Stories by Michele Waslin
Michele Waslin is Senior Policy Analyst with the Immigration Policy Center of the American Immigration Council and a writer for their Immigration Impact blog.
Posted on Feb 10, 2012, Source: Immigration Impact
The harsh law could cost Alabama up to $11 billion in GDP and nearly $265 million in state income and sales tax, a new report found.
Posted on Feb 7, 2012, Source: Immigration Impact
The result has been undermining human rights, devastating families and communities, hurting local economies and placing unnecessary burdens on all Americans.
Posted on Dec 1, 2011, Source: Immigration Impact
Not only did the young adults interviewed excel in school and in their careers, but they also chose careers that allow them to give back to the community.
Posted on Feb 14, 2011, Source: Immigration Impact
Jessica St. Pierre, a U.S. citizen who spent days navigating government bureaucracy trying to fix a spacing issue in her last name, was fired from her job.
Posted on Jan 27, 2011, Source: Immigration Impact
There is little apparent relationship between recent immigration and unemployment rates at the regional, state, or county level.
Posted on Jan 12, 2011, Source: Immigration Impact
Legislators are simply using their own states and constituents as staging grounds for their ultimate battle; there would be no immediate implications for the states that pass it.
Posted on Nov 29, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact
One piece of a successful legalization program must be to help legalized immigrants integrate as quickly as possible and meet specified criteria.
Posted on Oct 30, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact
The OIG report shows that ICE talks about its priorities, but doesn't have actual mechanisms to meet them by measuring progress or ensuring compliance.
Posted on Jun 29, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact
"Securing the border first” is an empty demand because the border is more secure than ever and immigration enforcement has increased dramatically.
Posted on May 26, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact
Americans agree that the immigration system is broken and something must be done about it.
Posted on Mar 30, 2010, Source: Immigration Impact
Until we have comprehensive immigration reform, ICE is going to be saddled with an enormous list of targets, and many people watching to see how they’re going to tackle it.
Posted on Oct 2, 2009, Source: Immigration Impact
Critics say a key immigration enforcement program is based on widespread ethnic profiling.
Posted on Sep 26, 2009, Source: Immigration Impact
Some of us already knew that.
Posted on Jul 30, 2009, Source: Immigration Impact
“If the government were engaged in these types of systematic and widespread constitutional violations toward any other group ..."
Posted on Jul 14, 2009, Source: Immigration Impact
The fact is that immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, are actually less likely to commit crimes than U.S. citizens.
Posted on Oct 12, 2008, Source: New America Media
A misleading report by an anti-immigration "think-tank" doesn't change the fact that the system isn't reliable.
