posted: 11/23/2011
Did Newt Gingrich have a ?heartless? moment on Tuesday night?
In a September debate, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, drew a furious response from conservatives in his party when he said critics of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants ?did not have a heart.? The response halted Mr. Perry?s momentum amid charges from rivals that he was too soft on the issue of immigration for the party faithful.
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Crece el descontento por nueva carcel para indocumentados en Florida
Posted: 11/22/2011
SOUTHWEST RANCHES ? La construcción de una cárcel para indocumentados en una lujosa zona de Florida tiene en pie de guerra a los vecinos del lugar, y también a organizaciones que defienden los derechos de los inmigrantes. Unos temen que sus propiedades pierdan valor, otros protestan por los esfuerzos del gobierno federal de erigir el mayor centro de este tipo en el país en vez de batallar por una reforma migratoria comprensiva.
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Alabama immigration law hurting farmers
Posted: 11/21/2011
Humanitarian and rights issues aside, it?s now becoming more and more apparent that Alabama?s new immigration law has the devastating potential to drive the state into economic ruin as farms are left untended and ?jobs programs? continue to fall short.
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Immigration reform in August: why now?
Posted: 8/22/2011
Washington (CNN) -- It's late August. Would you rather hit the beach or discuss immigration reform?
The White House seems to be betting on the former, slipping out news of a major shift in the federal government's approach to illegal immigrants at a time when most Americans traditionally hit the road for summer vacation.
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Children Of Immigrants Face Hardship To Keep Families Together
Posted: 8/14/2011
WASHINGTON -- Aaron, a 32-year-old from Fort Wayne, Ind., is taking care of his four-year-old daughter alone while his wife, April, is in Mexico to sort out her immigration status. Although she was not deported, April is not allowed back in the country unless Aaron can prove "extreme hardship" from having her away -- and that does not not include the hardship to their four-year-old daughter
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Activists: GOP win in 2012 would be defeat for immigration reform
Posted: 8/12/2011
Washington ? The GOP debate in Ames, Iowa, made it clear that, if President Barack Obama is defeated in 2012, Republicans would continue their iron-fisted policy against the undocumented and would bury any chance of immigration reform in the United States, activists said Friday.
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