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High stakes for the DREAM Act in the lame duck
As Congress begins the lame-duck session, both houses are under increasing pressure to pass the DREAM Act, a bill that would allow some undocumented young people to gain legal status by attending college or serving in the military. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), who is retiring at the end More…
California Supreme Court preserves in-state tuition for undocumented students
Some good news for the estimated 25,000 undocumented students who receive in-state tuition in California: The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the state’s law allowing illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition rates at public universities.
California is one of 10 states that allow More…
Lunchtime Links
James Blunt might have prevented World War III.
Facebook kills Gmail (maybe) with a new email service.
John McCain finds a new reason to oppose repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” …
…and Cindy McCain supports his position, despite what she said in More…
Utah conservative groups, leaders commit to moderate stance on immigration
Conservatives in Utah signed a pact last week promising to push for a moderate approach to immigration reform as a state lawmaker works on an Arizona-style immigration enforcement bill for the next session. The “Utah Compact” commits politicians and reform supporters to five broad priorities for More…
The business case against E-Verify (and immigration enforcement of employers)
The Obama administration says it has stepped up immigration enforcement at workplaces through quiet audits of company personnel paperwork to catch a record number of employers who hire illegal workers. Advocates of E-Verify, a program that checks the immigration status of workers before or after they are hired, argue that More…
Will a Republican House mean beefed-up immigration enforcement and more deportations?
With the GOP set to take over the House in January, I’ve been trying to pinpoint some immigration proposals — if any exist — that House Republicans, Senate Democrats and President Obama might agree on. Beyond mandating E-Verify and banning “sanctuary cities,” the next session might More…
Latino GOP group: Steve King leading on immigration would kill the party’s 2012 chances
Somos Republicans, a Latino group from the Southwest, wrote an open letter to the future House GOP leadership on Tuesday asking it to reconsider putting Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in charge of the House subcommittee on immigration and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in charge of the More…
Lunchtime Links
The electricity-less cruise finally makes it back to shore (and smells).
Nancy Pelosi demands perfection from Obama.
The Tea Party helps Bristol Palin stay on Dancing with the Stars.
A Tennessee GOP representative compares illegal immigrants to rats.
Supreme Court weighs fairness of citizenship law differences for mothers and fathers
The Supreme Court heard a case yesterday that serves as a good example of the complexities of immigration law: A Mexican-born man who grew up with an American-citizen father in the United States is asking the court to protect him from deportation, claiming the law would have granted him citizenship More…
Immigration courts add 23 judges
The Justice Department has sworn in 23 new immigration judges, increasing the number of judges by about 10 percent in one day, according to a post Tuesday on the DOJ website. (The post, strangely, does not say what day the justices were sworn in, noting only that it More…
