Archive for the ‘Immigration Reform’ Category
Friday, August 21st, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has issued a statement about yesterday’s White House Meeting on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The meeting was attended by 130 representatives of law enforcement, business, labor, religious and advocacy groups at the invitation of the Obama administration. While addressing the meeting, Secretary ...
Posted in Advocacy Groups, Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reforms, Chruch World Service, Compete America, Hewlett Packard, Immigration Reform, Intel, Interfaith Community, Meeting on CIF, Tech America, Wal-Mart, White House Domestic Policy Council, White House Meeting, White House Office of Public Engagement | No Comments »
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
As part of an effort to bring all parties to the heated debate into one room, the White House is hosting an immigration discussion on Thursday with advocates, religious groups, businesses and law enforcers. The meeting is not public and Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano will be leading the discussion, said ...
Posted in Department's Policies, Financial Regulation, Healthcare Overhaul, Immigrant Rights Avocates, Immigration Meeting, Immigration Reform, Matt Chandler, Roller Coaster | No Comments »
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
President Obama has followed the Bush Administration’s second-term strategy of tightening the border and punishing employers who hire undocumented workers, even unwittingly. The economists also agree that the cornerstone of any immigration reform bill should be some form of legalization for the roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants currently living in ...
Posted in Campaign Pledge, Cato Institute, Document Forgers, Guest-Worker Proposal, Higher-Skilled Workers, Immigration Reform, Lower-Skilled Workers, Summit Meeting | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Mexicans who were anticipating progress on the immigration front in view of the summit of the “Three Amigos” (the President of the U.S., Mexico, and Canada) in Guadalajara were left dejected as President Obama says immigration reform will have to wait until next year. According to El Universal, a local ...
Posted in Bilateral Meeting, El Informador, El Universal, Guadalajara, Immigration Reform, Local Newspaper, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Three Amigos | No Comments »
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Responding to requests from every corner to bring reforms in immigration detention system, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton announced that ICE is undertaking a major overhaul of the agency’s immigration detention system. Speaking on these reforms, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano ...
Posted in Agency's Immigration Detention System, Critical Oversight, Custodial Conditions, Efficiency, Ensuring Security, Fiscal Prudence, Immigration Reform, Medical Care, ODPP, Office of Detention Policy and Planning | No Comments »
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
The Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights is sponsoring a one-day immigration symposium relating to Immigration Adjudications: Court Reform and Beyond on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at Lewis Katz Building University Park, PA. Leading immigration scholars, policymakers, and practitioners are expected to participate for this important discussion- The Chronicles ...
Posted in Court Reform, Immigrants' Right, Immigration Reform, Lewis Katz Building, Penn State Law Center, Policymakers, Symposium | No Comments »
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Contrary to decline in national attention on immigration, state legislatures are promulgating record levels of immigrant-related legislation. This was affirmed by the National Council for State Legislature (NCSL) in its 2009 mid-year report on state laws related to Immigrants and Immigration. The report gave a finding that so far, more ...
Posted in Cultural Community, Governor's Approval, Immigration Reform, Omnibus Legislations, State Laws, State Legislations | No Comments »
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
In a first of its kind meeting, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano held a closed door session with representatives of various industries and advocacy groups impacted by immigration. The meeting which was closed to the media and public included immigrant advocates, labor unions, state officials, law enforcement ...
Posted in Business Leaders, Closed-Door Session, High-Tech Campus, Immigration Reform, Industries and Advocacy Groups, Labor Unions, Listening Session | No Comments »
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Rejecting a federal court petition of former detainees and their advocates and embracing a Bush-era inspection system that relies in part on private contractors, the Obama administration has refused to make legally enforceable rules for immigration detention reports the New York Times. Many immigration advocacy organizations around the U.S. are ...
Posted in Basic Health Care, Elzabeth Detention Center, Heartland Alliance's National Immigration Justice Center, Immigration Advocacy Organizations, Immigration Reform, Judge Denny Chin, Legally Enforceable Rules, Manhattan Federal District Court, Medical Neglects, Minimum Standards Enforcement, Mistreatment, Performance-Based Standards, Physical Violence, Plaintiffs, Rule Making | No Comments »
