Software giant calls out Immigration Policies
A top-ranking official of software giant Microsoft says that the United States needs to reform its current immigration policies in order to keep high skill workers in the country. According to Brad Smith, General Counsel of the company during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing in the issue, “If done right, attracting the talents of the [...]
Congressman arrested for immigration protest
Rep Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) was arrested outside the White House while engaging in protest against US immigration policies. They were conducting a sit-down protest on a sidewalk and when asked by police officers to leave the area refused to do so. Sgt. David Schlosser, US Park Police spokesperson, said that the Illinois Congressman was amongst [...]
The Casualties of Immigration Issues
A government oversight has for its victims Filipino teachers validly hired by the State of Maryland. Between 2004 and 2009, the Prince George County Public Schools of Maryland started to hire highly skilled teachers in order to raise the quality of teaching as well as education in the area. The teachers hired would teach high [...]
Court Decides on Landmark Case
In January 2005, Nicolaza Eusiquio gave birth to a boy in a migrant camp. The only witness to the birth was her cousin who helped her with the new born. The mother received no form of medical care, be it prenatal or post delivery. Eusiquio then sought registration of the boy at the Oregon Center [...]
Number of Deportations at All Time High
In a recent report, the Obama administration deported nearly 400,000 individuals from the United States. The number of deportations increased because of the inclusion of crimes committed, from traffic violations and DUI. According to the report, a total of 393,000 were deported with fifty percent of these deported individuals were considered as criminal offenders. Broken [...]
Survey Shows Support for Penalties for Employers Hiring Illegals
A telephone survey conducted by the Rasmussen Reports showed that nearly three in every four US voters favor strict sanctions imposed on employers who hire illegal immigrants. Only sixteen percent disapproved of such sanctions. On the other hand, fifty nine percent of individuals surveyed favor penalizing landlords that rent or sell property to illegal immigrants. [...]
Arizona vs. United States, in a nutshell
Arizona created major ripples in the immigration landscape by signing into law Arizona Senate Bill 1070. This broad legislation includes criminalizing the failure of an unauthorized immigrant to carry an immigration registration document or obtain work without authorization from the federal government. The law was about to go into effect by July 29, 2010 but [...]
The Alabama Immigrant Trespassing Law in a Nutshell
Alabama is now in the midst of passing its own version of curbing illegal immigration with the passage of the Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security of House Bill 56. This would mean that the bill would be heard in plenary session soon. This bill is very similar to the Arizona immigration legislation, which [...]
Largest Pro-Immigrant Rally Held
Last March 10, hundreds of thousands of supporters from the city of Chicago and surrounding areas held one of the biggest pro-immigrant demonstrations in U.S. history. The attendees were immigrant rights groups who undertook a word-of-mouth campaign to invite people to attend the rally. According to estimates from CNN, nearly 400,000 people participated while police [...]
California’s Hope for Undocumented Youth
Last June 6, 2011, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case to challenge California’s AB 450. This law provides undocumented immigrant youth in the state to attend state colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates. The challenge was raised because of the claim of unequal protection of the laws by allowing undocumented [...]
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