Posted: January 30, 2012 in Immigration Issues
January marked a month of protests, after several states in 2011 passed controversial immigration bills that are currently being challenged in court on constitutional grounds.
Communities are also protesting and educating voters on immigration issues as they become more prominent in the 2012 election debates.
Posted: December, 2011 in Immigration Issues
Continuing our series on the top immigration stories of each month, today we look at how the news media covered two interesting immigration items that swept the headlines in December.
One involves a federal backlash against Phoenix’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the other involves a floating incubator for entrepreneurs who cannot obtain immigrant visas.
Posted: December, 2011 in Immigration Issues
Last week’s list of five of the top immigration stories of 2011 involved foreign investments, the DREAM Act, green card mishaps and more.
Today Legal Language Services completes the list with four additional items that made the headlines over the last year, all having to do with deportation and detention.
Posted: December, 2011 in Immigration Issues
Although there has been little movement toward federal immigration reform, immigration agencies and state and federal political groups kept immigration news on the front page throughout 2011.
And so we’ve compiled a list of what we think are the top immigration stories of the year. What do you think?
Posted: November, 2011 in Immigration Issues
As the United States inches toward the election season, passions are running high about immigration reform.
Many states have passed immigration laws enabling local law enforcement to apprehend individuals suspected to be illegal immigrants. In conjunction with these efforts, ICE continues to use its resources to identify and arrest illegal immigrants across the country.
Posted: October, 2011 in Immigration Issues
After federal Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn upheld most portions of Alabama’s immigration law, journalists in October reported how the decision may be affecting not only immigrants themselves, but also Alabama schools and public health.
Here is a sample of reactions as most of the law was implemented.
Posted: September, 2011 in Immigration Issues
During this election season, immigration reform has taken center stage at recent GOP presidential debates.
Legal Language has compiled a few of the headlines from across the nation and abroad opining on the performance of one of the Republican frontrunners.
Posted: August, 2011 in Immigration Issues
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a plan to review the approximately 300,000 deportation cases pending in immigration courts on a case-by-case basis.
Here are a few reactions from across the nation.
Posted: July, 2011 in Immigration Issues
From the discovery of a suspicious boat in California to fines for a blueberry grower in Maine, July was another busy month for immigration stories from sea to shining sea.
Here is a sampling of just a few of the most interesting bits of immigration news that’s taken place across the nation this month.
Posted: June, 2011 in Immigration Issues
US Customs and Immigration Enforcement has been stepping up arrest and detention levels as part of the Obama administration’s mandate to clean up the immigration system.
Here is a sampling of June arrests and news reported across the nation relating to the “Cross Check” enforcement operation.
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