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November-December 2008 U.S.
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2008 Election and Beyond…. New Hope for Immigrant Rights Movement?
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Comprehensive Immigration Law Not Likely Before 2011, but Other Changes Expected
Thursday, November 20, 2008
BNA DAILY REPORT FOR EXECUTIVES
Comprehensive immigration legislation is unlikely to pass before 2011, but changes in immigration policy are expected soon after President-elect Obama takes office, speakers said at a Nov. 19 forum sponsored by Cornell Law School.
Doris Meissner, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute and former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said the presidential election provided Obama with a "mandate to take action and make changes," including immigration reforms.
For the past eight years, the Bush administration has set out general principles for immigration legislation and waited for Congress to take action, Meissner said. An Obama administration will be different, she said.
Obama's administration will lead an immigration legislation effort by developing solutions and vetting ideas, Meissner said.
Due to the current state of the economy, when comprehensive legislation is adopted it is unlikely the bill will include increased levels of temporary worker visas, according to Meissner, Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, an immigrant rights organization, and Jeanne Butterfield, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
According to the speakers, an immigration bill may be introduced in the fall of 2009, but if it does not pass it is extremely unlikely immigration will be addressed during the 2010 election year. At that point, comprehensive immigration legislation will likely be taken up again in 2011.
In the meantime, Obama is expected to set the tone of the immigration debate, curtail worksite enforcement raids, and step up the Labor Department's enforcement of worker protections.
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11/20: Comprehensive Immigration Law Not Likely Before 2011, but Other Changes Expected By BNA DAILY REPORT FOR EXECUTIVES Comprehensive immigration legislation is unlikely to pass before 2011, but changes in immigration policy are expected soon after President-elect Obama takes office, speakers said at a Nov. 19 forum sponsored by Cornell Law School.... 11/20: Transition Team Names Members Of Immigration Policy Working Group By BNA DAILY REPORT FOR EXECUTIVES T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuellar were named to the immigration "policy working group" to develop immigration policy proposals and plans for the new administration, President-elect Obama's transition team announced Nov. 19.... The Obama-Biden Plan on Immigration By From the official Barack Obama's Presidential transition website - Change.gov Create Secure Borders, Improve Our Immigration System, Remove Incentives to Enter Illegally, Bring People Out of the Shadows, Work with Mexico.... 11/20: Anti-Immigration Forces Ready to Challenge Obama By Tom Barry - Americas Policy Program, Center for International Policy While pro-immigration groups are hailing the Obama victory and the Latino turnout as a victory for liberal immigration reform, immigration restrictionists are reshaping their messaging for the Obama era.... |
11/20: L.A. to pay nearly $13 million over May Day Police Attack Immigrants, sources say By Joel Rubin - Los Angeles Times The settlement would mark one of the largest payouts ever made to resolve LAPD misconduct. Department has sanctioned officers and trained force to prevent another such incident.... 11/19 Boston, MA: Settlement reached in Bianco case By southcoasttoday.com In its second major settlement in two weeks, Michael Bianco Inc. has agreed to pay $850,000 in unpaid overtime and wages to more than 750 workers, including some who were arrested and deported following a massive immigration raid at the former New Bedford military gear factory.... 11/19: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will head Homeland Security By MIKE ALLEN - politico.com Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part of Homeland Security's myriad functions.... 11/17: SPLC Wins $2.5 Million Verdict Against Imperial Klans of America By Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) The Southern Poverty Law Center won a crushing jury verdict against one of the nation's largest Klan groups for its role in the brutal beating of a teenager at a county fair in rural Kentucky.... |
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11/20: Anti-Immigration Forces Ready to Challenge Obama
Tom Barry
Americas Policy Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)
americas.irc-online.org
November 20, 2008
americas.irc-online.org Editor's note: This is the third article in a three-part series on the post-election debate on immigration reform. The first part is Both Sides of Immigration Debate Retrench, the second is Identity Politics and the Latino Payback on Immigration.
While pro-immigration groups are hailing the Obama victory and the Latino turnout as a victory for liberal immigration reform, immigration restrictionists are reshaping their messaging for the Obama era. Although not thrilled with the prospect of an Obama presidency, the restrictionists don't necessarily fear it. Some, including NumbersUSA and the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), already are trying to leverage Obama's promises to protect workers and create jobs.
Given how successfully the restrictionist institutes in Washington have tweaked their anti-immigration message in the Bush era to reflect new citizen concerns about national security and the "rule of law," it would behoove immigrant advocates and other supporters of comprehensive immigration reform to pay more attention to what the leading restrictionists are now saying.
During the campaign the anti-immigration groups despaired over the prospect of either McCain or Obama. But now the two leading restrictionist policy institutes, NumbersUSA and the Federation for American Immigration Reform, point encouragingly to Obama's strong positions in favor of employee verification and employer enforcement.
They have also been confident that the aggressive enforcement regime instituted by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will persist into the next administration, especially given the way that many Democratic congressional representatives have supported increases in the department's immigration-enforcement and border-control budget.....
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Please read the Nov-Dec 2008 Immigration Newsletter: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Nov-Dec08.pdf
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