Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Creating Jobs and Strengthening the U.S. Economy
WASHINGTON, D.C— Immigrant entrepreneurs create jobs and strengthen the economy, and the U.S. should tailor immigration laws and policies to encourage the best and the brightest to create businesses on U.S. soil, according to a new joint report issued today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the .... |
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Federal Verification System Won’t Help Alabama Determine Legal Status Under New Law
While the devastating impacts of Alabama’s over-the-top immigration law, HB 56, continues to be felt by Alabamans, there have been a recent string of victories. In addition to a federal judge’s ruling this week temporarily blocking state agencies from denying mobile home registrations to immigrant.... |
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Immigration: Thousands of families shattered
A new report from the Applied Research Center (ARC) conservatively estimates that there are more than 5,000 children currently living in foster care whose parents have been either detained or deported. To date, there has been no national data available on the numbers of children impacted by the i.... |
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Arizona Recall
Mesa voters got their say in a historical election that resulted in the recall of Republican Senator Russell Pearce, also known as the architect of SB 1070.
Pearce conceded defeat in a brief press conference in the City of Mesa surrounded by politicians, friends and controversial Maricopa County .... |
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Arizona Recall
Mesa voters got their say in a historical election that resulted in the recall of Republican Senator Russell Pearce, also known as the architect of SB 1070.
Pearce conceded defeat in a brief press conference in the City of Mesa surrounded by politicians, friends and controversial Maricopa County .... |
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HB 56: Indignation
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – We’ve been reporting on the unwelcome national and global attention Alabama is receiving for its immigration law, HB 56. Now it’s time to get indignant about the maltreatment Alabama’s immigrant community is suffering under the law, and the insensitivity they’re being shown .... |
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Bridging the Ethnic Generation Gap: Why an Aging Population Will Depend on a New Generation of Workers
There is a generation gap in the United States and it is not only a difference in age. It is a difference in color as well. The predominantly white Baby Boomers are just this year beginning to reach retirement age. As they leave the labor force and the tax base over the next two decades, a new gen.... |
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Charging Alabama’s Racial Profiling Law is Unconstitutional
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on July 8th charging that Alabama’s anti-immigration law is unconstitutional and endangers public safety, invites racial profiling and interferes with federal law.
The lawsuit charges th.... |
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Senate Democrats offer practical reforms
Senate Democrats, led by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), on June 22nd reaffirmed their commitment to a common sense, comprehensive solution to illegal immigration by introducing the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011.
The legislation, introduced by Senator Menendez along with fellow Sen.... |
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Ugly politics behind Alabama's anti-immigrant law
Despite soaring deficits, cuts in social services, worker layoffs and tornado-devastated communities, Alabama's first Republican-controlled government in 136 years has turned its focus on undocumented immigrants, raising questions about policymakers' priorities.
Governor Robert Bentley recently s.... |
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The Great Immigration Stalemate
Five years ago, hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of people marched in big cities and small towns across the U.S. demanding justice for the nation’s estimated 12 million undocumented residents. Hitting a high point with work stoppages on May Day 2006, the pro-immigrant protest was the lar.... |
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Arpaio Launches “Air Posse” to Hunt Immigrants at Border
Arizona might be giving the anti-immigrant attacks a rest in its legislature, but out on the streets not much has changed. On Tuesday Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced the launch of “Operation Desert Sky,” an airborne version of his controversial crime sweeps. This time he wants to send.... |
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Yet Another State Leaves Immigration Enforcement Bill on Cutting Room Floor
By Seth Hoy
The legislative graveyard got a little bit bigger this week as lawmakers in Mississippi pronounced a series of restrictive immigration measures dead. More than 30 immigration-related bills—including an Arizona-style enforcement bill—failed to meet a legislative deadline due to disagreements over t.... |
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Undercover Informants
It is the winning formula of many of Hollywoods motion pictures, the undercover agent, who risks it all to bring criminals to justice. These protagonists operate in secrecy, associating with dangerous elements in an effort to dismantle major criminal networks.
Informantes (Informants), an upcom.... |
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Tijuana is no Juarez, residents insist
Toiling with a pile of wood planks in his garage turned woodshop, 46-year-old Roberto Carrillo exclaims without hesitation: "Tijuana is not Ciudad Juarez. We dont have the level of violence that you read every day in the papers happens there, or many other states of the country, yet for the foreig.... |
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