Dec 13, 2007: Court hears suit over voter roll glitches (MiamiHerald.com)
Typos, hyphenated names and other bureaucratic problems have prompted Florida to reject thousands of voter registrations. Now some of the victims are fighting back in court.
Dec 11, 2007: New SPLC Report: Nation's Most Prominent Anti-Immigration Group has History of Hate, Extremism (SplCenter.org)
The country's leading anti-immigration organization — whose leaders have testified repeatedly before Congress and are frequently quoted in the media — has ties to known racists and a long track record of bigotry, according to a new report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Dec 5, 2007: Deltona merchants looking for Hispanic leadership (news-journalonline.com)
When 46-year-old Santiago Vasquez decided to open a business in Deltona about four years ago, he looked for local Hispanic support groups to provide advice.
Dec 4, 2007: Citizenship backlog may keep immigrants from polls (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Jaime Soto, of Sunrisehelped almost 500 legal , residents file citizenship applications this summer. A looming fee hike was the stick; the opportunity to vote for the next U.S. president was the carrot.
Dec 4, 2007: Proposals would put limits on citizenship for newborns (AZStartNet.com)
PHOENIX — Arizona voters may be asked to decide whether to prohibit the state from issuing birth certificates to children of non-U.S. citizens and require hospitals to check the citizenship of parents of newborns.
Nov 28, 2007: Citizenship backlog may keep immigrants from polls (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Jaime Soto, of Sunrise, helped almost 500 legal residents file citizenship applications this summer. A looming fee hike was the stick; the opportunity to vote for the next U.S. president was the carrot.
Nov 15, 2007: Blue America: Holding Rahm Accountable on Immigration (FireDogLake.com)
The Blue America PAC is joining today with ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) and Chicago grassroots immigrant groups to demand accountability from Congressman Rahm Emanuel. The PAC is funding ads and robocalls calling on Emanuel to:
Nov 14, 2007: Camco retrieves uncounted votes; results unchanged (Courier Post Online)
Eight Camden County voting machines whose totals weren't counted on Election Day were opened Tuesday so their computer cartridges could be retrieved and examined.
Nov 8, 2007: Virginia Voters: Immigrant-Bashing Not a Winning Strategy (Democracia USA)
Jorge Mursuli, national executive director of Democracia USA, a nonpartisan program of People For the American Way Foundation, issued the following statement regarding yesterday’s election in Virginia: “Virginia voters today sent a powerful message with their ballots: Scapegoating immigrants is not a winning strategy.
Nov 8, 2007: Enforcement alone will not solve U.S. immigration crisis (MiamiHerald.com)
As was to be expected, a new U.S. congressional study saying that U.S. customs officers fail to stop thousands of undocumented workers a year at airports and other legal entry points has added fuel to U.S. anti-immigration zealots' anxiety levels. This time, their concerns are legitimate.
Oct 26, 2007: Effort to Curb Illegal Workers' Hiring Blocked (Washington Post)
A federal judge barred the Bush administration yesterday from launching a planned crackdown on U.S. companies that employ illegal immigrants, warning of its potentially "staggering" impact on law-abiding workers and companies.
Oct 25, 2007: Obama Calls for Ouster of Official After Remark (The New York Times)
Senator Barack Obama said the leader of the civil rights division of the Justice Department should step down after suggesting that minority voters were not widely disenfranchised by laws requiring photo identification because many members of minorities died before reaching old age.
Oct 18, 2007: MIAMI HERALD: Boy, 11, left behind as parents are deported (MIAMI HERALD)
In an extraordinary move, Miami's Mexican Consulate has gained custody of an 11-year-old boy left behind in Homestead when immigration officials deported his parents recently after police stopped them for driving a vehicle with an expired tag.
Oct 17, 2007: DUSA Partners with TV Networks to Promote Hispanic Voter Registration and Participation (D-USA)
Oct 15, 2007: Effort to Curb Illegal Workers' Hiring Blocked (Washington Post)
A federal judge barred the Bush administration yesterday from launching a planned crackdown on U.S. companies that employ illegal immigrants, warning of its potentially "staggering" impact on law-abiding workers and companies.
Oct 15, 2007: Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions (NY TIMES)
Since illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States six years ago, Ángel Martínez has done backbreaking work, harvesting asparagus, pruning grapevines and picking the ripe fruit. More recently, he has also washed trucks, often working as much as 70 hours a week, earning $8.50 to $12.75 an hour.
Sep 27, 2007: Ceremony welcomes 58 new Americans (Reading Eagle)
'I can't wait to vote in my first election,' says Waldo B. Alvarado after naturalization formalities at the Berks County Courthouse.
Sep 27, 2007: Ceremony welcomes 58 new Americans
Sep 26, 2007: Measure Would Offer Legal Status to Illegal Immigrant Students (NY TIMES)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 - A bill to offer legal status to illegal immigrant students who have graduated from high school was revived this week in the Senate, the first effort to advance a piece of broad immigration legislation that failed in June.
Sep 26, 2007: Legal Immigrants Rally at Capitol to Protest Backlog (NY TIMES)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 - About 1,000 highly skilled legal immigrants, carrying placards and wearing T-shirts emblazoned with American flags, rallied Tuesday at the Capitol to protest long delays and vast bureaucratic backlogs in the immigration system.
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