National Immigration Forum

Legislative Update for November 4, 2009

November 04, 2009

We have just passed the anniversary of the 2008 election—one that was marked by high expectations for change. What we have learned in the interim, on the legislative front, is that there are still ...

CDC Lifts HIV Ban

November 02, 2009

On November 2, the Centers for Disease Control issued a Final Rule removing HIV infection from its list of “communicable diseases of public health significance.” Since the late 1980s, when HIV ...

ICED OUT | How Immigration Enforcement Has Interfered with Workers’ Rights

October 27, 2009

This report shows that in too many instances, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worksite raids have prevented meaningful enforcement of labor standards for all workers. ICE actions have ...

Immigration Detention: Overview and Recommendations

October 06, 2009

This report provides a review and evaluation of the Immigration Detention system. It describes the policy, human capital, informational, and management challenges associated with the rapid expansion ...

As Good as it Gets: Reform Must Be the Next Benchmark to Achieve True Homeland Security

November 19, 2009

Washington DC – Over the last week it is evident that comprehensive immigration reform is part and parcel to the security of our nation. Today, the House Appropriations Homeland Security ...

Secretary Napolitano: Administration Committed to Immigration Reform

November 13, 2009

Said concrete progress has been achieved since 2007 Washington, DC –Today, in a major address, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano clearly articulated the administration’s plan for ...

The Census, Re-apportionment, and the Immigration Debate

November 19, 2009

One undercurrent to the year-to-year political shenanigans that play out in Congress around the immigration issue is the demographic change that is occurring in the country, officially measured ...

Update: President’s Senior Advisor Says Immigration Reform Advancing

November 16, 2009

On November 13, we wrote about the speech DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered earlier that day at the Center for American Progress, where she laid out the Administration’s position on ...