Immigration Policy

The Silent Casualties of Immigration Scams

Hernan Vera | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Crime, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration, Immigration Scams, Immigration Policy, Fraud, Consumer Law, Notario, Immigration Fraud, Latino Voices News
Hernan Vera

The need for comprehensive immigration reform is not going away. In the meantime, however, there are untold casualties who are suffering in ways that few are discussing. Our nation's refusal to make immigration reform a priority has created the perfect storm for a silent problem to fester: immigration scams.

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Huge Share Of New Businesses Started By Immigrants

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Video, Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Unemployment, Immigrant Jobs, Immigrant Job Creation, Entrepreneurs, Immigration, Immigrants, New Business, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Immigration Policy, Small Business News

There are still plenty of entrepreneurs in America. But more and more of them are actually coming from somewhere else. Immigrants were twice as li...

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Is NYC Beating DC in Tech?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Nyc, Bigapps, Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg, Steven Rosenbaum, Nyc Tech, Immigration Policy, Technology News
Steve Rosenbaum

Today the New York tech scene is exploding. It's alive with talent, innovation, passion, and capital. How did that happen? And what can Washington learn from New York's tech renaissance that could help fuel and expand the fledgling economic recovery that now seems to be blooming?

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Chris Kirkham

Private Prison Company Sues Florida Town For Thwarting Immigrant Jail

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Corrections Corporation of America, Prisons, Private Prisons, Immigrant Detention, For-Profit Prisons, Immigration Policy, Business News

The nation's largest private prison corporation sued a South Florida town this week, arguing that city officials are trying to "disrupt and derail" pl...

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In Immigration Never Never Land; Anachronistic, Out of Touch

Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Illegal Immigration, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Newt Gingrich, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco

Rather than educate voters with facts and reasoned arguments, the statements and opinions of the leading candidates reflect anachronism and exaggerations at best, misrepresentations and outright falsehoods at worst.

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Holding Immigrants Hostage

Andy Schupak | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Congress, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Democrats, Immigration Policy, Republicans, Politics News
Andy Schupak

"It seems that all the major players would say that they want immigration reform. I would say that no one does. Each player has a separate agenda and is holding the immigrant community hostage to further their ends."

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The State of the Union: More United Than Reported

Dean Garfield | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Innovation, High Tech Jobs, High Tech Industry, Tech Jobs Economy, High Tech Growth, Free Trade, Business News, Trans Pacific Partnership, Tax Reform, China, Tech Industry Jobs, Immigration Policy, State of the Union, Technology News
Dean Garfield

We want to continue as the world's dominant economic and innovating power, maintaining the level of prosperity we have enjoyed for the past 30 years. Together we can attain these goals if we focus on solutions instead of launching salvos against each other for the sake of politics.

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Immigrants Help Fuel Tech Growth

Alex Nowrasteh | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: H-1B Immigration Visa, Tech Work Visa, Skilled Workers Immigrants, High Tech Startups, Tech Industry Immigration, Technology Immigration, Immigration Work Visa, Immigration Policy, Technology News
Alex Nowrasteh

Nowhere is the positive impact of immigrants more noticeable than in high tech startups. But unfortunately, our immigration system limits their number.

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Elise Foley

Proposed Immigration Change Could Keep Families Together

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Barack Obama Immigration, Video, Luis Gutierrez, Obama Administration, Harry Reid, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration, Undocumented Immigration, Unauthorized Immigration, Deportation, Immigration Policy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Kelly Alfaro, who lives in Washington state, almost lost her husband, Guillermo, to a bacterial infection in 2011 after he went to Juare...

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Activists Enter Detention and Emerge Inspired

Michelle Chen | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Immigration Activism, Activism Immigration, Arizona Immigration, Immigration Arizona, Immigration Policy, Impact News
Michelle Chen

The kind of destruction that the immigration system imposes goes much deeper than police aggression or incarceration; it rips apart the very fabric of communities.

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Waiting in the Gray Areas

Hassan Jaber | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Hate Crimes, Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes, Targeted Identification, Immigration, Republicans Immigration Reform, Immigration Policy, Religious Profiling, Ethnic Profiling, Detroit News
Hassan Jaber

When political leaders demonstrate that it's OK to tarnish an entire ethnic or religious group, xenophobic rhetoric enters the mainstream public discourse in a way that encourages intolerant and extreme reactions.

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What We Owe Immigrants

Elena Quintana | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration, Anti-Immigrant Violence, Undocumented Children, Immigration Policy Reform, Immigration Policy, Amnesty, Chicago News
Elena Quintana

In a climate where Latino children are being harassed, and suffering anxiety, panic attacks, and depression, it is time for us to take a hard look at the mental health implications of being undocumented.

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A Humanitarian Crisis in the Making?

Marie Friedmann Marquardt | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: US Immigration Reform, Immigration, US Immigration, Arizona Immigration Law, Immigration Policy, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Unauthorized Immigration, Unauthorized Immigrants, Politics News
Marie Friedmann Marquardt

Unauthorized immigrants and their children are settled. Rather than forcing them into the shadows, our elected officials should actively seek to harness their energy, vitality, and resiliency to build safe, thriving communities.

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America's New Soft Power

Rob Sobhani | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Immigration, California Dream Act, Governor Jerry Brown, Jerry Brown Dream Act, Immigration Policy, CA Dream Act, DREAM Act, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News
Rob Sobhani

We should support the California Dream Act but with one caveat: eligibility should be contingent on a willingness of students to return to their homelands and help in the economic development of their home countries.

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Effective Immigration Enforcement, Not Failure to Enforce the Law

Donald Kerwin | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Obama Administration, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Congress, Immigration, US Immigration, Border Security, Immigration Policy, Prosecutorial Discretion, Executive Power, Politics News
Donald Kerwin

U.S. immigration policy still needs to be fixed. The American people would be better served if Congress worked towards constructive solutions to this challenge, rather than engaged in political theater.

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The Lull in Between Storms

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Deporter-in-Chief, White House, Secure Communities, President Obama, Family Separations, Dhs, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Criminals, Non-Criminals, Los Angeles, Deportations, Immigration Policy, Ice, Chirla, S-Comm, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Now more than ever, we must not stop working with and pressuring Congress and the Obama Administration to pass real, substantive, and long-lasting changes in immigration policy.

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"Secure Communities" Should Not Undermine A Better Life

Marshall Fitz | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Secure Communities, Immigration, A Better Life, Immigration Policy, Latino Voices News
Marshall Fitz

Secure Communities is aimed at identifying undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes. That is a sensible objective and a smart way to prioritize resources. But A Better Life demonstrates how far it strays from that goal.

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Day Laborer Theater Troupe Empowers, Teaches

AP | By AMY TAXIN | Posted 09.22.2011

Read More: Immigrant Labor, Los Angeles Immigration Rally, Illegal Immigrants, Day Laborer Theater Without Borders, Day Laborers, Immigration Policy, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Most days, they are construction workers and painters and maids. But twice a year, this group of day laborers morphs into actors in a ...

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Whack-a Mole Immigration Policy

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: E-Verify, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DREAM Act, Immigration, Immigrants, Border Patrol, Immigration Reform, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Sister Mary Ann Walsh

As a nation where immigrants historically have had a fair chance and been treated humanely, we need to give up Whac-a-Mole and devise one comprehensive policy, including a legalization plan.

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Natives Do Benefit From Immigration Too

Rabah Ghezali | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Immigration Debate, Immigration France, France Immigration Issue, Immigration America, Immigration Policy, Immigration Issue, Business News
Rabah Ghezali

The public perception of immigrants is often negative, linking them almost exclusively to poverty and security risks. Despite this conventional wisdom, there is no proof that immigration has a negative effect on natives.

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Immigration Advice for Obama: Take on the GOP, Have the Fight With Lamar Smith

Frank Sharry | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Immigration Obama, Obama on Immigration, Immigration Policy, Obama Immigration, Politics News
Frank Sharry

The president needs to take a detour. Heading into 2012, he can't allow his legacy on immigration to be defined by a record number of deportations and no relief for any of the undocumented immigrants he pledged to legalize.

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Immigration North of the Border

Hazeen Ashby | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Global Magnet, Economy, Jobs, Economic Growth, Immigration, Canada, SB 1070 Law, Arizona, Democrats, Legal Status, Moderates, DREAM Act, Minutemen, Tea Party, Immigration Policy, Republicans, Senator Orrin Hatch, Mexiso, Politics News
Hazeen Ashby

Rather than the American conservative mantra that one more immigrant means one less American job, Canada has pegged immigration to economic growth and has attempted to make the nation a global magnet for talent.

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Mayor Emanuel's Next Move on Immigration Policy

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigrant Integration, Urban Policy, Chicago Mayoral Race, Rahm Emanuel, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Language Access, Chicago DREAM Act, Chicago Mayor, Immigration Policy, Chicago News
Afton Branche

As Chicago's next mayor, Emanuel has a crucial opportunity to prove his critics on immigration policy wrong.

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Professor: U.S. Immigration Policy Will Render U.S. Universities Obsolete

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Vivek Wadhwa, Association of International Education Administrators, Aiea, Vivek Wadhwa Immigration Reform, Aiea Conference 2011, The West, Immigration Policy, College News

According to tech entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadhwa, a prohibitive U.S. immigration policy will lead to increased global competition in higher ed...

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New Lawmakers Get to Work on Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Immigrants, Texas State Legislature, Sanctuary Cities, Rick Perry, Anti-Immigrant, Immigration Reform, State Debt, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Afton Branche

Jumping on the anti-immigrant bandwagon may appeal to some voters, but it doesn't come cheap. Anti-immigrant ordinances cost cities and towns millions in legal fees and lost revenues.

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