Archive for the ‘enforcement’ Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Immigration Groups Denounce Latest Secure Communities Announcement
Posted: August 5, 2011 at 5:50 pm By NicoleIn May, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn terminated Illinois’ participation in Secure Communities. Weeks later, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and New York Governor Mario Cuomo also backed out of the highly-flawed program. These Governors rejected the program citing concerns of the program’s impact on victims and witnesses of crimes. Three other states and the District of [...]
1 Million Immigrants Deported
Posted: July 27, 2011 at 2:57 pm By MelvinYesterday, more than 1,000 working families, civil rights activists, students, faith leaders and community allies came together at Lafayette Square to rally and send President Obama an important message: stop the deportations. The hundreds of demonstrators were joined by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill) who was among a dozen of immigrant advocates that broke off from [...]
The True Cost of E-Verify
Posted: June 29, 2011 at 8:40 am By NicoleThe Center for American Progress took a closer look at the harmful E-Verify system. Along with the above infographic, the Center for American Progress found these shocking statistics: There are a large number of errors. A December 2009 independent estimate commissioned by USCIS and undertaken by Westat found that E-Verify had an overall error rate [...]
Victory in Indiana and Georgia: Court blocks Discriminatory Anti-Immigrant Law.
Posted: June 27, 2011 at 5:08 pm By MelvinLast month, American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana (ACLU) and National Immigration Law Center (NILC) filed a class action lawsuit challenging a discriminatory anti-immigrant Indiana law SB 590. The law would authorize the warrantless arrest of individuals based on assumed immigration status, criminalize the use of commonly accepted forms of identification, such as consular ID [...]
The border fence that protects us from … Americans?
Posted: May 17, 2011 at 10:05 am By LloydThe federal government has spent over $2 billion already building a border fence with Mexico that even Sen. John McCain called ineffective. And for what? Apparently, to keep Americans on the other side: Lately, though, there’s been a distinctly surreal flavour to Ms Taylor’s colourful display of patriotic identity. About 350 metres from her porch, [...]
The Guzman family: separated by detention, 20 months and counting
Posted: May 12, 2011 at 10:48 am By LloydCross-posted from We Are America Pedro Guzman has lived in the United States for almost 25 years, since being brought here as a child by his mother, from Guatemala. In September 2009, he was detained on an order of deportation, which was the result of several governmental clerical errors. For 20 months, his wife and [...]
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