Immigration News Coverage

Over 100 Democrats Push Obama on Immigration Reform

11/02/09 | La Prensa San Diego | Is immigration reform back? Hoping to jump-start a major legislative drive on immigration reform in the U.S. Congress, more than 100 pro-reform House Democrats signed a letter reminding President Obama of his administration’s commitment to overhaul immigration. | Read the story

Obama, Mexican President Meet for Immigration, Security Talks

01/12/09 | Voice of America | U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has held talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, in Mr. Obama's first meeting with a foreign leader since his election in November. President-elect Obama says he and President Calderon discussed immigration, cross-border security and other topics during their lunch Monday at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington. The president-elect said they discussed how to have a comprehensive immigration strategy that ultimately strengthens both countries. | Read the story

Bush Calls on Republican Party to Be Inclusive

01/11/09 | New York Times | In clear reference to the bruising fight he had with members of his own party when he was trying to push a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws two years ago, Mr. Bush went on, “We should be open-minded about big issues like immigration reform, because if we’re viewed as anti-somebody — in other words, if the party is viewed as anti-immigrant — then another fellow may say, well, if they’re against the immigrant, they may be against me.” | Read the story

Immigration Advocates Call On Obama For Reform

01/11/09 | NY1 News | During a rally Saturday, immigrants, religious leaders and elected officials urged President-elect Barack Obama to enact sweeping immigration reforms as soon as he takes office. NY1's Grace Rauh filed the following report. They lined up at the polls, helping propel President-elect Obama to victory. Now immigrants are calling on him to act quickly and issue an executive order stopping immigration raids and the deportation of illegal immigrants. | Read the story

Exclusive: Bush reflective, relieved as presidency ends

01/09/09 | Dallas Morning News | In an exclusive Dallas Morning News interview with a dozen days left in his presidency, Bush expressed few regrets over policy fights misplayed or opportunities lost. ..."I don't intend to be very political," Bush said, pivoting to a critique of the Republican Party. "I do know that our party must be broad-gauged, must be for things and not against things." Immigration reform, for instance, which he feared made the party "look like were anti-immigrant, and if you're anti-immigrant, others are probably saying to themselves, 'Well if they're against them, they may be against me.' " | Read the story

Labor, religious leaders push for immigration overhaul

01/09/09 | Sacramento Bee | "We need a just resolution to a public debate that is dangerously corrosive and will only worsen with inaction," Mahony said in a telephone news conference. "To continue to delay action will increase tension in states and localities." UNITE HERE, one of the fastest growing U.S. unions, organizes workers, many of them immigrants and ethnic minorities, in businesses ranging from garment factories to hotels and casinos. | Read the story

Napolitano pushes for greater border presence

01/08/09 | East Valley Tribune | "You have to understand that there have been 5,300 murders in Mexico this year related to drugs,'' she said. "We want to have that backup surge capacity to come in should it slop over into the United States,'' Napolitano said. One element of that, she said, is working closely with police agencies on both sides of the border. The governor said Obama is scheduled to meet soon with Felipe Calderon, his Mexican counterpart, with border violence expected to be a key topic. | Read the story

Jenkins hopes run for delegate will help promote immigration reform

01/08/09 | Maryland Business Gazette | Frederick County Commissioner Charles A. Jenkins announced Tuesday that he is running for state delegate in 2010. The announcement was no surprise to at least one local official. Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins (R) said he had been in talks with the Republican commissioner for some time about the idea. | Read the story

Employers advised to use federal database

01/08/09 | The State | South Carolina businesses that want to stay out of trouble under the state’s immigration laws should register to use a federal database to check employees’ legal work status. That was the advice given to about 60 business people who attended a Wednesday meeting to learn how to comply with the new law. The meeting was part of a series of S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation seminars on the topic. | Read the story

Getting Immigration Right

12/26/08 | New York Times | It’s way too early to tell whether the United States under President-elect Barack Obama will restore realism, sanity and lawfulness to its immigration system. But it’s never too early to hope, and the stars seem to be lining up, at least among his cabinet nominees. The confluence of immigrants and labor is exactly what this country — particularly, and disastrously, the Bush administration — has not been able to figure out. | Read the story

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