Is This Alabama? Her Citizens Speak Out On HB-56

Posted on February 17, 2012 by scjustice

After the Alabama legislature passed its Arizona-on-steroids anti-immigrant law last June, Hollywood’s Chris Weitz, whose directing credits include About a Boy and The Golden Compass, took his camera down there to ask the locals, “Is this Alabama?“ Weitz’s camera captured some ugliness, but it also found the good people of Alabama denouncing their state’s major [...]

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The Injustice Of Losing Your Children

Posted on February 16, 2012 by scjustice

Colorlines.com reports that a North Carolina man, deported in late 2010, is now in danger of losing his children. Felipe Montes and his wife, Marie, may soon lose their three children permanently if the Allegheny County child welfare department has its way. After being deported, the welfare department took the children, all of whom are [...]

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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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AZ-Copycat Laws Threaten Local Farmers, Crops

Posted on January 18, 2012 by scjustice

South Carolina peaches, they’re meant to be eaten. It looks like farmers have woken up to the threat that “show me your papers” legislation poses to their livelihoods. Case in point: In a recent article decrying the effects of state-level anti-immigrant laws on fruit and vegetable growing, Southeastern Farm Press described Alabama, Georgia and South [...]

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New Americans In SC: Their Political & Economic Power

Posted on January 13, 2012 by scjustice

The Immigration Policy Center has released an important study, highlighting the political and economic muscle of immigrants in each of the 50 states. The South Carolina stats are below. If you’d like your own PDF, which includes links and footnotes, click here.   NEW AMERICANS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, [...]

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Analysis: The Next Immigration Challenge

Posted on January 12, 2012 by scjustice

From The New York Times: By DOWELL MYERS January 11, 2012 LOS ANGELES — THE immigration crisis that has roiled American politics for decades has faded into history. Illegal immigration is shrinking to a trickle, if that, and will likely never return to the peak levels of 2000. Just as important, immigrants who arrived in [...]

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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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On The Swine Business, Unions & Mexico’s Great Migration

Posted on January 5, 2012 by scjustice

Abel Cervantes, a worker at the Smithfield pork plant in Tar Heel, was cut by a knife at work. At 20 years old, he can no longer use his hand or work. (Photo by David Bacon) Writing for The Nation, David Bacon has a well researched piece that connects the dots between U.S. trade policy [...]

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Grassroots Groups Rally Behind Immigrant Neighbors

Posted on December 29, 2011 by scjustice

The American Prospect has an article out this week highlighting a nationwide grassroots movement that is welcoming immigrants into communities, promoting tolerance, unity and their new neighbors’ contributions. The article describes it as a “quiet backlash” to the passage of harsh, unconstitutional anti-immigrant laws. While South Carolina’s advocates of decency and civil rights have won [...]

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