SC Appleseed Looking To Hire Spanish-Speaking Organizer

Posted on December 14, 2011 by scjustice

- Job Announcement – Part-Time Temporary Immigrants’ Rights Organizing Position SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center (SC Appleseed) seeks a part-time temporary community organizer, bilingual in English and Spanish, to support immigrant rights work in South Carolina.  The position, based in Columbia, SC, has an immediate vacancy.   SC Appleseed, a non-profit, fights for low-income South Carolinians [...]

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Unauthorized Immigration Continues Steep Decline, Bigotry Soars

Posted on December 13, 2011 by scjustice

According to the latest findings from the Pew Hispanic Center, the flow of undocumented immigrants into the United States has decreased by almost two-thirds since earlier this decade. This sharp decline has contributed to an overall reduction of 8% in the number of unauthorized immigrants currently living in the U.S. — to 11.1 million in [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 23, 2011 by scjustice

(Via The New Yorker)

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Determine Green Card Eligibility Online

Posted on November 22, 2011 by scjustice

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has created an online tool for determining visa eligibility. Looks handy. Check it out. Here’s the description featured on the site: What is the E-Z Visa Priority Date Calculator? The E-Z Visa Priority Date Calculator offers a simple way for individuals to calculate, based on the U.S. State Department’s Monthly [...]

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The West Should Be More Welcoming To Migrants – Because There’s Competition From The East For Them

Posted on September 2, 2011 by scjustice

From The Economist: IMMIGRATION is a sensitive subject at the best of times, and this is not one of them. The economic crisis has destroyed millions of jobs in rich countries, making their governments especially touchy about the impact of immigration on the demand for indigenous labour. Such concerns are illogical, because immigration is counter-cyclical. [...]

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Reviving The Economic Argument For Immigration Reform

Posted on July 19, 2011 by scjustice

From Politico: Chuck Schumer will hold a July 26 hearing to argue the economic upside to  immigration. By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN| 7/18/11 6:36 PM EDT Sen. Chuck Schumer is attempting to revive moribund efforts to pass a comprehensive immigration bill, telling POLITICO Monday that he will hold a hearing next week focused on the economic [...]

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Georgia Immigration Law Impacting Transportation

Posted on June 22, 2011 by scjustice

From WXIA-TV Atlanta: Jeff Hullinger–12:20 AM, Jun 21, 2011   ATLANTA — A federal lawsuit is going back and forth in the court system. A judge will rule on whether Georgia’s news immigration law is constitutional by July 1. Monday, an Atlanta attorney told 11Alive’s Jeff Hullinger there are unintended consequences of the new immigration bill that have [...]

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All Citizens

Posted on April 27, 2011 by scjustice

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