Immigrant hunting? What’s happening to my country?

Editor's note: Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a CNN.com contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist. San Diego, California (CNN) -- What is it about immigration? It brings out the best in America. And yet, talking about it brings out the worst in many Americans. The United States is becoming withdrawn and bitter, and the national mood is becoming uglier. It's nothing new. We live in a country that has -- for more than 220 years -- held the curious distinction of being a nation of imm...

Study, Forum Stress Plight of New York’s Unrepresented Immigrants

By Mark Hamblett The majority of detained immigrants in New York who face removal from the United States lack legal representation, according to the preliminary findings of a study on the needs of the indigent in immigration courts. The New York Immigrant Representation Study released Tuesday reports that 60 percent of detained immigrants in New York City do not have lawyers, that having counsel can make a world of difference in removal proceedings and that there is a serious shortage...

Global Detroit Study

The New Economy Initiative of Southeast Michigan, the Detroit Chamber of Commerce and The Skillman Foundation are pleased to present the findings from a new report from Global Detroit. The Global Detroit Study is an effort to understand the role and impact foreign-born residents have on the region’s economy and to define strategies to enhance their role in revitalizing older neighborhoods and transitioning the region to a new economy.   Written by Steve Tobocman, former State Representa...

Panel: Immigrants are big plus for places like Detroit

By John Rummel HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - Did you know Southeast Michigan is home to 365,000 foreign-born residents, the second largest foreign-born population in the Great Lakes region? In addition, while Census reports show Detroit and Michigan losing population, the immigrant population of Southeast Michigan continues to grow. Those 365,000 are part of the largest concentration of Arab people outside the Middle East, as well as the largest concentrations of Albanians and Macedonians outside the...

Appleseed Report Details How Noncompliance With U.S. Law Is Placing Mexican Children in Detention at Risk

By Keith Rushing WASHINGTON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Appleseed and Mexico Appleseed release a groundbreaking report that identifies substantial noncompliance with federal law regarding the treatment of Mexican children who are detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border when unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. The report, "Children at the Border: The Screening, Protection and Repatriation of Unaccompanied Mexican Minors," produced by Appleseed and Mexico ...

A Few Other Connecticut Politicians Speak Out For Mariano Cardoso

By Gregory B. Hladky Things are looking brighter for Mariano Cardoso Jr., the 23-year-old Connecticut college student being threatened with deportation by federal immigration agents just weeks before he’s due to get his engineering degree. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy went public with a letter to U.S. Homeland Security officials, pleading with them not to enforce the deportation order against Cardoso, who has been in this country since his parents brought him across the border from Mexico when ...