May 13, 2009
Washington D.C. - Tomorrow, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Congressmen Adam Putnam (R-FL) and Howard Berman (D-CA) will introduce, in the Senate and House, the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJOBS) Act. AgJOBS is a bipartisan, compromise bill that is the result of years of negotiations among farmworkers, growers, and Members of Congress. The [...]
Last year on Monday, May 12, as spring was just beginning, “Irma” and “Jose” were on their lunch break at the meatpacking plant, Agriprocessors, in Postville, Iowa, just 20 minutes from campus; “Rosita” was waiting in line to go out to recess with her other first grade classmates at the Postville Elementary School; Sister Mary [...]
By NINA BERNSTEIN Published: February 3, 2009
New York Times
The raids on homes around the country were billed as carefully planned hunts for dangerous immigrant fugitives, and given catchy names like Operation Return to Sender.
And they garnered bigger increases in money and staff from Congress than any other program run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even [...]
April 9, 2009
By JULIA PRESTON, The New York Times - Jeff Zeleny contributed reporting.
While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama plans to begin addressing the country’s immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.
Mr. Obama [...]
The Detroit News:
http://detnews.com/article/20090328/METRO/903280420/1024/POLITICS03/Conyers+rips+deportations
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Grassroots groups, clergy and lawmakers join in fight against removal of undocumented immigrants.
Gregg Krupa / The Detroit News
DETROIT — More than 1,200 people, including three members of Congress, Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. and a dozen members of the clergy supported calls for immigration reform Friday, with some saying that escalated [...]
February 15, 2009 – 12:59 pm
The centerpiece of our stimulus should be to stimulate everything that makes us smarter and attracts smart people to our shores.
