Life as an Undocumented Immigrant

How Restrictive Local Immigration Policies Affect Daily Life   By Angela S. García, David G. Keyes   Download this report (pdf)   Download the introduction and summary (pdf)   Read the report in your web browser (Scribd)   What happens to undocumented immigrants after the passage of anti-immigrant state laws such as Arizona’s S.B. 1070 and Alabama’s H.B. 56 or restrictive local ordinances such as those in Prince William County, Virginia, o...

U.S. border cities prove havens from Mexico’s drug violence

By Alan Gomez, Jack Gillum, and Kevin Johnson Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has warned of human skulls rolling through her state's deserts. Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, says violence on the U.S. side of the border is "out of control." Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich., has suggested sending a military brigade to protect Americans. "Of course there is spillover violence along the border," Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said during a recent congressional hearing. "It is not secure and it has never be...

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...

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 ...

Facts about immigration belie common perceptions

During the renewed debate over the DREAM Act in the lame-duck Congress, we mostly got the same Democratic platitudes and Republican demagoguery we have come to expect on the immigration issue. Once again, members of Congress elected to put the politics of immigration ahead of solving this divisive issue and opted to endlessly repeat their talking points and buzzwords — as if those were going to change someone's mind about the issue at this point. Since our elected officials (and their cab...