Baby Boomers: 77 Million Reasons For Immigration Reform

Posted on February 14, 2012 by scjustice

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 [...]

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Are Judges Sending Congress A Message On Immigration?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by scjustice

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 [...]

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This Week In Immigration

Posted on January 20, 2012 by scjustice

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 [...]

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Obama Plans Change In Immigration Rule On Waivers

Posted on January 6, 2012 by scjustice

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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Prayer Vigils To Be Held In Protest Of Anti-Immigrant Law

Posted on December 14, 2011 by scjustice

  Photo by Shannon Purvis The SC Faith Community to Hold Interfaith Prayer Vigils across the State to Reflect on Anti-Immigrant Law, S.B. 20 Sunday, December 18, 2011 South Carolina faith leaders and the faith community will gather at prayer vigils across the state on Sunday, December 18, to call attention to a hearing the [...]

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Alabama’s HB56 & The Dark Side Of Fake Economic Fixes

Posted on October 18, 2011 by scjustice

From The Nation: By Ilyse Hogue October 17, 2011 With the Occupations sweeping the country, the failure of the jobs bill and an alleged assassination plot against the Saudi Ambassador, the shocking news out of Alabama in the last few weeks garnered little notice. So if you missed it, Alabama began implementation of a draconian immigration [...]

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Dream Act Students Cheer Obama’s Hold On Deportations

Posted on August 22, 2011 by scjustice

From The Los Angeles Times: Supporters of the Dream Act take part in a demonstration in front of the White House on June 29. Credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press By Teresa Watanabe and Paloma Esquivel The news that the Obama administration was planning to halt virtually all deportations of Dream Act students and possibly their [...]

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Obama Grants Deportation Reprieve For Some

Posted on August 22, 2011 by scjustice

From The Associated Press: BY ALICIA A. CALDWELL   08/18/11 06:34 PM ET WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday it will allow many illegal immigrants facing deportation the chance to stay in this country and apply for a work permit, while focusing on removing from the U.S. convicted criminals and those who might be [...]

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Illinois Governor Signs State DREAM Act Into Law

Posted on August 2, 2011 by scjustice

From People’s World: Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn signs the Illinois DREAM Act into law August 1, in Chicago. Pepe Lozano/PW by: Pepe Lozano August 1, 2011 CHICAGO – In a packed auditorium here at the Benito Juarez high school in the predominantly Mexican Pilsen neighborhood, hundreds of elected officials, students, community leaders and immigrant rights [...]

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