Immigration

The Path Ahead

Jared Bernstein | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

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Jared Bernstein

Here is a list of problems we face as a nation, and solutions, guided by one insider's view of what we've learned over these last two terms which have been dominated by conservative ideology.

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The Growing Power of the Hispanic Community

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Hispanic Voters, Immigration, Barack Obama Hispanic Voters, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

The emergence of a new, highly energized and pro-Democratic Hispanic electorate could have an enormous impact on the presidential election.

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Secretary Chertoff, Call Off These Raids

Geraldo Rivera | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Geraldo Rivera

In an effort not seen since the panic unleashed by the Great Depression, federal law enforcement has been targeting technically illegal workers who have been long tolerated in their industries.

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Undocumented Children are Still Children

Marisa Treviño | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Marisa Treviño

ICE raids are traumatizing children and yet the stories barely make Page 1 of the newspapers. Why? Is it because they are the children of undocumented parents?

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Immigration Workplace Raids Will Lead to More Lost American Jobs

Susie Hoeller | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Border Walls, Bush Administration Violation of U.S. Constitution, Workplace Raids, Mexico, Immigration Prisons, Immigration, Barack Obama, WWII Japanese POW, Torture, Food Industry, Tancredo Immigration, Wall on Mexico Border, Tom Tancredo, Chertoff, Department of Homeland Security, Politics News
Susie Hoeller

The fact that we don't legally require living wages to be paid in this country and the fact that our immigration laws are totally out of synch with several realities does not make the current strategy of workplace and home raids and border walls either effective or humane.

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Does Everyone Matter Equally?

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Superdelegates, Equality, Community Values, Raids, Immigration, Farm Bill, Iowa, Postville, Politics News
Sally Kohn

From the superdelegate process to the farm bill to the recent raid on immigrants in Iowa, elitism is rearing its nipped-and-tucked head all across America.

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NBA Playoffs: A Model To Solve Nation's Immigration Woes?

Dave Hollander | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sports, Belarus, Utah Jazz, Nba, Illegal Immigrants, Nba Playoffs, Illegal Immigration, Immigrants, Immigration, Basketball, Los Angeles Lakers, Andrei Kirilenko, Politics News
Dave Hollander

The game belongs to no nation. It is its own sovereign state, a pure meritocracy -- a place where anybody, with hard work and ability, can come and rise to the highest echelons.

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Underground America

Chris Ying | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

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Chris Ying

I hope Underground America will bring some focus back to an issue that has largely been forgotten. Traditional media coverage has failed to sustain Americans' interest in immigration law.

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A Hard Rain is Gonna Fall

Leslie Griffith | Posted 05.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Globalization, Immigration, Intolerance, Building a New America, Dell Layoffs, Bob Dylan, Living News
Leslie Griffith

I am packing to return to Texas for a few weeks. My learning curve will be intense, but I don't know it yet. The lesson begins when the cab driver pulls up in my driveway.

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Immigrant Detainees Killed by Neglect and by Juan Crow

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Juan Crow, Immigrant Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE Detention Deaths, Immigration, Immigrant Jails, Race, Racism and Immigrants, Immigrant Detention, Immigrant Death, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

Since 9-11, more detainees have died in immigration detention than have died in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib combined.

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Sam Stein

WaPo To Run Explosive Series On Immigrant Detention Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

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The Washington Post is set to roll out a major investigative series by by prizewinning reporters Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein, this time centering on...

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May Day! May Day! Hijackings of the 4th Estate

Paige Donner | Posted 05.07.2008 | Media

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Paige Donner

The title of this piece, Hijackings of the 4th Estate, is purposefully provocative. For any journalist, Blogger or otherwise muckraker laboring in ser...

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Two Years After the Big Immigrants Rights Marches, Where Do Things Stand?

Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus and Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Justice, Labor, Immigrant Rights, Migration, Globalization, Free Trade, Immigration, Immigration Movement, BORDER ISSUES, Nafta, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus and Hector E. Sanchez

U.S. communities that have absorbed new immigrant populations in recent decades have seen incomes and opportunities rise more quickly than communities with no such immigrant influx.

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Still They March: Nationwide Rallies Highlight Failure of War on Immigrants

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

The battle for immigrant rights rages daily in the heart, mind and lanky 10 year-old frame of Chelsea resident and May Day marcher, Norma Canela.

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Iowa Judge Joins Forces with Anti-Immigrant Congressman

Cristóbal Joshua Alex and Tanene Allison | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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Cristóbal Joshua Alex and Tanene Allison

Rep. Steve King proves that right-wing attempts to rollback civil rights are far from dead. Creative, tenacious and well-funded, the right-wing agenda moves forward in courtrooms across this country.

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Bush, Calderon Plot Economic and Military Integration at NOLA Summit

Roberto Lovato | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

Read More: HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS, Immigration, New Orleans Summite, Media, Regional Integratio, Sovereignty Issues, Calderon and Free Trade, Sovereignty, Central America, Empire, Nafta, BORDER ISSUES, Plan Colombia, Of African AméRica, Free Trade and NAFTA, Three Amigos Summit, National Security, Latino Politics, U.S.-Mexico Relations, Spp, Activism, Labor, Environment, Race, Calderon and Bush, Home News
Roberto Lovato

At the center of today's "Three Amigos" Summit in New Orleans between George W. Bush and his homologues, Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Stephen Harper o...

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My Conversation with Michael Bloomberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Charlie Rose | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Environment, Education, Charlie Rose, Michael Bloomberg, Immigration, Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York, Global Warming, California, Politics News
Charlie Rose

2008-04-21-rosearnoldbloomberg.jpgBloomberg and Schwarzenegger discuss what we need to understand about government's capacity to solve important people problems.

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The War On Immigrants

Sally Kohn | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

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Sally Kohn

From the SWAT team raids on immigrants to the para-military Minutemen staking out the US-Mexico border, we're turning our nation into a war zone in violation of every decent principle on which our nation was founded.

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Back of the Line, Back of the Bus...or Just Plain Backward?

Dan Kowalski | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home

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Dan Kowalski

Obama's Op-Ed on immigration today is designed to please both sides of the debate, which is why it's either uninformed or cynical. Informed analysts know trying to "secure the borders" first is all backwards.

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John McCain, Flip Flopper

Matt Cooper | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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Matt Cooper

The politics of hope? When it comes to McCain, it's all about hoping the right McCain shows up. At 71, he is still among the most protean political figures in American life.

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McCain Said It, Before He Attacked It

David Sirota | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

The fact that McCain's campaign is feigning outrage over Obama's truisms when their own candidate has made thematically similar statements strikes me as...what's the word...oh yeah -- dishonest.

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Pulitzer-Winner Junot Diaz's Brilliant American Metaphor

Dan Brown | Posted 04.09.2008 | Media

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Dan Brown

At the end of an interview last week with Newsweek, Diaz offered an incredibly incisive metaphor (if you're not a George W. Bush fan) when asked about the current immigration debate in America.

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Electronic Dragnet for Undocumented Nets Citizens

Roberto Lovato | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

Two hours after starting his new job at a food processing plant in 2006, Fernando Tinoco got fired as a result of a new program designed to identify undocumented workers.

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Juan: Undocumented But Not Un-American

Sally Kohn | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Sally Kohn

In a nation founded on the idea that freedom and equality and opportunity are renewable resources and the more the merrier, have we achieved "peak love" and tapped out?

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Bring on the Best and the Brightest

Rep. Patrick Kennedy | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Patrick Kennedy

We have the most talented workforce in the world, but we need to make sure that our education and immigration systems are working in concert to maintain and expand on that advantage.

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