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February 2013 Archives
Young Turks Ask- Why is CNN Getting Rid of Soledad O’Brien? (VIDEO)
February 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Nothing's more threatening to a career in journalism than acting like an actual journalist. "Soledad O'Brien will no longer be a host on CNN, but she's staying with the network" -- sort of. continue reading »
Dysfunction of Immigration System on Full Display this Week, as ICE Releases Detainees
February 27, 2013 | by Americas Voice Online
Further evidence of the nation’s dysfunctional immigration system was on display this week, when ICE–in anticipation of the upcoming sequester–released several hundred immigrants from their detention facilities. It’s unclear where this policy came from, but immigrants–who have been the focus of decades of political battles–are now being used as a weapon in the debate over the federal budget. This has to end. And the way to end it is passing immigration reform. continue reading »
New Report Exposes How Employers Take Advantage of Broken Immigration System to Exploit Workers
February 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff
With immigration reform under serious consideration in Congress, a report released Tuesday by the National Employment Law Project exposes how current immigration policies intended to stop employers from hiring undocumented workers have instead allowed unscrupulous employers to evade both immigration and labor laws. continue reading »
Latino “Babies Can Join a Gang, Latino Babies Grow Up.” - CAPS (VIDEO)
February 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Don’t let anti-immigrant rhetoric drive the immigration debate. Nativist, racist and fear-mongering hate groups are working hard to drive their narrative on immigration. For years now, anti-immigrant groups have successfully infused continue reading »
Leaked White House Immigration Bill is “A Tempest in a Teapot”
February 20, 2013 | by Americas voice online
Last weekend, USA Today published details of a White House draft immigration bill, setting off a furious round of Washington hand-wringing, analysis, and recriminations. In light of the leaked plan and related speculation, America’s Voice Education Fund adds the following: continue reading »
Shoddy Court Process Behind the Record Number of Deportations
February 18, 2013 | by Immigration Impact
The Obama Administration is on record for pursuing the toughest immigration enforcement policies in U.S. history, mostly evidenced by its record numbers of deportations. These numbers speak volumes: last year, nearly 400,000 people were deported from the United States. continue reading »
Five Reasons Why the U.S. Economy Needs Immigrants
February 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Last night’s State of the Union, as well as the rebuttal, spoke to a bilateral desire to achieve immigration reform. As legislation moves forward, facts and figures continue to be presented about immigrants and their contributions to the U.S. economy. continue reading »
New Report Shows That Border Benchmarks Already Have Been Met
February 6, 2013 | by Immigration Impact
As the components of what should be included in an immigration reform bill take shape, border security, along with enforcement, is proving to be a key part of the framework. Eight senators released a bipartisan proposal earlier this week that included a path to citizenship for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants currently living in the United States. continue reading »
PEW RESEARCH: The Path Not Taken: Two-thirds of Legal Mexican Immigrants are Not U.S. Citizens
February 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Nearly two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico are not citizens of the United States, even though they are eligible to naturalize. Their rate of naturalization----36%----is only half that of legal immigrants from all other countries combined, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. continue reading »
