Archive for the ‘enforcement’ Category
Self-deportation: satire becoming reality.
Posted: February 2, 2012 at 12:48 pm By adminOver the past few weeks, Mitt Romney has regularly been touting his immigration policy as encouraging self-deportation–the process of making life impossible to continue in the United States so that immigrants return to their country of origin.
Last night, Rachel Maddow spoke for nearly 20 minutes about the origin of self-deportation. Apparently, a satirist going by [...]
Your delivery to Mayor Maturo: More than tacos
Posted: January 26, 2012 at 2:38 pm By AllieThanks to your texts, tweets, and shares, more than 3,500 people have texted to deliver a taco to East Haven Mayor Maturo, following his insensitive comment about accusations of racial discrimination against the Latino community.
Alabama’s all-out assault on immigrant communities
Posted: October 5, 2011 at 10:12 am By AllieCongress’ decision not to act on the federal level and pass comprehensive immigration reform means that states like Arizona, Georgia, Indiana and now Alabama can now legislate discrimination.
Update: Judge releases rulings on Alabama’s anti-immigration law
Posted: September 28, 2011 at 2:53 pm By AllieFollowing a temporary block of enforcement, a judge announced the rulings on Alabama’s notorious anti-immigrant law.
Enforcement of Alabama Immigration Law Temporarily Blocked
Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:37 pm By Nicole This week, a judge has moved to temporarily block enforcement of Alabama’s notorious anti-immigrant law. The law is opposed by the Obama administration, church leaders and immigrant-rights groups.
Originally scheduled to take effect Thursday, the law, if enforced, would deter children’s access to public schools by requiring school officials to verify the immigration status [...]
DHS announcement and Avoiding Fraud
Posted: August 24, 2011 at 10:32 am By MelvinThe recent DHS announcement about changes in the deportation process has raised many questions, as well as opened the door to fraud by dishonest notaries, immigration consultants, and other people looking for an opportunity to take advantage of immigrants.
Many people are asking whether this announcement means that they can apply to fix their status, or [...]
The Top 10 Things You Need to Know About the DHS Announcement
Posted: August 19, 2011 at 3:53 pm By Nicole[Photo source: cfpereda, “Stop Deportations” July 26, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.]
Yesterday, senior administration officials announced major changes to the deportation process. These procedural changes, if implemented properly, are a step in the right direction toward our goal: humane, comprehensive immigration reform.
While there’s a lot of misinformation out there, we’ve compiled the top 10 things [...]
BREAKING: DHS announces changes to deportation proceedings
Posted: August 18, 2011 at 3:47 pm By NicoleSenior administration officials have announced that the Department of Homeland Security is refocusing their deportation efforts. In July, the Obama Administration passed the 1 million deportation mark, a number that includes a record number of non-criminal immigrants.
In DHSs announcement today, officials said that they are reprioritizing the deportation proceedings and now will heavily focus on [...]
Gay couple faces split because of antiquated DOMA
Posted: August 17, 2011 at 1:16 pm By adminBradford Wells and Anthony Makk have been together for 19 years and seven years ago they were legally married in Massachusetts. Despite the fact that they have been together for so long, their marriage is recognized by the state, and Makk is the sole caregiver for the terminally-ill Wells, they are in danger of being [...]
Safer than ever.
Posted: August 9, 2011 at 12:28 pm By MelvinOpponents of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) have often grabbed headlines that depict the southern border as a dangerous and violent place, but these claims do not reflect the reality. According to a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP), the southwest border is now safer than ever, and cities of all sizes along the [...]