THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION:
www.immigrationimpact.com
Will Immigration Get a Fair Fight on the Senate Floor?
Sept. 17, 2010--With dizzying speed this week, immigration advocates went from gloomy to galvanized with the announcement that Senator Reid
intended to bring the DREAM Act to the floor as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill. To further add to the euphoria, Senator Menendez
announced that he would introduce actual comprehensive immigration reform legislation sometime soon.
President Obama made another speech in support of DREAM and broad reform, and met privately with Congressional Hispanic Caucus leaders to seal
the deal on DREAM support. For a political movement starved for actual action, all this activity was like a shot of adrenaline. Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6WWYKQ0HD4gzzW8iZ4_cZ-GVJNWV04qC-Rld7bzAbvofs7hvKUE
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MDp3Dd57QcOkjzVejBb3NKaLnKO4Zvmz8JbY3vPMi1ac
President Obama Throws White House Support Behind DREAM Act
Yesterday, President Obama met with Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) members, chairwoman Nydia
Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) to discuss movement of the DREAM Act. In a lead up to the meeting, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-NV) announced plans earlier this week to bring the DREAM Act to a vote, attaching the measure to the Defense Authorization bill to be voted on next
week. While GOP opposition to this bipartisan immigration amendment remains high, President Obama pledged his support at an event last night,
despite previous concerns that passing the DREAM Act will detract from a larger immigration overhaul. Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6oXzOiWYFpKIeVUK7Cnc7G6y6E9WUgXpadAPxpMGAmVZtkLd-4
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Congressional Leaders Announce Forthcoming Immigration Bill, Support for DREAM and a White House Meeting
At a forum Wednesday in Washington, D.C., faith, civic, community and Congressional leaders gathered to rally the immigration reform faithful, endorse
Sen. Reid's (D-NV) DREAM Act amendment, announce the introduction of a forthcoming immigration overhaul bill in the
U.S. Senate and a meeting with President Obama this week on immigration.
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) announced that he will introduce a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill - one that addresses the nation's
economic and security needs - presumably during the lame duck session while Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) revealed a meeting between herself,
President Obama, Sen. Menendez, and Rep. Gutierrez to discuss immigration, deportations and the DREAM Act. The forum also highlighted personal
stories from legal permanent residents (LPRs) - military veterans, mothers, families - and the complications of being caught up in a broken immigration
system. Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6Ev_rZOVRRN5E1Af_dtAQEP6Ifi512INNSbbVoA_UnkudISnlofMn1
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Secretary Napolitano Urges Latinos to Vote in Midterms if Congress is to Reform Immigration
Yesterday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano visited the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) with one clear
message: the Latino community must turn out in force in November in order set the table for passing comprehensive immigration reform next year,
telling the group that "your voice is your vote, man." Secretary Napolitano also confronted the "secure the border first" rhetoric opponents consistently
use to stall reform efforts, urging lawmakers to "quit moving the goal posts" and pointing out that the administration has met Congressional border
benchmarks.Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6OYNwOruhJkUypCcU9IWeS5NfuJEVF6KLBQJoYWnEyz3vj8FdD
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Balancing Family Immigration with Our Economic Needs
In his most recent book, Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy, author Darrell M. West argues that "U.S. immigration policy went seriously off
course after Congress passed legislation in 1965 making family unification the overarching principle in immigration policy... We need to
re-conceptualize immigration as a brain gain and competitiveness enhancer for the United States."
While the book may serve as a much-needed conversation starter, West, unfortunately, fails to delve beyond the superficial. We do need to have a
serious conversation about balancing family immigration with our economic needs in the context of reforming the nation's immigration system, but
West's book ends up pitting skilled-based immigration against family-based immigration - a juxtaposition that does little to move the debate
forward.Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6WgOilj73SjqqJRYKldGgDpMHifA46Ymh67ArT7uZ15-KQxFxWNY
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JKuAEGkEhY0wKsTv954AbLQxwbzNkafNKzx3Eor2ZqkD
This Week in IPC Publications:
* The DREAM Act: Creating Economic Opportunities
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda45WrieQHR1b8EzGScb0emHmny8FleRrCY31DrSf5ORiRR_xrAMtF
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(IPC Fact Check, September 16, 2010)
* The Unwanted: Immigration and Nativism in America
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda7pbV5bF6Xs0LPCjiuwhl0KPVwq5EMcttfjG5EAbAjFfwWEfZcGeO
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8syGKTdOIfeVP9ytbjeyVivHAUZNQh-JA==
(IPC Perspectives, September 13, 2010)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) is the research and policy arm of the American Immigration Council. IPC's mission is to shape a rational national
conversation on immigration and immigrant integration. Through its research and analysis, IPC provides policymakers, the media, and the general
public with accurate information about the role of immigrants and immigration policy on U.S. society. IPC reports and materials are widely disseminated
and relied upon by press and policy makers.
IPC staff regularly serves as experts to leaders on Capitol Hill, opinion-makers and the media. IPC, formed in 2003 is a non-partisan organization that
neither supports nor opposes any political party or candidate for office.
A division of the American Immigration Council.
Visit our website at www.immigrationpolicy.org
Immigration Policy Center | 1331 G Street, NW | Suite 200 | Washington | DC | 20005
www.immigrationimpact.com
Will Immigration Get a Fair Fight on the Senate Floor?
Sept. 17, 2010--With dizzying speed this week, immigration advocates went from gloomy to galvanized with the announcement that Senator Reid
intended to bring the DREAM Act to the floor as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill. To further add to the euphoria, Senator Menendez
announced that he would introduce actual comprehensive immigration reform legislation sometime soon.
President Obama made another speech in support of DREAM and broad reform, and met privately with Congressional Hispanic Caucus leaders to seal
the deal on DREAM support. For a political movement starved for actual action, all this activity was like a shot of adrenaline. Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6WWYKQ0HD4gzzW8iZ4_cZ-GVJNWV04qC-Rld7bzAbvofs7hvKUE
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MDp3Dd57QcOkjzVejBb3NKaLnKO4Zvmz8JbY3vPMi1ac
President Obama Throws White House Support Behind DREAM Act
Yesterday, President Obama met with Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) members, chairwoman Nydia
Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) to discuss movement of the DREAM Act. In a lead up to the meeting, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-NV) announced plans earlier this week to bring the DREAM Act to a vote, attaching the measure to the Defense Authorization bill to be voted on next
week. While GOP opposition to this bipartisan immigration amendment remains high, President Obama pledged his support at an event last night,
despite previous concerns that passing the DREAM Act will detract from a larger immigration overhaul. Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6oXzOiWYFpKIeVUK7Cnc7G6y6E9WUgXpadAPxpMGAmVZtkLd-4
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2jggvzoCWMPJ2cHXWDQ_aig0lbkwvGyn5CN5IWgMM
Congressional Leaders Announce Forthcoming Immigration Bill, Support for DREAM and a White House Meeting
At a forum Wednesday in Washington, D.C., faith, civic, community and Congressional leaders gathered to rally the immigration reform faithful, endorse
Sen. Reid's (D-NV) DREAM Act amendment, announce the introduction of a forthcoming immigration overhaul bill in the
U.S. Senate and a meeting with President Obama this week on immigration.
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) announced that he will introduce a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill - one that addresses the nation's
economic and security needs - presumably during the lame duck session while Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) revealed a meeting between herself,
President Obama, Sen. Menendez, and Rep. Gutierrez to discuss immigration, deportations and the DREAM Act. The forum also highlighted personal
stories from legal permanent residents (LPRs) - military veterans, mothers, families - and the complications of being caught up in a broken immigration
system. Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6Ev_rZOVRRN5E1Af_dtAQEP6Ifi512INNSbbVoA_UnkudISnlofMn1
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R8dzIK87Yg1LBndClD5iXQl-9_k=
Secretary Napolitano Urges Latinos to Vote in Midterms if Congress is to Reform Immigration
Yesterday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano visited the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) with one clear
message: the Latino community must turn out in force in November in order set the table for passing comprehensive immigration reform next year,
telling the group that "your voice is your vote, man." Secretary Napolitano also confronted the "secure the border first" rhetoric opponents consistently
use to stall reform efforts, urging lawmakers to "quit moving the goal posts" and pointing out that the administration has met Congressional border
benchmarks.Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6OYNwOruhJkUypCcU9IWeS5NfuJEVF6KLBQJoYWnEyz3vj8FdD
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Balancing Family Immigration with Our Economic Needs
In his most recent book, Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy, author Darrell M. West argues that "U.S. immigration policy went seriously off
course after Congress passed legislation in 1965 making family unification the overarching principle in immigration policy... We need to
re-conceptualize immigration as a brain gain and competitiveness enhancer for the United States."
While the book may serve as a much-needed conversation starter, West, unfortunately, fails to delve beyond the superficial. We do need to have a
serious conversation about balancing family immigration with our economic needs in the context of reforming the nation's immigration system, but
West's book ends up pitting skilled-based immigration against family-based immigration - a juxtaposition that does little to move the debate
forward.Read more...
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda6WgOilj73SjqqJRYKldGgDpMHifA46Ymh67ArT7uZ15-KQxFxWNY
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JKuAEGkEhY0wKsTv954AbLQxwbzNkafNKzx3Eor2ZqkD
This Week in IPC Publications:
* The DREAM Act: Creating Economic Opportunities
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda45WrieQHR1b8EzGScb0emHmny8FleRrCY31DrSf5ORiRR_xrAMtF
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(IPC Fact Check, September 16, 2010)
* The Unwanted: Immigration and Nativism in America
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=j7yeracab&et=1103696002291&s=37363&e=001i3vabPglda7pbV5bF6Xs0LPCjiuwhl0KPVwq5EMcttfjG5EAbAjFfwWEfZcGeO
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8syGKTdOIfeVP9ytbjeyVivHAUZNQh-JA==
(IPC Perspectives, September 13, 2010)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) is the research and policy arm of the American Immigration Council. IPC's mission is to shape a rational national
conversation on immigration and immigrant integration. Through its research and analysis, IPC provides policymakers, the media, and the general
public with accurate information about the role of immigrants and immigration policy on U.S. society. IPC reports and materials are widely disseminated
and relied upon by press and policy makers.
IPC staff regularly serves as experts to leaders on Capitol Hill, opinion-makers and the media. IPC, formed in 2003 is a non-partisan organization that
neither supports nor opposes any political party or candidate for office.
A division of the American Immigration Council.
Visit our website at www.immigrationpolicy.org
Immigration Policy Center | 1331 G Street, NW | Suite 200 | Washington | DC | 20005
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