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What's New?

Press Release (8/26/08)
Hurricane ICE Blows into Mississippi

Press Briefing (8/21/08)
Listen to a recording of our press briefing, "Immigration Experts from Participating Cities Evaluate Success of ICE’s New Self-Deportation Program." As ICE's pilot self-service deportation program comes to an end, immigration policy experts from two of the five participating cities asses the new deportation strategy. (MP3 audio file). 

Press Release (8/14/08)
Census Projections Are Latest Chapter in a Long American Story

New Publication (8/6/08)
Out of Focus: The Hidden Crisis of the Latest Backlogs in Naturalization Processing
Listen to our Press Conference for the release of this report, featuring immigrants telling of their experiences in the naturalization backlog (audio file in mp3 format)

Press Release (8/1/08)
At Outset of Congressional Summer Vacation, Signs of Life on Immigration Reform

Press Release (07/29/08)
Report to Deport: Another Distraction from Fixing Our Broken Immigration System

Position Opening (7/29/08)
The National Immigration Forum is seeking a Director of Development

Press Release (07/24/08)
Department of Homeland Security or Department of Economic Ruin? Also en español

Press Release (7/15/08)
The Presidential Candidates and Immigration: A Good Start, but More Work—and Leadership—Needed. Also en español  

Immigrants are America (6/27/08)
Quotes about and by immigrants for the 4th of July

Immigration Reform (6/10/08)
A link to a new study, Controlling Unauthorized Immigration from Mexico: The Failure of “Prevention through Deterrence” and the Need for Comprehensive Reform added to our Immigration Reform resource page. 

Press Release (6/4/08)
Dying on the Road to Deportation

Media (5/21/08)
A new report from Media Matters, Fear and Loathing in Prime Time, documents the anti-immigrant rhetoric used by some popular cable "news" shows—linked on our Restrictionist Watch page

Enforcement vs. Reform (5/21/08)
New resources from the Immigration Policy Center are linked in our Enforcement and Immigration Reform pages

The Cost of Enforcement without Reform (4/30/08)
A new study, linked on our Immigrants and the Economy page, estimates the loss of economic output associated with forcing the undocumented to leave

Press Release (5/20/08)
House Hearing on Immigration Raids Comes at a Critical Moment

ImmPolitic (blog)
Heck of a Job Cherty: Deaths, negligence, suicide. A major scandal in the way immigrants with medical problems are being treated in detention has been uncovered. So far, ICE's response to the investigative stories, based largely on ICE's own internal documents and published by the Washington Post and others, is that the stories are not "balanced." Will anyone be held accountable? (Click here.)

ImmPolitic (blog)
When the Extremes Decide: Death in immigration detention is an extreme consequence of the failure of political leaders to reform our broken immigration system. (Click here.)

Immigration Policy Update (5/9/08)
Hearings and legislation in the House | Deaths in immigration detention 

ImmPolitic (blog)
Talking Bad About People: Bloggers focus in on hate radio and TV. (Click here.)

ImmPolitic (blog)
Verification without the Ways or Means: The House Ways and Means Committee took a look at the significant impact mandatory employment verfication will have on the ability of the Social Security Administration to perform its core mission. (Click here.)

Press Release (5/6/08)
House Hearings to Shed Light on Flawed Immigration Proposals

Press Briefing (5/5/08)
Listen to a recording of our press briefing, "The Politics and Policy of Immigration Reform." As the U.S. Congress embarks on a series of hearings related to immigration, temporary worker programs, electronic employment verification systems, border security and other issues, experts on the politics and policy of immigration reform discuss what is likely to happen or not happen and what both parties may do. This file is an MP3 audio file. 

ImmPolitic (blog)
”Why don't they come legally?” Limited supply and inefficient processes for legal visas were on the agenda in the House immigration subcommittee on April 30. (Click here.)