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Tampa, Florida – In a political debate sponsored by the “Tea Party” and CNN, the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination stated their positions on September 12th on illegal immigration in this beautiful Florida city.
The candidates present were Perry, Romney, Bachmann, Gingrich, Santorum, Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, and Herman Cain. (more…)
In 2009, Alba and Eugenio were making almost twice the federal minimum wage, plus benefits, cleaning a skyscraper for a national janitorial company. With two toddlers, the Mexican couple enjoyed relative prosperity in a tidy one-bedroom duplex in a working-class neighborhood here. (more…)
Immigration activists have criticized the Los Angeles law enforcement authorities
Organizations that defend immigrants and human rights have expressed disapproval about the procedures of law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles.
Lee Baca, the Los Angeles County sheriff, has been criticized for his defense of working closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (more…)
The US government eases visa restriction to foreign investors and workers with specialized training
US immigration authorities announced Tuesday a series of immigration policies to facilitate permanent residency to foreign investors that contribute to job creation and startup companies in high unemployment areas. (more…)
Representative Gutierrez during an immigration reform protest outside Congress
Representative Luis V. Gutierrez, a Democrat from Illinois who has become a perennial thorn on immigration for President Obama, was arrested Tuesday afternoon along with about a dozen activists in a protest outside the White House.
The protesters were arrested peacefully after they sat down on the White House sidewalk, following a rally where demonstrators denounced the Obama administration for deporting more than one million immigrants in the last two years. (more…)
Speaking to La Raza, a prominent Hispanic group, Obama cricized the GOP on immigration. | AP Photo
President Barack Obama on Monday blamed Republicans for a lack of progress on immigration reform, telling a prominent Hispanic organization the GOP has “walked away” from issues it once embraced.
Obama, who is deadlocked with congressional Republicans over how to slash the deficit and raise the debt ceiling ahead of an Aug. 2 deadline, said he cannot change the immigration system without support from Congress. (more…)
According to a recent study, Canadians see multiculturalism as an important component of national identity.
As a matter of national policy, Canada actively solicits immigrants and has done so for years. The public supports this and the default political assumption is in support of continued immigration. According to a recent poll, only a third of Canadians believe immigration is more of a problem than an opportunity, far fewer than any other country included in the survey. Rather, Canadians are concerned about “brain waste” and ensuring that foreign credentials are appropriately recognised and rewarded in the job market? Being an immigrant is also no barrier to being a proper Canadian; in parliamentary elections earlier this month, 11% of the people elected were not native. This warm embrace isn’t just a liberal abstraction; 20% of Canadians are foreign-born. (more…)
Thousands of Latinos marched in Alabama against an immigration law approved last month
The backlash against Alabama’s tough new immigration law intensified on Friday as several civil rights groups sued to try and overturn legislation, calling it the “most extreme in the nation.” Are they correct
The Alabama immigration law continues a wave of states passing stringent new immigration laws that began when Arizona enacted legislation that would have allowed police officers to detain anyone who appeared to be an undocumented immigrant and demand papers. It was immediately controversial, with critics warning that it legitimized racial profiling and created a climate of fear — President Obama said it “undermine[d] basic notions of fairness” and Cardinal Roger Mahoney of Los Angeles likened it to Nazism. (more…)
Authorities in California's Alameda county will have to provide voters with electoral material in Spanish and Chinese.
All voting materials in Alameda County, in California state, must be available in Chinese, Spanish and English, according to an agreement between the county and the federal government .
Among other stipulations of the agreement, the county must appoint coordinators for Chinese and Spanish-language election programs, form a community advisory group and hire more bilingual election officials to ensure voters who speak limited English have fair access to the polls.
The decision follows allegations by the federal government that the county neither employed an appropriate number of bilingual poll officials nor adequately translated and distributed election-related materials, including ballots, registration forms and information found on the county’s website.
According to the 2010 Census, Hispanic and Latino residents made up 22.5 percent of the county’s population while 8.8 percent has Chinese descent.
South Carolina Governor-elect Nikki Haley stands with other Governors-elect after meeting with the republican leadership in Washington D.C.
South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday sent Governor Nikki Haley a bill that requires police to check suspects’ immigration status and penalizes businesses that hire workers in the country illegally.
The action follows similar moves by Georgia and Alabama, and a milder measure in North Carolina, as a number of states crack down on illegal immigration. (more…)
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