The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has recently released an analysis of the number of immigration-related proposals introduced at the state level between January and June of 2011. NCSL found that more immigration-related bills (1,592) were introduced in the first half of 2011 than in the same time period in 2010 (1,374). While the...Read More

The White House announced on Thursday August 18th that a new deportation policy will be implemented which will prioritize the deportation of documented and undocumented immigrations who have criminal records. This new policy includes allowing undocumented immigrants who would otherwise not qualify for relief from deportation to remain legally in the United States. Some would...Read More

For those undocumented immigrants who avoid flying for fear of detection by the TSA, a new threat from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE has stepped up their periodic checks of passengers on trains and buses. This means that anyone traveling on Amtrak or Greyhound, for example, face the prospect of a uniformed and/or non-uniformed...Read More

Over the weekend, Stanley B. Greenberg published an op-ed in The New York Times explaining what Democrats can do to regain their strength through wide-ranging support. Among the suggested measures was for them to pass comprehensive immigration reform, showing that the Party is an advocate for the control of the borders while also addressing the...Read More

A new report released by the Pew Research Center shows that Hispanic families accounted for the largest single decline in wealth of any ethnic and racial group in the country during the recession. In Florida median home prices dropped 38% between the end of 2005 and the end of 2009, which means that, along with...Read More

We are accustomed to picturing the U.S.-Mexican border as a place rife with murder, arson, theft, kidnapping, and every other violent crime imaginable. The problem is that we also tend to unfairly paint immigrants as the perpetrators of all of this when in reality the violence is associated with drugs and arms trafficking, not immigration....Read More

As the U.S. economy continues to be far from what it used to be, in a recent letter U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez outline the economic benefits of reforming our immigration system and, consequently, the possible further detriment to our economy if Congress fails to act. In their letter,...Read More

Florida Governor Rick Scott, who is a strong supporter of the recently halted efforts to pass state legislature to curb immigration through a draconian and discriminatory immigration bill, has announced that he will focus on immigration in the upcoming year. The State Column reports that Gov. Scott said on Tuesday that “he will focus on...Read More

A new bill has been introduced in the United States Senate that would make it easier for the family of service members on active duty to obtain permanent resident status in the U.S. without having to leave the country first in order to apply. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has reintroduced the Military Families Act, which...Read More

In the past ten years, the United States government has spent $90 billion on the attempts to secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico, data shows.  The focus on strengthening the security of the U.S.-Mexico border began after the terrorist attacks in 2001. Soon thereafter, President George Bush introduced the new Department of Homeland...Read More