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ImmPolitic · 7M ago

ICE Detention Reforms: Two Years On

This post was written by Forum Policy Fellow Josh Breisblatt. On August 6, 2009 the Obama administration announced that the immigration detention system needed to be reformed and that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would move away from the penal system that had been created and towards a
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ImmPolitic · 8M ago

Runaway Costs for Immigration Detention Do Not Add Up to Sensible Policies

This post was written by Forum Policy Fellow Josh Breisblatt and originally posted on Immigration Impact. At a time when we should be looking for ways to curb costs, some in Congress are actually attempting to spend more by expanding immigration enforcement programs. In May, Chairman of the Judic
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ImmPolitic · 10M ago

Cosmetic Changes are not Enough: Secure Communities Program Needs Sweeping Reform

Last month, the National Immigration Forum was invited by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to participate in a new advisory committee created in response to growing criticism and concern about the so-called “Secure Communities” program.  The committee is tasked with advising Immigration and
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ImmPolitic · 11M ago

Ordinary People and Extraordinary Acts of Courage

The heat surrounding the current debate on immigration makes it difficult, and maybe downright dangerous, for the ordinary person who sees the injustices created by our broken immigration system and our Congress’ unwillingness to consider solutions. Yet, there are plenty of Americans (and Americans
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ImmPolitic · 1Y ago

Workplace Enforcement: A Welcome Shift in Focus

  For many years, America’s large population of unauthorized workers has created a pool of labor that is desperate to work and, because of their immigration status, reluctant to speak up when forced to work in abusive conditions.  The plight of these workers was exacerbated when immigration enforce
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ImmPolitic · 1Y ago

Border Patrol’s Record Staffing Levels: Diminishing Returns at Taxpayer Expense

  If you have ever watched Border Wars, a National Geographic channel reality television program that follows the daily operations of U.S. Border Patrol and other law enforcement along the Southwest border, you might think that each and every day is filled with excitement. Raiding drug houses, chas
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ImmPolitic · 1Y ago

Another Side of the Broken Immigration System

  At the end of March, and again in early April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted enforcement actions at two Detroit elementary schools.  These actions unleashed a firestorm of public criticism, and resulted in a decision by ICE headquarters to investigate these and other incide
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ImmPolitic · 1Y ago

Secure Communities: Just Another – Bigger - Deportation Dragnet

  Since the inception of ICE’s Secure Communities program, advocates have been raising concerns that the program incentivizes racial profiling and fails to target the “serious criminal offenders” that it was supposedly designed to target.  While DHS has largely ignored these cries, the data is star
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ImmPolitic · 1Y ago

Border Control vs. Sealing the Border

  The topic of “operational control” of the border has been a hot topic in Congress lately, and the Forum has just posted a new analysis explaining the issue.   For many years now, politicians wanting to show how tough they can be on immigration have advocated more and more border enforcement.  In
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ImmPolitic · 1Y ago

Southwest Senate Retirements Should Trigger Immigration Gut Check for Both Parties

  Since the 112th Congress came to order, eight senior Senators have announced their retirements in 2012–four of which represent states in the American West.  Senators, Jon Kyl (R-AZ), John Ensign (R-NV), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) have decided to call it quits, giving way
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