A four-year-old waits for word of his mother, arrested in an ICE raid. (AP Photo)
Raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue after a sweep netted more than 1,100 suspected illegal immigrants in California last month. On Tuesday, another 300 were arrested in a raid on a poultry processing plant in Greenville, S.C. (video). In a [...]
More Than 300 Arrested in South Carolina Immigration Raid
October 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · California, Columbia, Connecticut, illegal immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration raid, South Carolina
How Will the Economy Affect Immigration?
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Today we watched the stock market plunge as the House voted down Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s financial bail-out package. Things are not looking good for the economy, which in modern times has been the main factor attracting immigrants to this country. So how will the crisis affect immigration?
New census figures that came out earlier this [...]
Tags: · Columbia, Connecticut, Economy, Immigration, Pennsylvania
No Go on Illegal Immigrant ID Cards
September 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Until recently, Richmond, Ca., leaders, including Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, were considering a program to provide illegal immigrants with municipal identification cards. But the Contra Costa County Municipal ID Task Force decided to shelve the proposal, after San Francisco backed down from its plan amid controversy.
San Francisco has lately been under fire for its lax attitude [...]
Tags: · California, Columbia, Connecticut, illegal immigrants, Immigration, IRLI, Kris Kobach, Municipal ID, New Haven, San Francisco
Hartford, Conn. Joins Roster of “Sanctuary Cities”
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Hartford, Conn., has joined New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and hundreds of other cities big and small in declaring that police and city officials cannot inquire about anyone’s immigration status. Mayor Eddie Perez, who had expressed some reluctance about the City Council’s proposal, signed the ordinance on Tuesday.
City Councilman Luis Cotto, quoted in [...]
Tags: · Columbia, Connecticut, Hartford, Hazleton, illegal immigration, Immigration, sanctuary cities