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Foreign adoptees are living in legal limbo

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

San Diego Union Tribune - By Leslie Berestein, David Hasemyer - Oct. 20 (News Report) - County officials have acknowledged putting Stephanie Zizzo and at least four other adoptees born in other countries, including Mexico and Kenya, in legal limbo by not resolving their immigration status before adoption. In the year and a half since the cases began to surface, the county has updated its policies to require that a child's legal residency be established before they leave the system. But no one knows how many children were adopted without it, or what they'll face trying to stay in the only country they've known.

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Being an Arab is no slur

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Progressive - By Moustafa Bayoumi - Oct. 14 (Opinion) - In his rebuke to his supporter, McCain counterposed being Arab with being a decent family man. That’s news to me, and to the legions of decent, Arab-American family men out there!

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Ireland Transformed

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Slate - By Alexandra Starr - Oct. 16 (Special Report) - Walloping economic growth made the so-called Celtic Tiger one of the richest countries on the continent and an immigration magnet.

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After Mississippi Immigration Raid, Pastor Tries To Calm Chaos

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Marcelo Ballvé - Oct. 17 (Special Report) - Born in Puerto Rico Pastor Velez, who voted twice for President George W. Bush, moves effortlessly between Spanish and English. After the raid, he found himself at the center of a crisis. Velez became not only a shoulder to cry on, and the dispenser of checks underwriting families' grocery and utility bills, but also the organizer of a significant food drive, as well as an all-around advisor and translator.

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Dispatches from the Borderlands: "They Came at Night, Trying to Kill Us!"

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Religion Dispatches - By Manuel A. Vasquez - Oct. 13 (Opinion) - Despite clear differences of degree and historical context, the cases of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa and the United States demonstrate the urgency of tackling the issue of unauthorized immigration. Particularly in this climate of economic uncertainty, failure to do so only heightens the potential for destructive episodes of violence that may result in the loss of human life and tear the democratic fiber of our society. There may be those who think that anti-immigrant violence of the scale recently seen in South Africa is not possible in America. However, the widespread violence perpetrated at the end of the 19th century against Chinese immigrants as reaction to the "yellow peril" and the Zoot Suit riots in the early 1940s give us plenty of reasons not to be overly complacent.

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Failure To Integrate in the Netherlands

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Slate - By Alexandra Starr - Oct. 14 (Special Report) - Verdonk didn't explicitly slam the door on people from countries with large Muslim populations. But since March 2006, immigrants from the developing world—essentially, outside of Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and Australia—have been required to sit for a Dutch-language test and a culture exam.

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Germany: History's Long Shadow

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Slate - By Alexandra Starr - Oct. 16 (Special Report) - ... just because there is a moral imperative to appear open to foreigners doesn't mean that Germans are genuinely comfortable with outsiders. Indeed, many Germans believe that ethnicity, rather than citizenship, culture, or a sense of allegiance, dictates whether someone is part of the deutsch community. The queasiness with diversity and vigorous political correctness coexist uneasily and can make for disjunctive state policies.

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Postville Raid Targets Tell Their Own Stories

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Cliff Parker, Marcelo Ballvé, María Laura Gómez - Oct. 19 (Special Report) - "At night I can't sleep, because I'm afraid someone is going to come and grab me," says 32-year-old Veronica Cumez, who lives with her 14-year-old daughter on a street of orderly homes and lawns just east of Main Street. "Maybe it's nerves," she says, "but I think they're going to come again."

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The Closing of the American Border

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Sandip Roy, Edward Alden - Oct. 13 (Interview) - Most of the arguments we hear against illegal immigration are economic arguments. What happened after 9/11 was suddenly you had this new set of security fears. That allowed the government to do things that are far more Draconian than would have been accepted under a circumstance where you didn't have that security fear.

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Arizona town rethinks immigrant stance

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Nicholas Riccardi - Oct. 13 (Special Report) - Arpaio, who calls himself the "toughest sheriff in America," has taken the aggressive position that he can arrest and deport illegal immigrants even if they have committed no serious crimes.

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ICE Conducts 1,172 Raids in 11 Months

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

La Opinion - By Jorge Morales Almada - Oct. 17 (News Report) - In less than a year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted 1,172 worksite raids across the country.

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Undocumented Asian Students Face Stigma

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Beleza Chan - Oct. 14 (Special Report) - A recent report by the University of California Office of the President revealed that 40 to 44 percent of undocumented students in the UC system are Asian. This is definitely not “a Mexican thing,” which is how one undocumented student characterized the Asian community’s dismissive views towards undocumented immigration.

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McCain, Obama seek to avoid fray on immigration

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

San Francisco Chronicle - By Tyche Hendricks - Oct. 13 (News Report) - Just a year ago, immigration was a volatile political issue that consumed Congress and ignited passions among Americans on both sides of the debate. These days the presidential candidates barely mention the topic on the campaign trail. The nation's fundamental immigration problems have not been fixed. And with the economy contracting, Americans are likely to feel more discomfort about welcoming immigrants. But Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have been all but silent on immigration. That's partly because their positions are not far apart, but it's also because both candidates want to duck attacks from their critics. "It's such a controversial issue that both sides recognize however many (voters) you gain with your position, you'll lose almost as many," said Doris Meissner, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. "There's consensus in the country that something needs to be done, but there's no consensus on what needs to be done." The two candidates do have differences on immigration, however, and the way they address the issue says something about their beliefs and approaches to politics.

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If anyone needs help, it's Haiti

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

International Herald Tribune - Oct. 13 (Editorial) - There is something the United States can do immediately to help Haitians help themselves. It is to grant "temporary protected status" to undocumented Haitians in the United States, so they can live and work legally as their country struggles back from its latest catastrophe.

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Illegal immigration: Obama, McCain walk a fine line on divisive issue

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By Steven Oberbeck - Oct. 17 (Special Report) - When it comes to presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, some in Utah don't see much contrast in their stands on immigration. "You don't hear them talking about it because there is zero difference between them," said Eli Cawley, chairman of the Utah Minuteman Project, an anti-illegal immigration group. "They both support amnesty for those in this country illegally. And neither one of them seems to want to stand up for American jobs."

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Q&A: EU immigration policy

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 14 (Special Report) - This week European leaders are expected to sign up to an immigration pact, paving the way for new laws to harmonise immigration policy in the EU. Yet it is an area where governments are often keen to retain a high degree of national control. Is the EU failing to cope with illegal immigrants?

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The Comeback Dad

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Cliff Parker - Oct. 15 (Special Report) - An undocumented, single father lives under constant threat of deportation in Rio Grande Valley, Texas. This video gives a glimpse into one family's struggle to stay together even while split by the border.

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Clashes Fuel Talk of Anti-Immigrant Surge in Italy

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Rachel Donadio - Oct. 13 (News Report) - Last week, Parliament debated whether Italy was facing what newspaper headlines referred to as a “racism emergency.” The interior minister, Roberto Maroni, of the separatist Northern League, said that the attacks were isolated and that the alarm was overstated.

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Protestant Latinos favor Obama, poll says

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Nicole Gaouette - Oct. 17 (News Report) - Protestant Latinos, a growing group of voters who were key supporters of President Bush in 2004, have shifted their backing to Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, driven in large part by anger toward Republican immigration policies, according to a poll released Thursday.

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Leaving America

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Oct. 13 (News Report) - THE economic slump has pushed immigration down the agenda during America's presidential-election campaign. It may also have helped to contribute to the first decline in the number of unauthorised immigrants since 2002. In March this year an estimated 11.9m people were thought to be living in America without papers, down from 12.4m in 2007, according to the Pew Hispanic Centre. Various factors are at play, including rising unemployment and stricter policing in America, and better economic conditions in home countries, especially Mexico, origin of nearly 60% of America's immigrants.

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After Raid, Laurel's Inter-Racial Bonds Still Strong

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Marcelo Ballvé - Oct. 13 (News Report) - Some signs of this interweaving are visible: the local Wal Mart stocks Jarritos-brand Mexican soft drinks and jars of mole sauce. Good old boys don't hesitate to recommend dinners at La Casita, one among the half-dozen or so Mexican restaurants that already outnumber barbecue spots.

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Journalists targeted in latest Mexico drug violence

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By David Montero - Oct. 13 (News Report) - Saturday night's mass shooting was the second in the border state of Chihuahua in less than a week. Just before midnight Thursday, gunmen opened fire in a bar in the city of Chihuahua, killing 11 people.

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Family Reunions On Hold Due to Immigration Backlog

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Joseph Pimentel - Oct. 18 (News Report) - When Filipino World War II veteran Pedro Alpay received his US citizenship in 1992, he immediately filed for his seven children in the Philippines to join him. He was wrong.

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EU to rubber-stamp common immigration and asylum rules

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

euobserver.com - By Renata Goldirova - Oct. 15 (Special Report) - At this week's top-level summit in Brussels (15-16 October), EU leaders are expected to formally back the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, a set of political commitments in five areas - regular and irregular immigration, border controls, asylum policies and co-operation with countries of origin and of transit. The pact states that the 27-nation bloc "does not have the resources to decently receive all the migrants hoping to find a better life" within its territory. It suggests that the union's policy be based on a state's needs and ability to welcome people, more precisely, on its "reception capacity" when it comes to the labour market, housing, health, education and social services, but also on the risk of exploitation of immigrants by criminal networks.

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Concerned citizens keep tabs on immigration court

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Scott Fontaine - Oct. 15 (News Report) - A growing number of people remain interested in immigration court proceedings, making the court watch project necessary. The project has three goals: to educate people about the immigration system, to detect certain trends in the system and, if any of those trends are of particular concern, to publicize and attempt to remedy them.

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