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States Grapple With Broken Immigration System as Congress Does Nothing

Posted on Aug 20, 2011, Source: Immigrant Impact

With no comprehensive immigration plan in sight, state-level anti-immigration legislation is introduced and attacked by opponents, creating a mess of policy.

How Reuters, Northeastern University Stifle the Immigration Debate by Suppressing Labor Study

Posted on Feb 3, 2011, Source: Immigration Impact

A “study” unavailable to policymakers simply adds more heat to a debate that is already too heavy on rhetoric and short on facts.

Backer of Virulent Anti-Immigrant Groups Is Finally Unmasked In Mainstream Media

Posted on Dec 8, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact

The award-winning journalist clarifies the fuzzy way these groups produce “data” on immigration, and then pass it on to their friends on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures.

Why Pollsters Undercounted the Latino vote

Posted on Nov 8, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact

The pollsters and the politicians who depend on polls are at great political peril if they willfully ignore huge gaps in their samples.

Census Data Confirms Immigrant Voting Bloc Still Growing

Posted on Oct 18, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact

When you demonize an immigrant, you may be demonizing a voter.

What the Primaries Will Tell Us About the Politics of Immigration

Posted on Aug 30, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact

In recent elections, a few politicians won on the backs of undocumented immigrants, but for others that tactic cost them the race. This fall we may see more of the latter.

Louisiana Cooks Up a Gumbo of New Americans

Posted on Oct 27, 2009, Source: Immigration Impact

If America is the melting pot, Louisiana is creating its own immigration Gumbo

Anti-Immigrant Hardliners Declare War on the Clergy

Posted on Oct 15, 2009, Source: Immigration Impact

Nativist groups are pulling an old strategy out of their play book as they attack members of the clergy.

Experts Slam Report by Anti-Immigration "Think-Tank" Claiming Undocumented Migrants Leaving Due to Raids

Posted on Aug 4, 2008, Source: New America Media

CIS known for twisting the facts to fit its agenda.

Meat-Packing Giant Raided by ICE Faces Criminal Investigation

Posted on Jul 11, 2008, Source: New America Media

Agriprocessors, Inc. faces charges for wanton mistreatment of mostly immigrant workers.

Rush to Prosecute Leaves Immigrant Victims of Crimes Without Protection

Posted on Jun 13, 2008, Source: New America Media

Immigrant victims of employer abuse can usually get special visas that protect them, but recent immigration raids show that might be changing.
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