“Anna” Really is Almost Just Like You

What’s the difference? Other than a constant nagging fear of being deported, not much. Oprah.com has a piece from the April 2012 edition of O Magazine that provides a lot of insight into how and why one woman found her family living illegally in the United States. With no job prospects in Mexico, her husband [...]

Baby Boomers: 77 Million Reasons For Immigration Reform

The Future of a Generation: How New Americans Will Help Support Retiring Baby Boomers Washington D.C. – Today, the Immigration Policy Center releases The Future of a Generation: How New Americans Will Help Support Retiring Baby Boomers, by Walter Ewing, Ph.D. The United States is in the midst of a profound demographic transformation that will [...]

Are Judges Sending Congress A Message On Immigration?

Ninth Circuit Court House David Leopold at The Huffington Post reported today on evidence of frustration in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals over our broken immigration system and asked whether federal judges “are effectively throwing their hands up and imploring Congress to get to the hard work of fashioning a law that will provide [...]

This Week In Immigration

From Immigration Impact: Holding the Obama Administration to Its Word on Prosecutorial Discretion Signs that ICE is invested in the “Morton Memo” and subsequent guidance on prosecutorial discretion are beginning to show up at both ends of the legal spectrum. At one end, the New York Times reported yesterday that approximately one in six cases [...]

Obama Plans Change In Immigration Rule On Waivers

From The Associated Press: By AMY TAXIN Jan. 6, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration proposed a rule change Friday to reduce the time that illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from their American relatives while they try to gain legal status in the United States. Currently, many illegal immigrants must leave the country [...]

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