Smith claims the President is ignoring immigration laws, but the Obama Administration has deported more undocumented immigrants than any other in history.
Despite the devastating consequences of state immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona, legislators in other states have introduced similar enforcement bills this year.
Maribel Hastings, Huffington Post. February 9, 2012.
Republicans bet that Obama's failure to pass immigration reform will cut his Latino votes, while Democrats bet that Republican anti-immigrant rhetoric will work in his favor.
Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. February 7, 2012.
The result has been undermining human rights, devastating families and communities, hurting local economies and placing unnecessary burdens on all Americans.
The ban on Mexican American Studies in Tucson high schools has led to "offensive" books--including Shakespeare's The Tempest--being removed and locked in a warehouse.
The interiors of detention centers might as well be black sites, cast off the political map except for the rare instances of abuse so egregious that they blip onto our radar.
Seth Motel, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Hispanic Center. January 7, 2012.
Despite Obama's strong showing among Latinos when compared with potential 2012 Republican rivals, he has suffered a decline in his overall approval rating as president.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn't the only one keeping immigration policy in the headlines--here's a look at the stories that made news as 2011 drew to a close.
Gingrich has continued to move ahead of his competitors for the Republican presidential nomination who have positioned themselves to the right of him on immigration.
Ben Winograd, Immigration Impact. December 13, 2011.
Technically, the question before the Justices is simply whether four of the law’s provisions should be temporarily blocked pending resolution of a larger legal challenge.
The rising tide of anti-migrant sentiment worldwide is caused primarily by the biased, polarised and negative debate on migration, according to a new study released here.
Wendy Sefsaf, Immigration Impact. December 9, 2011.
While Freedom University offers undocumented students an education, a new company plans to purchase a boat where high-skilled workers may live and work off-shore.
Jairo Vargas, New American Media. December 8, 2011.
Alabama’s immigration law HB 56 doesn't just affect the human rights of immigrants; it also puts the state in an economic situation that could sink it even further into poverty.
