Posts Tagged ‘center for american progress’
Don’t Leave Immigration Out of the Debt Debate
Posted: August 4, 2011 at 4:15 pm By NicoleOriginally posted on the Change Nation blog
Last week, we watched as Republicans and Democrats signed a disastrous debt deal to “save” our nation’s economy.
The deal, led by The Gangs of Washington, cuts funding for education and Medicare and essentially bankrupts the middle class. Furthermore, Congress must come back again by September 30th to propose more [...]
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 of 4.1 percent.
Of [...]
Immigration Reform in 2010: How we will make it happen
Posted: January 21, 2010 at 5:15 pm By Rachel LaBruyereOriginally posted at Standing FIRM.
I just got back from a great panel discussion at the Center for American Progress (CAP) about getting immigration reform done in 2010. The discussion, which happened in front of a packed house at CAP, discussed the prospects for reform this year both from a political and a policy perspective.
The [...]
Center for American Progress: Public Strongly Backs Immigration Reform
Posted: January 19, 2010 at 3:14 pm By Jackie MahendraOriginally posted at the America’s Voice blog.
The Center for American Progress has a great snapshot of public opinion on immigration today. The piece begins:
There’s no doubt the politics of immigration reform are very complicated and that getting a bill through Congress will not be easy. But it’s important to be clear that the public is [...]
Immigration Reform would bring in $1.5 trillion over 10 years
Posted: January 7, 2010 at 11:41 am By Rachel LaBruyereOriginally posted at Standing FIRM.
Many of the naysayers and immigration reform pessimists point to the current economic crisis as the nail in the coffin for any reform effort. With unemployment at a record high, there is a knee-jerk reaction to the idea of legalizing the millions of workers currently toiling in the shadows of our [...]
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