The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) recently released a report in which it claims that native-born workers with science and engineering (S&E) degrees are being driven en masse into non-S&E occupations due to competition from foreign-born workers willing to accept lower wages. The conclusion FAIR came to, however, is lacking important details and is...Read More
The recently released fifth edition of the New American Heritage Dictionary has surprised us with its recent inclusion of a term that sprouted in immigration speak. Among the new entries is the term “anchor baby” which is the pejorative description of a child born in the United States to parents without legal status, implying that...Read More
The Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) published a study that shares the stores of 36 children of immigrants from a wide variety of countries of origin and family businesses. In the report aptly titled Adult Children of Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Memories and Influences , there is conclusive evidence that the children are heavily influenced by their immigrant...Read More
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will begin reviewing about 300,000 deportation proceedings to once and for all implement prosecutorial discretion measures that were instructed to be implemented in a June 2011 memo issued by John Morton, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Office of Principal Legal Advisor at ICE...Read More
The Florida Agriculture Commissioner, Adam Putnam, told state citrus industry leaders that Florida GOP elected officials should be credited for not passing the “mistaken” state immigration laws now in place in Georgia and Alabama. He spoke at the 78 th annual meeting of Citrus World Inc., saying “There’s just no good news here…The best news...Read More
Florida Congressman Marco Rubio spoke on Fox News about the immigration and foreign policy comments made by Republican presidential candidates and also answered questions about a potential vice presidential run. Rubio acknowledged the debate in the GOP going on over America’s foreign policy. “We are the party of strong national defense, that understands the role...Read More
A proposal to cancel a contract that obligates the city of Pembroke Pines to supply fire, rescue, water and sewage services to a new privately managed 1,500 bed immigration detention center was stopped in the city commission last week. Even though the facility was set to be built on land owned by the Corrections Corporation...Read More
Outrage erupted in Alabama as countless families were denied basic utilities services not because they couldn’t afford them, but because they were undocumented. This is the criterion Decatur Utilities in Alabama has decided to use when determining who gets necessary home utilities from their company. According to the local newspaper, Decatur Utilities is now prohibiting...Read More
The residents of Arizona have rebuked the hard-line politics of the state Senate President Russell Pearce who was the author of the state’s tough anti-illegal immigration law that has given rise to copycat laws in several other states. The Senator has been forced out of office in a recall election. His defeat puts a different...Read More
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) have found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and attorneys across the country are applying different standards on prosecutorial discretion despite the fact that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a specific policy to follow. In their report, which includes information...Read More
