Brookings has issued a detailed report on Immigrant Workers in the U.S. Labor Force. Here’s the introduction: Debates about illegal immigration, border security, skill levels of workers, unemployment, job growth and competition, and entrepreneurship all rely, to some extent, on perceptions of immigrants’ role in the U.S. labor market.  These views are often shaped as [...]

It should be a no-brainer that the families of American soldiers who have risked their lives for America should not face deportation. From immigration direct: Despite putting their lives on the line for the United States, several veterans and their families are still at risk of being deported. The Los Angeles Times found that both [...]

FoxNews Latino reports: Alabama’s laws cracking down on illegal immigration have become a new focus  for a nearly two-decade-old civil rights march. Organizers expect thousands to participate in the crossing of the Selma  bridge for the 47th anniversary of the 1965 incident when peaceful demonstrators  were attacked by police in what became known as “Bloody [...]

The Immigration Policy Center reports that Utah is trying to pass its own guestworker program: Utah’s Immigration Solution Not a National Model Legislation Fails To Live Up To State’s Best Intentions Washington D.C. – Late Friday night, the Utah Legislature passed three immigration-related bills that await Governor Herbert’s signature or veto. Utah’s policy discussions were [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported earlier this week that the proposal of an Arizona style immigration legislation that some say helped Florida’s current Governor Rick Scott get elected, is not well received in the Florida legislature. Critics in the Florida Legislature have said that for Arizona, a border state that has a lot of undocumented immigrants and sees ongoing violence just across the [...]

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) reported today that Representative King, a Republican from Iowa introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act (H.R. 140) on January 5, 2011.  If the bill were to be signed into law, it would amend the immigration law and, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would redefine who can be deemed a U.S. citizen at birth.  [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the Florida Senate Judiciary Committee has invited speakers for a hearing scheduled for later today to provide information about immigration reform and its impact on the State of Florida. Both Florida’s Governor and Attorney General who began their terms in office just last week, support an Arizona style immigration related legislation. We at Pappas Law Group [...]

Immigration reform had a high and a low in 2010.  For example, on December 9, 2010, the House of Representatives passed the DREAM Act that would allow certain undocumented immigrants that were brought to the U.S. as young children who met requirements such as receipt of a college degree or having completed a certain amount of military service, would be legalized.  However, [...]

The New York Times reported today that the House of Representatives passed the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 also known as the DREAM Act late last night by a vote of 216 to 198. This is great news for undocumented immigrant students that have been brought to the U.S. as children because [...]

The New York Times reported yesterday that immigrant advocate groups across the United States have come together to call on members of Congress to pass a bill that would legalize undocumented illegal immigrant students.  This is an effort to have the legislation pass before Congress adjourns for the year and, while Democrats still have control in both chambers of Congress. [...]