Latin American Herald Tribune: More Mexicans are returning to their homeland than are emigrating to the United States, with a net outflow from this country of 140,000 between 2009 and 2014, according to a report released on Thursday.
The report, prepared by the Pew Research Center, says that more Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico from the U.S. than have migrated here since the end of the Great Recession. Read more.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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Showing posts with label immigration news. Show all posts
Jul 27, 2015
Immigration to U.S. from Mexico drops sharply
Vallarta Daily: Even as immigration remains a hot topic in the U.S. presidential campaign, the number of people emigrating from Mexico to the United States, legally and illegally, has dropped sharply in recent years, research published Wednesday shows.
Demographers at the University of Texas San Antonio and the University of New Hampshire say the number of immigrants coming from Mexico peaked in 2003, and has fallen by more than half since then. Read more.
Demographers at the University of Texas San Antonio and the University of New Hampshire say the number of immigrants coming from Mexico peaked in 2003, and has fallen by more than half since then. Read more.
Understanding Mexico's passport requirement
San Diego Union Tribune: Mexico’s top immigration official in Baja California worked Tuesday to assuage fears of long southbound pedestrian lines into the country as his agency prepares to step up enforcement of a requirement that U.S. visitors carry a passport when entering Mexico.
“We are going to do everything possible to ensure that there are no obstacles,” Rodulfo Figueroa said during a news conference at the offices of the Tijuana Tourism and Conventions Committee. "We're going to start applying the law gradually. We know there is going to be a learning period, we won't be inflexible in applying the law, but certainly we'll try to educate the public." Read more.
“We are going to do everything possible to ensure that there are no obstacles,” Rodulfo Figueroa said during a news conference at the offices of the Tijuana Tourism and Conventions Committee. "We're going to start applying the law gradually. We know there is going to be a learning period, we won't be inflexible in applying the law, but certainly we'll try to educate the public." Read more.
Jan 3, 2015
U.S. border apprehensions of Mexicans fall to historic lows
Pew Research Center: For the first time on record, more non-Mexicans than Mexicans were apprehended at U.S. borders in 2014 by the Border Patrol, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of more than 60 years of Border Patrol data. This shift is another sign that unauthorized immigrants from Mexico are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border significantly less often than they did before the Great Recession.
U.S. Border apprehensions of Mexicans fall to historic lows. About 229,000 Mexicans were apprehended by the Border Patrol in fiscal year 2014 compared with 257,000 non-Mexicans during the previous year, according to recently published Border Patrol data. Taken together, total apprehensions of Mexican and non-Mexican unauthorized immigrants (more than 486,000) were up 16% over the previous year. Read more.
U.S. Border apprehensions of Mexicans fall to historic lows. About 229,000 Mexicans were apprehended by the Border Patrol in fiscal year 2014 compared with 257,000 non-Mexicans during the previous year, according to recently published Border Patrol data. Taken together, total apprehensions of Mexican and non-Mexican unauthorized immigrants (more than 486,000) were up 16% over the previous year. Read more.
Nov 22, 2014
Undocumented Cannot Count on Obama's Migration Initiative (La Jornada, Mexico)
WorldMeetsUS: President of the United States Barack Obama yesterday announced the adoption of a regularization plan to grant five to eleven million undocumented migrants living in the country legal status for the next two years. To take advantage of the change in requirements one must demonstrate having been in the United States for five years, the existence of children or dependent permanent residents in the U.S., with potential beneficiaries subject to a criminal background check. In the short term, the measure could halt the deportations of about 4 million people. Read more.
Jul 11, 2014
Kids First: A Response to the Southern Border Humanitarian Crisis (Congressional Progressive Caucus)
Congressional Progressive Caucus: The United States and the international community have long recognized the unique needs of children seeking asylum. As an extremely vulnerable population, unaccompanied migrant children need special care and protection. We must not allow politics to jeopardize any child’s safety and we should immediately reject attempts to solve the migration crisis on our southern border by circumventing due process or rule of law. Calls for expediting removal of children without due process, back to the violence they have escaped, is an attempt to simplify a complex situation and it is a derelict of U.S. responsibility under international standards. When examining the reasons for migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) found nearly 60 percent of children had fled violence and were in need of international protection. Only two of 404 children interviewed reported that they had traveled to the U.S. because of rumors of potential immigration reform.
An effective response must recognize that this is largely a refugee crisis and must place the best interest of the children first. Abrogation or repeal of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act,
including the protections to children arriving from non-contiguous countries, will do nothing to alleviate the situation and could place children in harm’s way. Read more.
An effective response must recognize that this is largely a refugee crisis and must place the best interest of the children first. Abrogation or repeal of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act,
including the protections to children arriving from non-contiguous countries, will do nothing to alleviate the situation and could place children in harm’s way. Read more.
Apr 2, 2014
At Vatican, Obama's Immigration Hypocrisy Shines Through (La Jornada, Mexico)
La Jornada – Original Article (Spanish)
In the meeting last week at the Vatican between U.S. President Barack Obama and Pope Francis, the two heads of state addressed the issue of our northern neighbor's immigration policy, issuing a call to "eradicate the trafficking of human beings around the world," to work so that "international and humanitarian law is respected within conflict zones," and to seek "negotiated solutions."
Bearing in mind the upsurge in persecutions of undocumented immigrants and the consequent violations of human rights during Obama’s terms in office, such declarations constitute an act of hypocrisy on his part. It must be remembered that the current U.S. president has not only shown a reluctance to abandon his country's traditional policies of persecution and violations of human rights regarding immigration, but he has continuously intensified them. Proof of this is the fact that his government has deported more than two million undocumented immigrants, nearly 140,000 this year alone, the highest figure on record, behind which are so many untold stories of personal and family suffering. Read more.
Translated By Acosta-Florizul Perez for WorldMeetUs
April 1, 2014In the meeting last week at the Vatican between U.S. President Barack Obama and Pope Francis, the two heads of state addressed the issue of our northern neighbor's immigration policy, issuing a call to "eradicate the trafficking of human beings around the world," to work so that "international and humanitarian law is respected within conflict zones," and to seek "negotiated solutions."
Bearing in mind the upsurge in persecutions of undocumented immigrants and the consequent violations of human rights during Obama’s terms in office, such declarations constitute an act of hypocrisy on his part. It must be remembered that the current U.S. president has not only shown a reluctance to abandon his country's traditional policies of persecution and violations of human rights regarding immigration, but he has continuously intensified them. Proof of this is the fact that his government has deported more than two million undocumented immigrants, nearly 140,000 this year alone, the highest figure on record, behind which are so many untold stories of personal and family suffering. Read more.
Sep 21, 2011
Immigration Politics: Obama deportations raise immigration policy questions
Reuters: " President Barack Obama says he backs immigration reform, announcing last month an initiative to ease deportation policies, but he has sent home over 1 million illegal immigrants in 2-1/2 years -- on pace to deport more in one term than George W. Bush did in two. The Obama administration had deported about 1.06 million as of September 12, against 1.57 million in Bush's two full presidential terms.
This seeming contradiction between rhetoric and reality is a key element of debate over U.S. immigration policy, and stakes are high for 2012's presidential election as Obama faces criticism from both conservatives and liberals."
This seeming contradiction between rhetoric and reality is a key element of debate over U.S. immigration policy, and stakes are high for 2012's presidential election as Obama faces criticism from both conservatives and liberals."
Sep 18, 2011
Immigration - Politics: Lawmaker Offers Plan to Lure Migrant Farm Workers
NYTimes.com: "A leading Republican lawmaker has proposed creating a program to bring 500,000 foreign migrant farm workers to the United States each year, responding to an outcry this summer from American farmers who said shortages of legally authorized labor were imperiling their crops."
Immigration Crackdown: States, cities crying foul over Obama immigration policy
Sacramento Bee: "In June, high-level officials in the Obama administration asked Arturo Venegas Jr. to spend his summer helping them fix America's broken immigration enforcement system.
The former Sacramento police chief agreed and threw himself into the task until very publicly quitting the process last week. He is one of many notables – including the governors of some large states – who think the Obama administration is wrongly supporting immigration-enforcement policies that make the daunting task even worse.
Venegas believes Obama should temporarily suspend Secure Communities, a cornerstone immigration system employed by the feds, because it is arresting too many of the wrong people.
When his suggestions were ignored, and when the task force he joined failed to include stricter controls on cops in its final report, Venegas quit. So did four other members of the task force, including law enforcement and labor leaders and legal experts."
The former Sacramento police chief agreed and threw himself into the task until very publicly quitting the process last week. He is one of many notables – including the governors of some large states – who think the Obama administration is wrongly supporting immigration-enforcement policies that make the daunting task even worse.
Venegas believes Obama should temporarily suspend Secure Communities, a cornerstone immigration system employed by the feds, because it is arresting too many of the wrong people.
When his suggestions were ignored, and when the task force he joined failed to include stricter controls on cops in its final report, Venegas quit. So did four other members of the task force, including law enforcement and labor leaders and legal experts."
Sep 17, 2011
Movement for Peace with Justice: Peace Caravan Tells Migrants "You Are Not Alone"
IPS ipsnews.net: "TECÚN UMÁN, Guatemala, Sep 16, 2011 (IPS) - Lucía and her family left their village in Guatemala village at 8:00 am to join the Peace Caravan, but they had to wait for six hours at the Rodolfo Robles bridge between Ciudad Tecún Umán, in Guatemala, and Ciudad Hidalgo, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
When the motorcade, led by writer Javier Sicilia and activist Julián Le Barón, of Mexico City and Chihuahua state, respectively, finally arrived at the Guatemalan border, Lucía had held her one-year-old son in her arms for ages. Tired out by the wait, he was fast asleep, oblivious of the commotion on the international bridge.
A few paces away from Lucía as she told of abject poverty and violence, Sicilia, who has become a symbol of the victims of violence in Mexico since his son was murdered, kissed the flag of the Guatemalan campesino (small farmer) movement and apologised to all Central American migrants for the ill-treatment they suffer in Mexico on their way to the United States."
When the motorcade, led by writer Javier Sicilia and activist Julián Le Barón, of Mexico City and Chihuahua state, respectively, finally arrived at the Guatemalan border, Lucía had held her one-year-old son in her arms for ages. Tired out by the wait, he was fast asleep, oblivious of the commotion on the international bridge.
A few paces away from Lucía as she told of abject poverty and violence, Sicilia, who has become a symbol of the victims of violence in Mexico since his son was murdered, kissed the flag of the Guatemalan campesino (small farmer) movement and apologised to all Central American migrants for the ill-treatment they suffer in Mexico on their way to the United States."
Immigration Realities: Illegal immigrant in lottery dispute can stay in U.S.
Macon.com: "WARNER ROBINS -- An illegal immigrant who filed a civil lawsuit over the ownership of a $750,000 lottery ticket has won the right to stay in the country to fight his legal battle, his immigration attorney says.
Jose Antonio Cua-Toc, 25, of Bonaire, was released from the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin on an order of supervision Wednesday, said Julio E. Moreno, an Atlanta immigration attorney representing Cua-Toc"
Jose Antonio Cua-Toc, 25, of Bonaire, was released from the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin on an order of supervision Wednesday, said Julio E. Moreno, an Atlanta immigration attorney representing Cua-Toc"
Immigration Realities: Pain Song Along the US - Mexico Border: the forced “yes” of Migration
upsidedown world: "Sergio and I were sitting in torn-out bus seats under a hot January sky in Nogales, Sonora, talking about crawling through thorn bushes. We were in an outdoor bus station with a shade-screen ceiling. About thirty other recently deported men and women were sprawled on the concrete, hunched in the gravel, or slouching in other deconstructed pairs of faded but once colorfully-patterned bus seats. Most of them were carrying heavy duty plastic Homeland Security bags. Inside the bags were their effects, their pertenencias, that they had either crossed the border with or were carrying or wearing when they were arrested stateside.
I was interviewing Sergio (names are changed for privacy) about his two recent deportations. The organization I work with, No More Deaths (a migrant aid org), had reclaimed and returned Sergio’s pertenencias to him. After some struggle and lots of “lost” wallets and stacks of cash, we’ve set up a system with Immigration and Customs Enforcement so that we can retrieve apprehended migrants’ pertenencias."
I was interviewing Sergio (names are changed for privacy) about his two recent deportations. The organization I work with, No More Deaths (a migrant aid org), had reclaimed and returned Sergio’s pertenencias to him. After some struggle and lots of “lost” wallets and stacks of cash, we’ve set up a system with Immigration and Customs Enforcement so that we can retrieve apprehended migrants’ pertenencias."
Sep 16, 2011
Week's Top Articles on Mexico: September 9 - 15, 2011
We lead off this week’s summary with two articles related to the Merida Initiative. The first looks at the U.S. drug czar’s comment to a Spanish news agency in support of demilitarization of the counternarcotics struggle in Mexico—a comment ‘clarified’ the next day by the Obama administration. The second is the appointment of the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, whose swearing-in remarks include explicit support for Merida Initiative.
The following two articles report on statements by Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary that Mexico expects an acceleration of counternarcotics aid next year and a hearing of the Foreign Relations Committee that concludes that the threat from Mexican cartels is increasing as they evolve into a wider variety of crimes.
A counterpoint to official statements that reaffirm the commitment to a militarized drug war comes from the Caravan for Peace with Justice led by Javier Sicilia, which began its tour of southern Mexico this week. The demand to end the drug war, gradually withdrawing the armed forces, is central to the movement. Americas Program reporter Kristin Brinker writes from the Caravan on violence in Acapulco and against migrants.
Following up on the Veracruz ‘Twitter’ case, the first article in the rule of law section notes that the government of the state of Veracruz, Mexico, wants to change its penal code so it can bring lesser charges against the two Mexicans accused of terrorism after an outcry by human rights and freedom of speech defenders; the second reports claims that the panic began at least two hours before the Tweets appeared.
On immigration and the border, the articles reflect growing divisions in how to approach challenges. The first reports a GAO study indicating that the current security strategy and use of the National Guard is unfocused and ineffective. Second, the Obama administration announced a crackdown program to check the status of immigrants to the U.S. who have overstayed the terms of their visas by using a new system that automatically consults multiple national security, immigration and law enforcement databases, and third, a new study recommends less military and police deployment and more selective measures.
Drug War - Merida Initiative
"Kerlikowske Was Right"
The U.S. drug czar goes off script calling for demilitarization of the drug war, and is corrected by his own office.
http://americasmexico.blogspot.com: Sept 12, "In an interview on Sept. 9 with the Spanish news agency Efe, under the headline Kerlikowske Supports Demilitarization of Counternarcotics Struggle in Mexico, the drug czar said (translated from the original article in Spanish), "Enforcing the law and policing need to be carried out with the police, not the military. The police need to be professional and reliable, and have the trust of the citizenry." The next day, the Mexican daily La Jornada ran the declarations on the front page... On Sept. 10 the U.S. Embassy issued a communiqué from the spokesperson of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which Kerlikowske leads, saying his remarks were "misinterpreted"...
"Anthony Wayne, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Swearing In Remarks"
The new ambassador affirms that the Merida Initiative will be the center of U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
Mexidata Info: Sept 12, "Today, we are working together to address a series of daunting challenges to assure the well-being of the citizens of Mexico and the United States - issues ranging from public health to the environment, from natural disasters to crime and security. Indeed, our collaborative efforts to provide security for citizens and communities on both sides of the border through the Merida Initiative remain a central focus of our shared agenda."
"Kerlikowske Was Right"
The U.S. drug czar goes off script calling for demilitarization of the drug war, and is corrected by his own office.
http://americasmexico.blogspot.com: Sept 12, "In an interview on Sept. 9 with the Spanish news agency Efe, under the headline Kerlikowske Supports Demilitarization of Counternarcotics Struggle in Mexico, the drug czar said (translated from the original article in Spanish), "Enforcing the law and policing need to be carried out with the police, not the military. The police need to be professional and reliable, and have the trust of the citizenry." The next day, the Mexican daily La Jornada ran the declarations on the front page... On Sept. 10 the U.S. Embassy issued a communiqué from the spokesperson of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which Kerlikowske leads, saying his remarks were "misinterpreted"...
"Anthony Wayne, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Swearing In Remarks"
The new ambassador affirms that the Merida Initiative will be the center of U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
Mexidata Info: Sept 12, "Today, we are working together to address a series of daunting challenges to assure the well-being of the citizens of Mexico and the United States - issues ranging from public health to the environment, from natural disasters to crime and security. Indeed, our collaborative efforts to provide security for citizens and communities on both sides of the border through the Merida Initiative remain a central focus of our shared agenda."
"Mexico Expects U.S. to Accelerate Anti-Drug Aid, Espinosa Says"
Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister calls for the U.S. to speed up delivery of Merida Initiative aid and urges continuation of security cooperation after 2012 elections.
Bloomberg: Sept. 14, "Mexico expects the U.S. to accelerate the disbursement of aid to strengthen its fight against drug gangs and put back on track a $1.4 billion program that has been hamstrung by delays in recent years, Foreign Affairs Minister Patricia Espinosa said."
"Mexico Drug War: U.S. reassess Drug War aid to Mexico"
House Foreign Affairs Committee examines cartel activities and possible strategies to beef up border security on both sides.
AHN: Sept 14, "The threat to the United States from Mexican drug cartels is increasing as they evolve into a wider variety of crimes," witnesses at a congressional hearing said Tuesday. The House Foreign Affairs Committee held the hearing to consider new strategies against drug cartels as the three-year Merida Initiative expires this year."
Two articles from the Caravan for Peace and Justice demonstrate the crisis situation for many Mexicans and migrants in the country, with shocking first-hadn accounts of violence and impunity.
"Guerrero Protesters Demand Education, Not War"
AmericasProgram: "Several thousand people marched on Acapulco, Guerrero, this past Saturday chanting, “We don’t want war, we want education!” The march occurred during poet Javier Sicilia’s visit to the seaside city as his caravan of drug war victims makes its way to the Mexico-Guatemala border."
"On the Mexico-Guatemala Border, Migrants Demand End to Violence"
AmericasProgram: "Standing on the imaginary line that divides the two countries, Sicilia said, “We came to ask our Central American brothers and sisters to forgive us for having not spoken up before, for not having the consciousness and the strength necessary to prevent the kidnapping and murder that has affected thousands of migrants and Mexican citizens and has torn apart their families.”
Human Rights - Rule of Law
Following the uproar over terrorism charges against youth Twitter users, the government is seeking to lower the charges and defuse the situation, as the case against the two becomes more muddled.
Following the uproar over terrorism charges against youth Twitter users, the government is seeking to lower the charges and defuse the situation, as the case against the two becomes more muddled.
"State of Veracruz proposes lesser charges for Twitter terrorism suspects"
latimes.com: Sept 14, "The state of Veracruz in Mexico wants to change its penal code to apply a lower charge against the jailed Twitter and Facebook users accused of terrorism for spreading unconfirmed rumors of an attack on local schools...."
latimes.com: Sept 10, "Cracks are appearing in the case against the Twitter users in Mexico accused of terrorism for spreading rumors of an attack. Local reports and claims suggest that the "panic" that spread over rumors of child abductions at school campuses started at least two hours before the online messages that could put a man and woman behind bars for 30 years. The Veracruz government has not responded to the claims."
Immigration and Border
"National Guard's use on border worrisome, feds report"
As Rep. Connie Mack calls for doubling the Border Patrol on the Mexico border (see above), a new General Accounting Office Report finds the lack of a comprehensive security strategy for the border and questions the use of the National Guard.
Arizona Daily Star: "The lack of a comprehensive security strategy for the U.S.-Mexico border hampers the ability of the Department of Defense to make the best use of guardsmen assigned to help the Border Patrol, a federal report says."
In a move that to identify migrants who overstay their visas and could pose "a potential threat to a national security", the Obama administration moves to links immigration and law enforcement data systems.
The Associated Press: Sept 13, "WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is cracking down on immigrants in the U.S. who have overstayed the terms of their visas by using a system that automatically checks multiple national security, immigration and law enforcement databases at the same time, a senior Homeland Security Department official said."
"Guns, Drugs, and Money: Tackling the Real Threats to Border Security"
A paper on border security by UT Professor Josiah Heyman questions the uniformly military/police enforcement model and calls for a closer analysis of threats and challenges, with more focused strategies.
Immigration Realities: Major Boost in Trafficking and Crime Victims Visa Applications
Fox News Latino: "The number of trafficking and crime victims applying for special visas has significantly spiked, Immigration enforcement assured on Thursday.
More than 13,000 crime victims have applied for the visas so far this fiscal year, up at least 28 percent from a year earlier, according to statistics provided by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. About 860 trafficking victims have applied, a 51 percent increase.
Many victims say they learned about the visas — known as "T-" and "U-visas" — from local law enforcement, said Lynn Boudreau, assistant director of the agency's Vermont Service Center, which processes victims' applications."
More than 13,000 crime victims have applied for the visas so far this fiscal year, up at least 28 percent from a year earlier, according to statistics provided by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. About 860 trafficking victims have applied, a 51 percent increase.
Many victims say they learned about the visas — known as "T-" and "U-visas" — from local law enforcement, said Lynn Boudreau, assistant director of the agency's Vermont Service Center, which processes victims' applications."
Mexico Drug War - Collateral Damage: Mexican Drug War Sends Flood of Asylum-Seekers to U.S.
International Business Times: "The number of Mexicans seeking asylum in the United States has steadily increased since 2006, when September 2006-elected Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched an aggressive war on drug cartels.
To qualify for asylum, an immigrant must prove a "credible fear of persecution or torture," according to United States Immigration Customs and Enforcement. As Mexico has spiralled into a bloody cycle of police raids on drug dealers and violent reprisals, more Mexicans have arrived in the United States and argued to immigration authorities that they would face torture or death if they returned home. In all, 3,231 Mexicans filed for asylum last year, up from 2,670 in 2005."
To qualify for asylum, an immigrant must prove a "credible fear of persecution or torture," according to United States Immigration Customs and Enforcement. As Mexico has spiralled into a bloody cycle of police raids on drug dealers and violent reprisals, more Mexicans have arrived in the United States and argued to immigration authorities that they would face torture or death if they returned home. In all, 3,231 Mexicans filed for asylum last year, up from 2,670 in 2005."
Immigration Realities: America's Illegal Pioneers
Here's a largely unknown bit of history that challenges a piece of what many today accept as 'conventional wisdom'.
Forbes: "Everyone knows that America was settled by immigrants. But few realize how much of this settlement was done illegally. Shortly after winning independence, Congress enacted legislation that called for newly acquired western lands to be divided into large 640-acre plots and sold for a dollar an acre.
This scheme proved proved impractical. As economist Hernando de Soto has written, few settlers had either $640 or the legal expertise to navigate America’s cumbersome property laws. And so thousands of migrants simply ignored the law and settled illegally on vacant land."
Forbes: "Everyone knows that America was settled by immigrants. But few realize how much of this settlement was done illegally. Shortly after winning independence, Congress enacted legislation that called for newly acquired western lands to be divided into large 640-acre plots and sold for a dollar an acre.
This scheme proved proved impractical. As economist Hernando de Soto has written, few settlers had either $640 or the legal expertise to navigate America’s cumbersome property laws. And so thousands of migrants simply ignored the law and settled illegally on vacant land."
Sep 15, 2011
The Border: Number of Migrants Stopped at Mexico-US Border Falls to 40-Year Low
InSightCrime: "The number of immigrants arrested on the U.S. border with Mexico has reached a 40 year low, with only 305,000 individuals arrested in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2011."
Immigration - E-Verify: Illegal Immigration, Jobs Back in Spotlight at E-Verify Hearing
WSJ: "Since the demise of the DREAM Act, immigration as a hot-button issue has simmered quietly in the Beltway background. Not anymore. Today, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a markup hearing on the Legal Workforce Act, a bill designed to make the use of E-Verify mandatory for all employers in the U.S."
The Border: How to Fix a Broken Border: Hit the Cartels Where It Hurts (Part I)
Mexico Institute: "Both sides of the immigration debate agree that our southwest border is “broken,” but they have very different views as to why or how to fix it. On one side, immigration reform advocates point to a broken immigration system that forces immigrants into the hands of increasingly violent smugglers in order to make the trip to the United States.
This side of the debate seeks to improve border security by taking border crossers who seek legitimate work out of the flow of unauthorized immigrants. But the opponents of immigration reform argue that we can’t act on reform until we first “secure the border.” The Obama Administration seems to have accepted this argument, ramping up spending on border enforcement and deporting record numbers as a down payment on immigration reform at some unspecified time in the future."
This side of the debate seeks to improve border security by taking border crossers who seek legitimate work out of the flow of unauthorized immigrants. But the opponents of immigration reform argue that we can’t act on reform until we first “secure the border.” The Obama Administration seems to have accepted this argument, ramping up spending on border enforcement and deporting record numbers as a down payment on immigration reform at some unspecified time in the future."
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