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The U.S. Bureau of the Census yesterday released the 2008 American Community Survey. It shows a dip in the number of foreign-born in the United States, to under 38 million after it reached an all-time high in 2007. At nearly...
A news story from Florida offers the latest on a lonstanding problem in the immigrant community. Attorneys say hundreds of undocumented immigrants are victims of notarios (notaries) who engage in the unlicensed practice of law and filing...
Here (Download Final CURA article 11-10-09) is a study of Attorneys’ Perspectives on the Rights of Detained Immigrants in Minnesota. The study findings confirm reports of violations of ICE standards in Minnesota jails and detention centers housing...
One of the largest immigration crackdowns under the Obama administration to date took place in the Twin Cities last month, when 1,200 undocumented janitors were fired from their jobs after the Obama administration came after ABM, a San Francisco-based...
For the most part, the House-passed health care reform bill would provide legal immigrants with the same access to its benefits that U.S. citizens would enjoy, while barring federal health care affordability subsidies to persons who are not lawfully...
The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing a proposal to collect fingerprints or eye scans from all foreign travelers at U.S. airports as they leave the country. The department plans to send the proposal to the White House as soon...
Click here for my review of RETHINKING ASYLUM: HISTORY, PURPOSE, AND LIMITS, by Matthew E. Price. Here is the beginning: "RETHINKING ASYLUM is a provocative effort to reconceptualize the law of asylum and refugee protection in the West. Offering a...