Building a wall wouldn't stop unauthorized immigrants from coming in, but it sure would stop them from going back!
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Some Comic Relief on the Illegal Immigration Issue
Important new report on the Economics of Immigration
The National Academies convened a panel to examine "The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration"
"More than 40 million people living in the United States were born in other countries,
and almost an equal number have at least one foreign-born parent. Together, the first
generation (foreign-born) and second generation (children of the foreign-born) comprise
almost one in four Americans. It comes as little surprise, then, that many U.S. residents view
immigration as a major policy issue facing the nation. Not only does immigration affect the
environment in which everyone lives, learns, and works, but it also interacts with nearly every
policy area of concern, from jobs and the economy, education, and health care, to federal,
state, and local government budgets.
Although this report focuses on the United States, the rise in the share of foreign-born
populations is an international phenomenon among developed countries. 1 And, given
disparities in economic opportunities and labor force demographics that persist across regions
of the world, immigration is an issue that will likely endure. Recent refugee crises further
highlight the complexity of immigration and add to the urgency of understanding the resultant
economic and societal impacts."
The New Observer provides some commentary for the current presidential election:
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article105258706.html
"More than 40 million people living in the United States were born in other countries,
and almost an equal number have at least one foreign-born parent. Together, the first
generation (foreign-born) and second generation (children of the foreign-born) comprise
almost one in four Americans. It comes as little surprise, then, that many U.S. residents view
immigration as a major policy issue facing the nation. Not only does immigration affect the
environment in which everyone lives, learns, and works, but it also interacts with nearly every
policy area of concern, from jobs and the economy, education, and health care, to federal,
state, and local government budgets.
Although this report focuses on the United States, the rise in the share of foreign-born
populations is an international phenomenon among developed countries. 1 And, given
disparities in economic opportunities and labor force demographics that persist across regions
of the world, immigration is an issue that will likely endure. Recent refugee crises further
highlight the complexity of immigration and add to the urgency of understanding the resultant
economic and societal impacts."
The New Observer provides some commentary for the current presidential election:
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article105258706.html
Trump’s wrong on immigration
Donald Trump is the Republican presidential nominee largely because of what he said in his announcement speech in June of 2015. He made immigration a threat to the United States and combating that threat a central element of his candidacy.
The text of his speech included only two lines on immigration, but the New York Timesreports that Trump decided to go on a riff about the subject. He said, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
Then he added, “It’s coming from more than Mexico. It’s coming from all over South and Latin America, and it’s coming probably – probably – from the Middle East. But we don’t know. Because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don’t know what’s happening. And it’s got to stop and it’s got to stop fast.”
But as is so often the case with Trump’s bombast, facts are getting in the way of his assertions. Indeed, the facts are the opposite of his most potent contention. Rather that hurting the United States, immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere are a boon to it.
That’s the conclusion of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences and Medicine, a consortium of private, nonprofit institutions chartered by Congress. The report assesses U.S. immigration trends over the past 20 years and weighs their impact on the labor market and their cost to government.
Important benefits
Francine D. Blau, professor of economics at Cornell University and chair of the 14-member panel of professors and researchers that conducted the study, says, “The panel’s comprehensive examination revealed many important benefits of immigration – including on economic growth, innovation and entrepreneurship – with little to no negative effects on the overall wages or employment of native-born workers in the long term.”
The report did find that new immigrants raise the cost of local government, primarily for public schools. But that expense pays big benefits. A summary of the report says, “As adults, the children of immigrants (the second generation) are among the strongest economic and fiscal contributors in the U.S. population, contributing more in taxes than either their parents or the rest of the native-born population.”
Trump claims that the threat is not from immigration itself, but primarily from immigrants who enter the nation by illegally pouring across the nation’s southern border, thus his promise to build a wall covering 1,000 miles or more. But the report found a sharp decrease in such immigration with the onset of the Great Recession. Since 2009, the population of unauthorized immigrants has remained stable with about 300,000 to 400,000 arriving annually and about the same number leaving.
Lower crime
The new report does not address Trump’s reference to immigrants and crime, but the National Academies of Science and Engineering and Medicine did look at the issue in areport last year. That report found that neighborhoods with a high percentage of immigrants had lower crime rates and foreign-born men aged 18-39 are jailed at one-fourth the rate of native-born men of the same age.
Trump’s candidacy is built on fear and wrong impressions. The tide of immigrants is not hurting American workers and it’s helping the economy, immigrant communities are safer than most in America and the population of unauthorized immigrants is not on the rise. There may be reason to vote for Trump, but a threat from immigration – legal and unauthorized – is not one of them.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Immigration Texas has moved and the latest news - GOP primary candidates talking immigration
Immigration Texas has moved to http://givensimmigration.blogspot.com
In the latest news it's becoming clear that immigration will be a top issue for Republican candidates going into the primary season:
Marco Rubio on immigration: Border security comes first
In the latest news it's becoming clear that immigration will be a top issue for Republican candidates going into the primary season:
Bush forcefully defends his views on taxes, immigration
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno converse during an event at the Metropolitan University in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday. (Erika P. Rodriguez/ For The Washington Post)
Cruz: I Am a 'Proponent of Immigration Reform'
Accuses Obama of using issue to "scare the Hispanic community."
The issue of the detention of women and children has reached the federal courts and a ruling is expected today that may challenge the current policy:
The UK has an election coming up on May 7, and immigration has been a hot topic there, as well, but the main anti-EU/anti-Immigration party looks like it won't do as well as expected:
Looks like Britain’s anti-immigration party will get thumped this election
And I'll end with some background on current immigration issues in Europe:
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Europe and the World: Thoughts on my week in Germany - Immigration, Anti...
Europe and the World: Thoughts on my week in Germany - Immigration, Anti...: It was a fast-paced whirlwind trip to Germany, but it was a great opportunity to engage with a variety of people who are interested in issue...[click on the link above for more]
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Europe and the World: If it’s Thursday, I must be in Kiel
Europe and the World: If it’s Thursday, I must be in Kiel: After a pleasant evening in Hamburg, I arose Thursday morning to another nice,but colder, day. Since the trains were still on strike, the A...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Europe and the World: From Stuttgart to Heidelberg to Hamburg
Europe and the World: From Stuttgart to Heidelberg to Hamburg: It is another gorgeous day in Germany, unfortunately I had to spend most of the day indoors. Despite the train strike, we were able to find...[click on link to see more]
Europe and the World: From Freiburg to Stuttgart 4/21/15
Europe and the World: From Freiburg to Stuttgart 4/21/15: My day got off to a good start with a run along the river in Freiburg. Unfortunately later in the morning I learned that Deutsche Ba...[click on link to see more]
Europe and the World: Lecturing across Germany - Day 1, Freiburg
Europe and the World: Lecturing across Germany - Day 1, Freiburg: I am doing a series of lectures in Germany this week, sponsored by the US Embassy in Berlin. I started Monday in Freiburg, and will be going...[click on link to see more]
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Update on Obama's Administrative Action on Undocumented Immigrants
Texas judge refuses to lift block on Obama immigration plan
Federal Judge Excoriates White House for ‘Troubling Misrepresentations’
White House Criticizes Ruling on Obama's Immigration Action
OUR URL IS CHANGING AS OF MAY 1st TO: http://givensimmigration.blogspot.com
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Immigration Texas is moving to California!
As the founder of this blog, I wanted to let our readers know that I will be moving to California to take on the post of Provost at Menlo College:
...Dr. Givens’ experience and talents combine to represent the best match for the needs of our college...
“While many of the candidates brought compelling qualifications, Dr. Givens’ experience and talents combine to represent the best match for the needs of our college at this critical juncture,” said President Moran.
Dr. Givens is currently a Professor in the Department of Government at the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Her credentials include an undergraduate degree in international relations from Stanford University, and MA and PhD degrees in political science from UCLA. After she obtained her doctorate, Dr. Givens joined the faculty at the University of Washington in the departments of Political Science, European Studies and International Studies.
“I am very excited to be joining the leadership team at Menlo College. This is a wonderful opportunity to build on my own experience as a leader in higher education and to continue the tradition of excellence at Menlo College,” said Dr. Givens.
Dr. Givens studied International Security and Arms Control under Condoleezza Rice at Stanford. While at UT-Austin, she was the first African-American female Vice Provost. She was also on the American Political Science Association Presidential Task Force: Co-Chair, Political Science in the 21st Century from 2008-2010. Dr. Givens is also affiliated with UT’s Center for Women & Gender Studies and the Center for African & African-American Studies.
She has been a fellow of the Migration Policy Institute and a Distinguished Scholar of the Strauss Center for International Law and Security. Her most recent research focuses on European immigration politics and policy.
Dr. Givens has authored two books including Legislating Equality: The Politics of Antidiscrimination Policy in Europe (Oxford University Press 2014) and Voting Radical Right in Western Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2005.) Her list of publications can be found here: http://www.terrigivens.com/#publications.
Her international recognition includes an appointment as Public Policy Scholar of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Visiting Fellow at the Freie Universitäet in Berlin, a Visiting Fellow at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, an appointment as a Distinguished Scholar Alumna from Stanford, and a German Marshall Fund Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation. She regularly attends the Brussels Forum, “an annual high-level meeting of the most influential North American and European political, corporate, and intellectual leaders to address pressing challenges currently facing both sides of the Atlantic.” http://brussels.gmfus.org/
Dr. Givens is the founder of Take Back the Trail (http://www.takebackthetrail.com), a fitness program designed to address health disparities for women in East Austin. She has been very active in the Austin community and held positions on several boards of directors, including the local public television station, KLRU, and the Austin Mayor’s Health and Fitness Council.
She was a member of the track and field team while an undergraduate at Stanford University, competing in sprints and long jump. She was a half-marathon coach for the Austin Fit Running Club and continues to run everything from the 5k to marathons. She also enjoys supporting the performing arts with her husband Mike Scott, and following the activities of her very active boys, Andrew and Brandon.
About Menlo College
Menlo College was established in 1927, and is located 30 minutes south of San Francisco. It is a private, four-year, accredited, residential college located in Atherton, California. http://www.menlo.edu
Terri Givens Appointed Provost at Menlo College
Leading Scholar and Researcher Dr. Terri Givens Accepts Prestigious Leadership Post at Menlo College
...Dr. Givens’ experience and talents combine to represent the best match for the needs of our college...
Atherton, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2015
Menlo College has announced the appointment of Dr. Terri Givens as
Provost. The selection of Dr. Givens was made by President Richard A.
Moran after a national search and a series of interviews that included a
search committee, faculty and staff. “While many of the candidates brought compelling qualifications, Dr. Givens’ experience and talents combine to represent the best match for the needs of our college at this critical juncture,” said President Moran.
Dr. Givens is currently a Professor in the Department of Government at the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Her credentials include an undergraduate degree in international relations from Stanford University, and MA and PhD degrees in political science from UCLA. After she obtained her doctorate, Dr. Givens joined the faculty at the University of Washington in the departments of Political Science, European Studies and International Studies.
“I am very excited to be joining the leadership team at Menlo College. This is a wonderful opportunity to build on my own experience as a leader in higher education and to continue the tradition of excellence at Menlo College,” said Dr. Givens.
Dr. Givens studied International Security and Arms Control under Condoleezza Rice at Stanford. While at UT-Austin, she was the first African-American female Vice Provost. She was also on the American Political Science Association Presidential Task Force: Co-Chair, Political Science in the 21st Century from 2008-2010. Dr. Givens is also affiliated with UT’s Center for Women & Gender Studies and the Center for African & African-American Studies.
She has been a fellow of the Migration Policy Institute and a Distinguished Scholar of the Strauss Center for International Law and Security. Her most recent research focuses on European immigration politics and policy.
Dr. Givens has authored two books including Legislating Equality: The Politics of Antidiscrimination Policy in Europe (Oxford University Press 2014) and Voting Radical Right in Western Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2005.) Her list of publications can be found here: http://www.terrigivens.com/#publications.
Her international recognition includes an appointment as Public Policy Scholar of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Visiting Fellow at the Freie Universitäet in Berlin, a Visiting Fellow at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, an appointment as a Distinguished Scholar Alumna from Stanford, and a German Marshall Fund Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation. She regularly attends the Brussels Forum, “an annual high-level meeting of the most influential North American and European political, corporate, and intellectual leaders to address pressing challenges currently facing both sides of the Atlantic.” http://brussels.gmfus.org/
Dr. Givens is the founder of Take Back the Trail (http://www.takebackthetrail.com), a fitness program designed to address health disparities for women in East Austin. She has been very active in the Austin community and held positions on several boards of directors, including the local public television station, KLRU, and the Austin Mayor’s Health and Fitness Council.
She was a member of the track and field team while an undergraduate at Stanford University, competing in sprints and long jump. She was a half-marathon coach for the Austin Fit Running Club and continues to run everything from the 5k to marathons. She also enjoys supporting the performing arts with her husband Mike Scott, and following the activities of her very active boys, Andrew and Brandon.
About Menlo College
Menlo College was established in 1927, and is located 30 minutes south of San Francisco. It is a private, four-year, accredited, residential college located in Atherton, California. http://www.menlo.edu
I hope to keep up with the blog, but the URL will revert to http://givensimmigration.blogspot.com by May 1st. Thanks for your support!
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
New Congress and State of the Union -- Immigration on the agenda
Despite President Obama's executive action in November, immigration did not have a prominent place in the State of the Union address. However, immigration will clearly be on the agenda as the new Republican Congress tries to stop the Executive action via funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Illegal Immigration 2015 Poll: Obama Approval Rises After Executive Actions, Cuba Policy
Obama: 'Passions' Still Fly On Immigration,' As Seen On Social Media
Obama Tells Congress Not To Fight Past Battles On Immigration Again
But battles appear to be breaking out between GOP lawmakers:
Friday, November 21, 2014
Obama's Executive Order on Immigration - the details and more analysis
President Obama's Thursday evening speech was short on details of the executive action being taken to defer deportation for up to 5 million undocumented immigrants. Below are some summaries and links to the pertinent details:
A summary from the Law Firm of Karen Crawford:
The Department of Homeland Security has a website with a summary of the executive action and series of memos detailing policy changes and implementation
A summary from the Law Firm of Karen Crawford:
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S EXECUTIVE ACTION
November 21, 2014
1) EXPANSION OF DACA –
a. Age cap lifted – if you fulfill all other
requirements, it does not matter how old you are now [this will impact journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas]
a. He changed the date of entry– if you entered before
your 16th birthday before January 1, 2010, you are now eligible (it was
6/15/07)
b. They will give permits for three years instead of two
c. Rules will be released within 90 days
2)
DEFERRED ACTION FOR PARENTS – DAP
a. Three year work permits for parents of US citizens and
permanent residents
b. You must have arrived before January 1, 2010
c. The child must have been born by 11/20/14, but the age
of the child doesn’t matter
d. You must have been present in the US without lawful
status on 11/20/14
e. We do not know yet what documents are required nor the
criminal eligibility, but the Immigration fee will be $465
f.
Rules will be
released within 180 days
g. In the meantime,
gather evidence of identity (Passport or national ID), birth certificates of
children and their resident cards if applicable, and evidence of your residence
since 2010
3)
EXTENSION OF PROVISIONAL WAIVER PROGRAM
a. You can request
your waiver before you depart the US
b. Extended to anyone
with a currently available visa – specifically spouses of residents and
sons/daughters of citizens and residents
c. It may be easier to prove extreme hardship
The Department of Homeland Security has a website with a summary of the executive action and series of memos detailing policy changes and implementation Fixing Our Broken Immigration System Through Executive Action - Key Facts
More Analysis:
Is Obama's immigration action legal? A Q&A.
Republicans Weigh Legality of Obama’s Immigration Move
Presidents Have Broad Latitude Over Immigration Laws, Experts Say, Setting High Bar for Opponents to Prevail in Court
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Obama takes executive action for undocumented parents of citizen children
Despite threats from GOP leaders, President Obama took a major step today to provide relief from deportation for approximately 4 million undocumented immigrants. After nearly two years of inaction by Congress, the President had been pressured by immigrant activists to take the action he had promised during his re-election campaign. He had originally planned to take action before the midterm election but was convinced by congressional democrats to wait. Some had urged him to wait until the new Congress was in place, to see if they would take action - the consequences of this executive action, including implementation, the response from conservatives and other issues remain to be seen:
Here’s Obama’s Immigration Speech In Full
For those with a short attention span:
A quick recap from the WSJ:
The broad outlines of Obama’s actions tonight:
- Would shift more resources to border enforcement
- Would fix the immigration court system
- Would grant more visas to victims of crimes or human trafficking
- Would emphasize deporting criminals and persons suspected of involvement in terrorism or gang activity.
- Would allow about 4 million immigrants to take a background check and apply for limited permission to stay in the country.
- Would expand a deferred action program to cover more of the Dreamers — children of illegal immigrants brought to this country as children.
It's important to note that Obama's action does not extend to the parents of Dreamers (undocumented immigrants currently getting relief from deportation via Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA)
Analysis from the New York Times:
Obama, Daring Congress, Acts to Overhaul Immigration
Some Republicans Fear That Their Hard-Liners Will Alienate Hispanics
Analysis from the Los Angeles Times:
Silicon Valley lukewarm to Obama's immigration reform moves
Hot off the presses from the White House:
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Time for a Latino Political Party?
POLITICO Magazine
Time for a Latino Political Party?
Frustrated Hispanic-American voters might strike out on their own. Then what?
The Populists lasted only a few years as an independent entity, but their success clearly got the attention of the mainstream parties. Most important, it had a lasting impact on policy, even beyond the issues pushed by the farmers. Many of the Populists’ demands became law by the 1920s—including the direct election of U. S. senators, the development of a progressive federal income tax and the availability of short-term credit in rural areas.
Latinos in the United States are now confronting a dilemma similar to the one faced by the farmers. A recent Gallup poll indicates that the number of Latinos ranking immigration as a top issue doubled since the first half of this year. Yet Latinos have been forced to endure bitter disappointment from a Democratic president who has broken many immigration promises, in no small measure because the Republican-led House of Representatives refuses to act on immigration reform in Congress. The president’s decision to defer deportation of newly arrived children—a decision announced just five months before the 2012 presidential election—increased enthusiasm for Obama among Latinos; 71 percent of the record 11.2 million Latinos who turned out to vote cast their ballot for Obama.
Many of them are now deeply disappointed. The president—who had campaigned in 2008 on a pledge to reform the immigration system—again promised to make the issue an early and top priority during his second term. Congress stymied those efforts, so Obama pledged to take executive action—only to delay it until after the midterms. No wonder a new Pew Research Center poll shows that a majority of Latino voters think the Democratic Party is doing a poor job on immigration, and a different recent survey indicates substantially dampened enthusiasm for Obama and the Democrats among Latino voters because of inaction on immigration reform. Even as the president tried to smooth over differences this week at an appearance before the Congressional Hispanic Caucus annual gala, some frustrated Latino activists are contemplating deliberately sitting out the midterm election to make Democrats pay a price at the polls.
But are these the only alternatives—stay home and sulk, or accept the better of two bad options? Could it be time for Latinos to follow the path forged by the disgruntled farmers? Or follow the model in Europe, where third parties are fairly common?
In Europe, minorities and special interests often form their own parties when they feel their issues are not being championed by larger parties. This is most easily done in countries with proportional representation, which allows more than one representative for each district and—unlike winner-take-all systems like most of the United States—allocate seats based on the percentage of votes garnered by each contender. In such a system, minor parties are often able to gain enough support to win seats in legislatures. Examples include Basque nationalists in Spain, as well as Green and far-right parties across Europe. In places like Britain that have majoritarian systems with single-member districts, geographically concentrated parties like the Scottish National Party are able to win seats in Parliament. Even here in the United States, the occasional small party or independent can win a seat, including in the U.S. Senate. (One example: Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Independent who caucuses with Democrats.)
As relative newcomers, immigrants often don’t have the money or other resources needed to start a new party. Far-right party leaders, on the other hand, tend to come from existing parties and have a built-in support network.
By and large, majoritarian electoral rules like ours produce two-party systems. There is no hope in the foreseeable future that those rules will change and that means that small parties, like the Populist Party, inevitably disappear or, like the Libertarian and Green Parties, remain on the fringes of a system dominated by the two major parties.
Still, there are some reasons—42 million of them, to start with—to think that a Latino party could be different. Various ethnic groups have historically wielded a great deal of influence within political parties, particularly at the local and state levels. The German-American Alliance, the Ancient Order of Hibernians (“the oldest and largest Irish Catholic organization in the United States”) and the Immigrant’s Protection League all mobilized against the restriction of immigration in the early 20th century. Latinos also have an important advantage which supports the idea of starting a separate party: They still tend to be geographically concentrated in such states as California, Florida and Texas which allows them to focus their efforts, like the Populist party did in the 1890s.
Another relevant historical example is the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Fifty years ago Fannie Lou Hamer appealed to the conscience of the Democratic Party, asking for the Democratic National Committee’s credential committee to recognize their delegation in place of the all-white Democratic delegation from the state. The leadership came to a compromise and agreed to seat two members of the delegation, but the white delegation walked off and wouldn’t accept the compromise. Nevertheless, the example set by the MFDP would have a clear impact on the Democratic Party in the South going forward. Despite the prospect of losing white support in the South, the Democratic Party supported civil rights legislation and gained the support of a majority of black voters.
An ethnic party did arise in the United States in the late 1960s as the Chicano Movement organized and called for a third party to focus on self-determination for Mexican-Americans. The main focus of organizers was in Texas, where La Raza Unida party won seats on city councils, school boards, and even ran a candidate for governor in 1972 and 1978. However, the party’s support declined as party activism slowed in the late 1970s.
Hispanic Americans are in a better political position today than either the MFDP was five decades ago or even La Raza Unida was in the ‘70s. In terms of representation, there is the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the 113th Congress has a record number of Latino elected officials, with 35 representatives and three senators. Most of these representatives are Democrats, and the immigration issue has been a high priority, as evidenced by the scathing criticism recently lobbed at the president by Representatives Raul Grijalva (Ariz.) and Luis Gutierrez (Ill.). Organizations like the National Council of La Raza, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and a variety of pro-immigration organizations have lobbied for immigration reform and deportation relief. How long will it be before such groups grow exasperated with the Democrats’ failure to move these issues forward?
A Latino party might even help solve the biggest obstacle to greater political clout—boosting turnout. At the time of the last midterm election, data from the Pew Research Center shows, Latinos chalked up a sharp increase in the number of eligible voters, while the number of actual voters is increasing more slowly. Also, as Pew notes, “even among eligible voters, Latino participation rates have lagged behind that of other groups in recent elections.” For example, 31.2 percent of Latino eligible voters said they voted in 2010, compared with nearly half of white eligible voters and 44 percent of black eligible voters. An independent Latino Party or a cohesive Latino bloc within an existing party that focused on the issues most important to Latinos could spur increased participation—and thus more political clout.
The smartest approach in the short run might be for Latinos to work within the existing party system, even as they continue to organize and swell their ranks within the electorate. In the long-term—especially if Democrats and Republicans continue to disappoint—they will need to assess their potential for working together as a voting bloc and whether this could lead to support for a party. Is this a long shot? Yes, but it’s better than sitting on the sidelines or waiting for others to act. How long will it be before Hispanic-Americans’ patience runs out?
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Muslim integration in Europe
The Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog is hosting series of blogs this week on Muslim integration in Europe, starting with a post by Terri Givens and Pete Mohanty of the University of Texas at Austin:
A left-right divide in European attitudes toward immigrants
More Posts: Monkey Cage: Immigrant Integration in Europe
Friday, September 19, 2014
Obama's delay continues to impact party politics, election in Sweden raises concerns on immigration
Fallout over President Obama's decision to delay taking executive action on immigration continues...
The response from the Hispanic Caucus tries to address the concerns of activists who are unhappy with the Democratic party:
Meanwhile the number of Central American's crossing the border has dropped dramatically:
In Europe, the success of Sweden's anti-immigrant party has raised concerns about the immigration issue:
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Obama delays action on immigration/deportations until after midterms
The big news for this weeks is President Obama's decision to delay taking action on immigration/deportations, despite pressure from immigrant advocates. Here's a range of coverage from the media beginning with an analysis from BuzzFeed:
Inside President Obama’s Decision To Delay Immigration Actions
Ints Kalnins / Reuters
From the New York Times: “Because of the Republicans’ extreme politicization of this issue, the
president believes it would be harmful to the policy itself and to the
long-term prospects for comprehensive immigration reform to announce
administrative action before the elections,” a White House official
said. “Because he wants to do this in a way that’s sustainable, the
president will take action on immigration before the end of the year.”
Exclusive: Obama Blames Border Crisis for Immigration Reform Delay
Democrats criticize Obama on immigration-order delay
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
The Politics of Immigration: House Manages to pass bills, upcoming elections in focus
Lots of analysis this week about the House GOP's actions on immigration, the first a bill that focused on deportations and a funding bill that doesn't come close to the President's request. The GOP is clearly concerned about taking action on immigration before the midterm elections, but the bills passed are of concern to those who want to reach out to Latino voters.
Meanwhile the focus remains on the border, particularly here in Texas where legislators this week questioned Governor Perry's calling up of the National Guard and how that will be paid for, in the absence of federal funds.
HR 5230 and HR 5272: Making a Bad Situation Worse and What It Means for November and Beyond
Voices: GOP won't face immigration backlash in November
Republican Rep. Steve King was confronted Monday night at his own fundraiser by an undocumented immigrant and activist.
Perry's Office Defends National Guard Funding
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| photo by: Bob Daemmrich |
The numbers of children crossing the border has dropped but concerns over housing remain, although plans to house families at military bases have been dropped and some shelters were closed.
U.S. to Close Three Emergency Shelters for Child Immigrants:Need for Sites Declines With Fewer Unaccompanied Minors Caught Crossing Mexican Border
Children at the Border - Interactive Map from the NY Times
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