A question in CNN’s new immigration poll raises concerns

By Eleni Delimpaltadaki The Opportunity Agenda CNN/Opinion Research released earlier today a new telephone survey of U.S. adults on immigration. The results of a question asking about the main focus of the U.S. government in dealing with the immigration issue contradict what other public surveys have found at least in the past two years. One forced choice question asking respondents to indicate what they thought the main focus of the U.S. government ought to be with respect to the immig...

Letter to the President: Border residents oppose deployment of the National Guard to the border

To: President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 To: Members of the U.S. Congress Washington, DC Border communities who had hoped for a rational and accountable border policy from the Obama Administration are deeply disappointed at the news of the authorization to deploy National Guard troops to the border. We are also deeply disappointed by calls from Congress to deploy as many as 6,000 National Guard troops to the border. Proposals to...

Media Advisory: Border residents oppose National Guard deployment

Contact: Ricardo Favela Strategic Communications Coordinator San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (760) 468-4519 communicate@immigrantsandiego.org. Louie Gilot Policy Director, Border Network for Human Rights 2115 N. Piedras, El Paso, TX 79930 (915) 274-0541 lgilot@bnhr.org. May 26, 2010 -- Organizations representing border communities from San Diego to Brownsville have written a letter to the Obama Administration and federal legislators strongly opposing the decision to send t...

Letter from the White House to Carl Levin, Chair of the Committee on Armed Services

Download the original PDF. May 25, 2010 Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for the opportunity to express the Administration's views on how best to make our Southwest Border more secure. Since President Obama took office, we have dedicated unprecedented resources to fulfill the Federal Government's responsibility to secure the Southwest Border. In doing so, we have enhanced Federal border protection, law enforcement, and counternarcotics efforts involving the Departments of Homeland Security,...

College apologizes after instructor says Spanish can’t be spoken in class

BY JANINE ZÚÑIGA CHULA VISTA — Administrators at a college in Chula Vista that is part of a national chain of higher education campuses across the country have apologized to students after an instructor told them that Spanish cannot be spoken in class. The incident happened May 3 at Kaplan College. Jonathan Cedeño said he was in two medical assistant classes that day in which instructor Patricia Dussett said a school policy prohibited students from speaking anything but English at the camp...

Barack Obama orders Guard to Mexican border

By: Jonathan Allen President Barack Obama is preparing to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, amid growing concern about cross-border criminal activity and a simmering debate over illegal immigration. Obama plans to submit a request to Congress for $500 million in supplemental funding to secure the border and enforce federal laws, according to an administration official. The troops will “provide intelligence; surveillance and reconnaissance support; i...