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The anti-immigrant rhetoric about the DREAM Act lately is disingenuous, to say the least, and completely false in other cases. Unlike experienced immigration lawyers, most legislators just don't have the day-to-day experience of implementing or using the laws they create, so they may not fully appreciate the real impact the laws they enact have on real people, families, employers, and the community at large. I show below how some of the anti-DREAM Act arguments being made by certain … [Read more...]
Immigration and Firm News
November 13, 2010 by ·
"'Friendly Manitoba' Craves Immigrants'", reports the Seattle Times in a November 13, 2010 article. Our Canadian neighbor appreciates the benefits of immigration so differently than in this country, where anti-immigrant fervor gets louder every day, especially as high unemployment rates remain static. Yet how could the discussion of immigration be so different in our two countries? In the U.S., immigrant rights groups are bracing for the new Congress to step up enforcement-only, anti-immigrant … [Read more...]
October 1, 2010 by ·
On September 30, 2010, Rupert Murdoch, Chief Executive of News Corp., which owns Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and many other media outlets, along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg testified before the House Judiciary Committee in support for immigration reform. Both recently founded the Partnership for a New American Economy, an organization of mayors and top business leaders who support expanding the types and numbers of visas for qualified workers in the U.S., as well as … [Read more...]
September 30, 2010 by ·
Today, Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 ("CIRA") (S. 3932), the first Senate proposal on immigration since 2007. The bill would put the millions of people already in the U.S. without status on a path to legal status. Certain targets would be required before those without status who come forward and register could become lawful permanent residents. Targets include things like reducing the backlogs for those … [Read more...]
September 9, 2010 by ·
Anchor Babies - The Myth "Anchor Baby" is a derogatory term and a figment of imagination. Anchor for what? Nativists believe that immigrants come to the US to "drop babies" so they can bestow an immigration benefit upon the parents. This is pure nonsense and not the law or fact! There are no immigration categories in our present system that allow a U.S. born child under 21 to sponsor his or her parents! Under current law, whether the parents entered legally or illegally, they will have to … [Read more...]
