Tensions over immigration in NJ town

Jun 24, 2008 - Tensions over immigration in NJ town By SAMANTHA HENRY Published: Sunday, June 22, 2008 In the Press of Atlantic City: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/190/story/188006.html A federal lawsuit challenging a landlord's right to rent to illegal immigrants has stoked tensions over immigration that have been rising for years in this diverse city of 50,000 south of Newark. A prominent anti-illegal immigration group filed suit against a Plainfield-based property management company earlier this month, seeking to set a legal precedent by using anti-mob legislation to crack down on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants. The civil suit alleges the company has so many undocumented tenants in their buildings that it constitutes unlawful harboring, and should be considered by the courts as a criminal enterprise that encourages illegal immigration. - 1 Comment

State Takes Responsibility, Illegal Immigrants Leave

Feb 12, 2008 - From the files of "It's in the New York Times so it must be true:" February 12, 2008 Arizona Seeing Signs of Flight by Immigrants By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD PHOENIX — The signs of flight among Latino immigrants here are multiple: Families moving out of apartment complexes, schools reporting enrollment drops, business owners complaining about fewer clients. While it is too early to know for certain, a consensus is developing among economists, business people and immigration groups that the weakening economy coupled with recent curbs on illegal immigration are steering Hispanic immigrants out of the state. - 19 Comments

Immigration Decline

May 14, 2009 - Declining immigration slows Asian, Hispanic growth By HOPE YEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON – Deterred by immigration laws and the lackluster economy, the population growth of Hispanics and Asians in the U.S. has slowed unexpectedly, causing the government to push back estimates on when minorities will become the majority by as much as a decade. Census data released Thursday also showed that fewer Hispanics were migrating to suburbs and newly emerging immigrant areas in the Southeast, including Arkansas, Tennessee and Georgia, staying put instead in traditional gateway locations such as California. - 2 Comments

Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy

Jan 27, 2009 - This is a book by George J. Borjas. About the book: The U.S. - 16 Comments

Cooling Down? Obama's immigration reversal

May 08, 2009 - Obama reverses stance on immigration The Washington Times - Friday, May 8, 2009 -Stephen Dinan On the thorniest of political issues, President Obama has embraced the enforcement-first position on immigration that he criticized during last year's presidential campaign, and he now says he can't move forward with the type of comprehensive bill he wants until voters are convinced that the borders can be enforced. Having already backed off his pledge to have an immigration bill this year, Mr. Obama boosted his commitment to enforcement in the budget released Thursday. The spending blueprint calls for extra money to build an employee-verification system and to pay for more personnel and equipment to patrol the border. - 8 Comments

New York Tackles Wage Theft Against Immigrants

May 20, 2009 - NPR All Things Considered, May 19, 2009 · On a bustling sidewalk in the Dominican neighborhood of New York City's Washington Heights, Carmen Calderon reaches over a folding table to wave a pamphlet at a sandwich delivery man, shouting in Spanish, "You know your rights as a worker?" The man smiles and keeps biking. But in the course of an afternoon Calderon manages to lure others and deliver her message, part of a new effort by New York State's Labor Department to combat wage theft among this city's enormous immigrant workforce. - 8 Comments

Another Broken Promise?

Aug 04, 2009 - NYT: Obama aggressive on immigration Despite vows, president relies heavily on predecessor’s policies on illegals By Julia Preston The New York Times updated 5:29 a.m. ET, Tues., Aug 4, 2009 After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration’s tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is pursuing an aggressive strategy for an illegal-immigration crackdown that relies significantly on programs started by his predecessor. A recent blitz of measures has antagonized immigrant groups and many of Mr. Obama’s Hispanic supporters, who have opened a national campaign against them, including small street protests in New York and Los Angeles last week. - 14 Comments

What do you guys think about this situation?

Apr 08, 2009 - This is a town near me who tried to ban illegal immigrants. Look's like they are paying big time now. Rental ban cases to cost Farmers Branch nearly $500,000 more 06:15 AM CDT on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 The Farmers Branch City Council will spend nearly a half-million dollars more to cover the cost of legal fees incurred by two groups that have challenged the city’s ordinances on illegal immigration. - 9 Comments

Cost Effectiveness of Screening for Illegal Immigrants

Oct 06, 2009 - October 6, 2009 Los Angeles County health worker Leonardo Rincon lifts the birth certificate up to the light and expertly scrutinizes it. Do faint watermarks show up? Yes. - 12 Comments