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E-Verify Mandate Begins Today

By | 09.08.09 | 11:14 am

The Obama administration today begins implementation of a new mandate to require all federal contractors to check the legal status of their employees to confirm their eligibility to work in the United States.

Developed by the Bush administration, the mandatory use of E-Verify, a computer system for employers More…

Immigration Advocates Mourn Kennedy’s Passing

By | 08.26.09 | 2:39 pm

There’s been an outpouring of praise for the life and legacy of Sen. Edward Kennedy from advocates of immigration reform, who call him the leading champion for immigrants’ rights, from his championing the Immigration Act of 1965, which eliminated national-origin quotas, to his tireless efforts to pass a comprehensive immigration More…

DOJ Escalates Criminal Prosecutions of Immigrants

By | 08.21.09 | 11:20 am

The Justice Department is stepping up its crackdown on illegal immigrants, with the latest data available showing an almost 20 percent increase in criminal prosecutions.

The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), an independent project of Sycracuse University that analyzes government data, reports today that during May 2009, DOJ More…

GOP Risks Alienating Latinos by Scapegoating Immigrants in Health Care Debate

By | 08.19.09 | 10:49 am

As a leading immigration restrictionist group today opens a conference highlighting the costs of immigrants to the nation’s health care system, critics are pointing out the risks of Republicans’ embracing an anti-immigrant strategy in the health care debate.

“The Republican Party’s embrace of the nativist base is probably More…

DHS Acknowledges 11 Unreported Deaths in Immigration Detention

By | 08.17.09 | 6:18 pm

Responding to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Department of Homeland Security today acknowledged 11 deaths of immigrants in U.S. detention facilities that the agency had previously failed to disclose.

In April, DHS responded to the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit with a “comprehensive” list More…

Are Immigrants Stealing U.S. Jobs?

By | 08.17.09 | 2:41 pm

That’s the explosive question at the heart of the latest study released by the Center for Immigration Studies, a research group that advocates tight restrictions on immigration. Although the report somewhat debunks the myth that Americans won’t do the sort of low-wage work that immigrants do, it does not suggest More…

Anti-Immigration Activists See Opportunity in Health Care Debate

By | 08.14.09 | 1:05 am

When President Obama showed up for a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Tuesday, he heard more than just protests against health care.

“We don’t need illegals,” yelled a white-bearded protester into his megaphone outside the high school auditorium in Portsmouth, caught on video here. More…

Schumer to Propose Crackdown on Drop-Houses for Smuggled Immigrants

By | 06.12.09 | 10:57 am

Maybe the proposal was already in the works, but on Wednesday — the same day The Wall Street Journal reported on the problem of Mexican gangs smuggling undocumented immigrants into the country and then holding them hostage — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) assured Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano More…