By Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco, Originally posted on Huffington Post The most comprehensive overview of illegal immigration in the United States since the economic crisis began its downward spiral concludes that the flow of unauthorized immigrants into the country has significantly slowed. The annual inflow of unauthorized immigrants was “nearly two-thirds smaller in [...]
Continue reading …Three months ago, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law the notorious SB 1070, a bill that put her state at the forefront of a movement to intensify the criminalization of undocumented immigrants. Since then, activists have responded through legal challenges, political lobbying, grassroots organizing and mass mobilizations. More than a hundred thousand people from across [...]
Continue reading …Judge weakens SB 1070, puts on hold law's punching effects aimed at immigrants in Arizona
July 29, 2010 Comments OffRuling does not eliminate the entire SB 1070 law, rather prevents its most damaging provisions. Phoenix, Arizona, July 28, 2010 – As a threatening hurricane that weakens before reaching its path of destruction, the potential crackdown effects of Arizona immigration law SB 1070 were at least temporarily diluted by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton. Judge Bolton’s [...]
Continue reading …By now you’ve heard of Arizona’s recently passed law, set to take effect in a little over a week, that will give local law enforcement officers in the state the power to enforce federal immigration law. By authorizing police to look into a suspect’s immigration status as well as his or her compliance with Arizona [...]
Continue reading …Latino families have the highest workplace participation rates in the country. In most recent years, they have worked more hours per week than other Americans. Their median family income is higher than that of Black families, but only because they tend to have more adults working in each household. The largest single barrier to getting [...]
Continue reading …Phoenix, Arizona – As Arizona prepares to begin enforcing what has been called its most radical immigration-related law, the legal battle to prevent its implementation on July 29 is also in full motion. Today, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to block Arizona’s law. The lawsuit is charging that SB 1070 is [...]
Continue reading …How would you describe the state of the relationship between Mexico and the United States? On the latest edition of Destination Casa Blanca, a group of area experts described it as pretty good. Sure, there are bound to be some problems when countries share a nearly 2000-mile border, and one has a per capita income [...]
Continue reading …THE PASSING OF ARIZONA’S SB 1070 stirs up an already simmering pot of cultural conflict, just as a steady beat of enforcement rhetoric and punitive fearful talk about Mexicans lends itself to increased tension and eventually, violence. Democratic politicians and advocacy groups don’t help matters, even as they pose as champions. It’s you and me [...]
Continue reading …By Victor Corral, Program Manager, Insight Center for Community Economic Development The U.S. economy needs immigrants. According to the Center for American Progress, if we passed immigration reform that included legalization, there would be an estimated $1.5 trillion boost to U.S. GDP over 10 years. On the other hand, they note that pursuing an “enforcement-only” [...]
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