Immigration Updates
Policy Update: Immigration Bill Debate Begins in Senate
April 24, 2013 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
Eight members of the House of Representatives write about Immigration Reform
March 13, 2013 - Posted by Mario Moreno
Immigration Policy Update for January 15, 2013
January 15, 2013 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
Committee assignments for the 113th Congress. Napolitano, Holder, will stick with the administration into the second term. Immigration reform expected to be considered early in this session of Congress. USCIS finalizes family unity rule. Report catalogues immigration enforcement progress. Another removal annual record broken. ICE terminates 287(g) Task Model agreements.
Immigration Policy Update for October 26, 2012
October 26, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
Border Patrol use of lethal force under scrutiny. IG notes improvements in 287(g) implementation. Poll shows support for Maryland in-state tuition measure. LA considering ID cards for undocumented immigrants. Appeals Court suspends all immigration cases. Supreme Court to hear arguments in deportation case. Colorado purges suspected non-citizens from voter rolls.
Immigration Policy Update: The Political Season
September 14, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
In this issue: Silly hearings in the political season | Congress moves to pass six-month temporary spending bill | Voice of moderation grows in Arizona | Latest enforcement statistics show record border enforcement | Unacceptable costs of Operation Streamline | Another Border Patrol shooting leads to death on the border
Immigration Policy Update: More Oversight Hearings; Support for Deferred Action in Congress
July 27, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
More immigration oversight hearings in Congress. Deferred action wins approval of Members of Congress. Sheriff Arpaio has his words fed back to him in court. Update on prosecutorial discretion.
Immigration Policy Update for June 22, 2012: Immigration Policy Conversation Picks Up
June 22, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
Immigration Policy Update for June 1, 2012
June 01, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
Update on DHS Appropriations. A weaker version of the DREAM Act is introduced in the House, and two border enforcement bills pass. The Forest Service is ordered not to use the Border Patrol for translation services when USDA’s civil rights office points out that “a policy that causes individuals to actually flee from the service being provided does not provide meaningful access” to that service.
Immigration Policy Update for May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
House vote to weaken Violence Against Women Act. Homeland Security spending bill moving through House, Senate. Government watchdog overwhelmed by CBP, ICE misconduct cases. Alabama Governor signs another anti-immigrant immigration bill. Sen. Rubio finally introduces a bill, just not the one he’s been talking about.
Immigration Policy Update for April 19, 2012
April 19, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
The Supreme Court will hear the Government’s case against Arizona’s SB 1070. Anti-immigrant laws spur motivation for citizenship applications. Child tax credit for some low-income workers may be sacrificed in House Republican budget cuts. Senate holds hearing on racial profiling.
Immigration Policy Update for April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
Family Unity Waiver Process proposed rule now open for public comment. Congressman Lamar Smith has strange holiday fantasies. Prosecutorial discretion review expanding to seven additional immigration courts. Supreme Court strikes another blow at retroactive application of laws. Justice Department cuts negotiations with Sheriff Joe. Syrians get TPS.
Immigration Policy Update for February 17, 2012
February 17, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
The President releases Fiscal Year 2013 budget. Hearings in House avoid real immigration solutions for agriculture. Low-income immigrants spared from tax cut offsets. ICE creates a Public Advocate position. Studies project big costs to Alabama from its anti-immigrant law. ICE vs. Cook County, Ill., in fight over immigration detainers.
Immigration Policy Update for January 31, 2012
January 31, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
In this issue: Administration to change application procedure for reentry bar waiver. Tourist visa processing to be sped up. More on the prosecutorial discretion initiative. Administration personnel changes. Bill to alleviate immigrant visa backlogs moves to Senate. House Republicans propose to pay for tax cut by cutting child tax credit.
Immigration Policy Update for November 15, 2011
November 15, 2011 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
The father of Arizona’s SB 1070 becomes the first Arizona legislator to be recalled. Mountain West state leaders, meanwhile, discuss a different approach to immigration. To mitigate the crises caused by Congressional inaction on immigration, the President can take some steps, but can’t stop enforcing the broken laws.
Immigration Policy Update for June 22, 2011
June 22, 2011 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
The House GOP introduced legislation to create mandatory e-verify for the entire country. The House also passed a DHS spending bill for next year. In the Senate two bills were introduced to protect refugees and workers. Around the country, the Administration’s “Secure Communities” program is generating opposition.
