Stories by Wendy Feliz Sefsaf

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.