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Immigration News

‘Birther’ Bill Dies a Death in Arizona

April 19, 2011

This from our exclusive Associated Press newsfeed:
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names could appear on the state’s ballot.
The bill would have made Arizona the first state to pass such a requirement. Opponents had [...]

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Arizona Immigration Law: Self-Determination…Not!

April 13, 2011

This in from our exclusive Associated Press immigration news feed:
PHOENIX (AP) – A federal appeals court on Monday refused to lift a stay blocking major parts of Arizona’s immigration law from taking effect and said the federal government is likely to be able to prove the controversial law is unconstitutional.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of [...]

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Spar & Bernstein Launches new Website Design

April 12, 2011

Well, after many months of work, we’re proud to let you know that we’ve just launched our newly redesigned site, www.4immigration.com and our new Spar & Bernstein Landing page at www.spar-bernstein.com!
While both sites offer a fresh new look for our firm, you’ll find the same great content about immigration that we’ve always freely provided to [...]

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Birth Certificates & President Obama

April 7, 2011

Not for nothing but here’s a story of sorts that just can’t seem to go away no matter how many times it’s been proven to hold no water. Check this out from our exclusive Associated Press newsfeed:WASHINGTON (AP) – Real estate tycoon Donald Trump said Thursday he isn’t convinced that President Barack Obama was [...]

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Immigration & the ‘Brain Waste’

March 28, 2011

How frustrating do you think it is for someone who has had years of specialized training & experience in their home country and find themselves in jobs well outside their expertise? It happens everyday here in the United States.
Most of us Americans think of the job market strictly in terms of the [...]

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Ariz. Senate rejects illegal immigration bills

March 18, 2011

I thought you might appreciate this from our exclusive Spar & Bernstein AP Newsfeed this morning:
PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona legislators took a timeout from illegal immigration with the Senate easily defeating five related bills, reflecting little appetite for an issue that made the state the focus of national debate and protest last year.
Majority Republicans were [...]

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Italy on Immigration: Speak Our Language

March 14, 2011

I often hear people make the argument that the United States should require anyone who wants to enter the U.S. prove they can speak the English language. On the surface, that seems like a reasonable point of view…until you think about what it really means. What that requirement would do is put yet [...]

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Utah Passes It’s Own Immigration Reform

March 11, 2011

I wrote about this in my 3/8/11 blog post. Now, as reported recently by the Associated Press:
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have approved an immigration package that includes an enforcement law reminiscent of Arizona’s but tempered with a guest worker program for illegal immigrants.
The immigration measures approved by both chambers Friday night [...]

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ICE Expands Crackdown on Illegal Hires

February 17, 2011

I was just reading today in the Walls Street Journal that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is requiring nearly 1,000 firms to turnover their employment records for an audit.
ICE is serious about this and according to the WSJ, has set up a new “employment compliance inspection center” to provide for a more [...]

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Pew Study: Illegal Immigrant Population

February 2, 2011

Despite the bad economy and ICE under the Obama administration working overtime to deport as many unauthorized immigrants as possible, a new Pew Center study indicates that the overall population has remained steady.
“As of March 2010, 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States, virtually unchanged from a year earlier, according [...]

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Denied Green Card Application After Marriage

January 26, 2011
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Immigration 2011: What Will Obama Do?

January 25, 2011

President Obama addresses Congress tonight on the State of the Union. Last year, Mr. Obama paid only lip service to immigration in his SOTU address, which was a factor, albeit small, in keeping some Democratic supporters at home in November 2010, leading, in small part to the shellacking that the Democrats then received. This year, [...]

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Mississippi Senate Passes Arizona-based Immigration Bill

January 20, 2011

When Arizona decided in mid-2010 to take immigration policy and make it their own, there were many other states that echoed the same thought. Mississippi is now working to complete its own immigration policy, styled along the same lines as the Arizona law. Ignoring the fact that immigration is a national policy and [...]

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Act Today to Get the Dream Act Passed!

November 30, 2010

In early November, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) promised to bring up key immigration-related legislation before the end of the year. It now appears that the DREAM Act is poised for a potential vote during the current lame duck session of Congress.
Although Congress was in recess last week, the groundwork has been laid for [...]

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Immigrants Win on California College Fee Issue

November 16, 2010

Illegal immigrants in states like California, New York, and Texas have for a long time now been allowed to pay the lower, in-state tuition rates or fees to attend public colleges. California has been the lightning rod for those in that state who are opposed for illegal immigrants gaining access to the lower fee [...]

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The Not So Good Result of the Election…

November 4, 2010

Now that the balance of power has been shifted once again, many are left wondering what the shift will really mean. From an immigration point of view, it could be kind of scary. Here’s why:
In the new Congress, Lamar Smith (R-TX), the current Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee will likely be [...]

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Who’s Defending Arizona’s Immigration Law?

November 1, 2010

As I have posted on this blog before, the Arizonia immigration law is bunk. Clearly, a state should never be in the business of setting up laws that are the domain of the federal government. Who would defend a law that clearly cannot be defended?
Answer: How about enough people to [...]

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$55 million Visa Fraud Scheme

October 29, 2010

Immigration fraud doesn’t pay. Here’s a recent case that proves it, courtesy of the American Immigation Lawyer’s Association (AILA).
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Brazilian husband and wife were sentenced Thursday for their involvement in a $55 million visa fraud scheme, following an investigation led by the U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security [...]

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Federal Deportation Program Expands

October 20, 2010

Have you heard about the Department of Homeland Security program for scanning local jails for illegal immigrants? If not, you certainly will be. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the state of Texas is the first border state to fully deploy this federal scanning program. The program, known as Secure Communities, [...]

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Have You Heard About S. 3982?

October 8, 2010

Have you heard about the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 (S. 3932) by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NY) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT)? No? If you haven’t, you will. This recently introduced bill restarts the discussion and debate in this country about immigration reform. It gives us hope that perhaps after the [...]

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