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Latino Fears of Anti-Immigrant Backlash Rise

By | 10.28.10 | 12:18 pm

A new poll from Pew Hispanic Center provides some insight into how Latinos — both U.S.-born and immigrants — view immigration issues. Perhaps most interesting is the fact that fears over discrimination and deportation have increased since 2009. This makes sense: Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported More…

Immigration Enforcement Loopholes

By | 08.17.10 | 8:31 am

For all of the federal government’s gains in immigration enforcement — Immigration and Customs Enforcement will deport a record 400,000 people this fiscal year — ICE officials have always said full enforcement is impossible.

For one thing, there are likely too many illegal immigrants in the U.S. to More…

DHS Oversight Hearing Likely to Be Contentious

By | 12.09.09 | 9:05 am

In advance of a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security Wednesday morning, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has released a statement announcing his disapproval with DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano’s immigration policies and enforcement. “As many as twenty million individuals live here illegally, enjoying many 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…

ICE Targets Employers Who Follow the Law

By | 07.03.09 | 1:16 pm

The $150,000 in fines so far charged to Los Angeles clothing maker American Apparel for allegedly employing illegal immigrants may be a welcome change from the notorious factory raids by federal agents that led to hundreds of jailed and deported employees. As The New York Times reported on Friday, More…

Pressure On Napolitano to Keep Up Workplace Raids

By | 05.06.09 | 11:02 am

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the new ranking Republican on the the Senate Judiciary Committee, just made quite clear the pressure on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to keep using the workplace raids I wrote about today to enforce immigration policy and sweep up illegal workers in their wake. More…