News 21′s immigration coverage ends this week, after 6 months of ICE raids and tight electoral races. Within the dual themes of “New Voters” and “Old Fears,” we tracked the increasing power and rising visibility of immigrant voters, along with the backlash against them in places as far-flung as Hazleton, Pa. and Farmers Branch, Tex. [...]
Tag Archives: immigration reform
U.S. Citizens’ Foreign Widows Denied Residency
November 25, 2008 – 7:18 pm
Both sides of the immigration debate have called for a reform of our legal immigration process, which can be Byzantine and choked with red tape, and which often seems unfair. Here’s an illustrative example. CBS News’ 60 Minutes took a look at the plight of immigrant widows, whose marriages to U.S. citizens were not vetted [...]
Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 11/22
November 23, 2008 – 12:17 pm
A University of Massachusetts survey of Asian Americans found that 80 percent paid attention to immigration issues. 58 percent said they were sympathetic to Latinos’ position on immigration and 52 percent supported a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the Detroit Free Press, “I don’t expect much of a [...]
The Future of the Border, Part 2: What Will Obama Do?
November 22, 2008 – 7:29 pm
Gov. Janet Napolitano, likely the next homeland security secretary. (Wikipedia photo) Under a new, more liberal administration, ICE will presumably tone down the raids, and the website for the presidential transition says as much: Immigration raids are ineffective: Despite a sevenfold increase in recent years, immigration raids only netted 3,600 arrests in 2006 and have [...]
Hipster Clothing Giant is Face of Pro-Immigrant Businesses
October 27, 2008 – 7:20 pm
(American Apparel advertisement.) Businesses have a common interest with immigrants, who often supply cheap labor with little complaint. This alliance has drawn the ire of anti-immigration groups in the past, and it is currently a cause of controversy in Arizona. That’s why individual companies are reluctant to publicly declare their support for more generous immigration [...]
Immigration Organization of the Week: ALIPAC
October 25, 2008 – 3:32 pm
Immigration is a fraught issue, and in recent years dozens of groups have sprung up to advocate for one position or the other, to lobby Congress, to fund candidates, or to fight it out in the courts. With all the vague or patriotic-sounding names, it can get pretty confusing. You might see spokespeople from these [...]
