The FBI says hate crimes against Latinos are increasing Hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan are increasingly targeting immigrants, hoping to widen their own appeal by cashing in on anti-immigrant sentiments. The economic downturn may also be leading to the scapegoating of immigrants. An ICE agent was indicted for bribery and other charges. Authorities [...]
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Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 11/9
November 9, 2008 – 7:51 pm
Though the election dominated last week’s news and will likely dominate next week’s as well, other things have been happening in the world of immigration. Here are a few: The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement resigned without explanation, effective November 15. Julie L. Myers, who was appointed to the position in 2005, oversaw high-profile [...]
Asian Candidates Vie for State, Congressional Seats
October 20, 2008 – 7:00 pm
Texas House candidate Sandra VuLe (campaign photo). The Dallas Morning News reports on a local race where the changing faces of America are facing off against each other. In Texas’ 112th state house district, Taiwanese-American Republican Angie Chen Button is running against Democrat Sandra Phuong VuLe, who was born in Vietnam. Both naturalized citizen advocate [...]
Texas City Rejects “English Only” Law
October 12, 2008 – 12:57 pm
Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lathan Watts (City of Lewisville) The city council of Lewisville, Tex., last week rejected a measure to make English the only language allowed on government documents. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lathan Watts (R) had put the measure on the council’s agenda, citing the need to save money on translating documents into [...]
Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 9/20
September 21, 2008 – 2:10 pm
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a San Francisco home earlier this month, they arrested all of the adults and may have left a 15-year-old child to fend for herself. Now, San Francisco officials are expressing outrage over the situation. England, which has its own immigration controversies, also has immigration raids, though not on [...]
Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 9/5
September 5, 2008 – 10:23 am
The Washington Post looks at how Shenandoah, Pa., is coping with the aftermath of Mexican immigrant Luis Ramirez’ murder. Ramirez was beaten to death by a group of white teenagers in June. State Rep. Russell Pearce won the Republican primary for the Arizona state Senate. Pearce is a fierce anti-immigration hardliner, and he has been [...]
Farmers Branch, Tex., Immigration Ordinance Overturned
September 1, 2008 – 1:13 pm
On Thursday, a federal judge overturned a Dallas suburb’s anti-illegal immigration ordinance (Word doc), ruling that Farmers Branch, Tex., could not require landlords to verify tenants’ immigration status. The ordinance, passed in 2006, was similar to one passed by Hazleton, Pa. in 2006 and overturned the following year. Hazleton is still appealing that decision. But [...]
