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Press Releases

Reports Confirm Economic and Cultural Contributions of Immigration

September 01, 2010

Today’s immigrants are writing the latest chapter in a long American story   WASHINGTON, DC — This week, two reports released by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Center for American Progress confirm the historic benefits of immigration to our country, from stronger economic productivity to a strengthened American culture.    Immigration and Economic Productivity New research from the independent, non-partisan Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco refutes the misguided belief ...

Immigration Detour: GOP Attacks American Children Instead of Fixing Broken Immigration System

August 11, 2010

Immigration Detour: GOP Attacks American Children Instead of Fixing Broken Immigration System Push to Change the Constitution and End Birthright Citizenship is Latest Sideshow from Action on Reform   Washington, D.C. — The latest diversion to genuine efforts to fix our outdated immigration system is the push by Republican Senators to change the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that grants citizenship to the children of immigrants born in the United States. Although efforts targeting the ...

Throwing Good Money After Bad

August 10, 2010

House Passes Additional Border Enforcement without Action on Real Comprehensive Fix   Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6080, a bill providing for $600 million in supplemental funding for border enforcement.  The House bill was similar to a bill passed on August 5th by the Senate just before Senators left for their August recess.  The bill now goes back to the Senate for final approval.  Following is a statement from Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration ...

New Poll Shows Border Residents Feel Safe

August 10, 2010

                        NEW POLL SHOWS BORDER RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE As Congress Passes more Border Enforcement, Reality of Border is Ignored Audio recording available at: http://bit.ly/AudioNIF      El Paso, TX – The findings of the first independent public opinion poll of residents along in border cities in California, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico show that residents feel their border communities are as safe as most communities in the nation. The release of the report comes on the heels of the ...

Senate Democrats Do An About-Face on Border Spending

August 06, 2010

“Lawmakers Know We Must Pass Comprehensive Reform to Achieve True Security”   Washington D.C. - Yesterday, Senate Democrats introduced a last-minute $600 million border enforcement amendment to the House-passed version of the Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Supplemental appropriations bill. This enforcement-only package includes funding for over 1,500 Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Customs and Border Protection officers at the southern border, as well as funding ...

Federal Judge Halts Portions of Arizona’s Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law

July 28, 2010

  Temporary Victory for the Civil Rights of Every American   Washington D.C.  – Today, Federal Judge Susan Bolton prohibited the most controversial portions of Arizona’s SB1070, a harsh anti-immigrant law, from taking effect agreeing with Department of Justice attorneys who argued that the law represented “an unprecedented package of enforcement measures … in explicit disagreement with the federal government.” The following is a statement from Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National ...

Utah Attorney General, Utah Leaders Denounce Immigrant Blacklist

July 16, 2010

AG: We Will Begin an Immediate Aggressive Investigation PRESS CONFERENCE AUDIO AVAILABLE AT: http://www.immigrationforum.org/images/uploads/2010/PressConf_10-0716.mp3   Washington, D.C./Salt Lake City UT – Today a bipartisan coalition of the Utah’s Republican Attorney General, the Bishop of Salt Lake City, a Democratic State Senator from Salt Lake City, and other prominent Utah and national leaders gathered on a national telephonic press conference to denounce the immigrant blacklist ...

DREAM Act Activists Take the Stage in Nation’s Capital

July 14, 2010

DREAM University Spotlights Hurdles to Higher Education Experienced by Immigrant Youth   Washington D.C. – Hundreds of young immigrant students from across the country are gathering this month in Washington, D.C., to pressure Congress for swift passage of the DREAM Act, bipartisan legislation that will benefit talented undocumented immigrant kids who yearn to attend college or serve in the United States military.   Today, these young students will be part of the inaugural class of the “DREAM ...

Department of Justice Stands up for the Constitution

July 06, 2010

      Lawsuit Against Arizona Reasserts that Immigration is a Federal Responsibility     Washington, D.C. — Today the Department of Justice announced that it will file suit against the state of Arizona based on the Constitution’s supremacy clause stating federal preemption of immigration regulation and enforcement by the states. The following is a statement by Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum, a non-partisan, non-profit, pro-immigrant advocacy organization in ...

Obama Must Take Concrete Steps to Reform our Broken Immigration System

July 01, 2010

Arizona Has Triggered a National and Moral Crisis, Federal Government Must Lead   Washington D.C. – Today, in a major address, President Obama reiterated the urgent need to fix our broken immigration system through comprehensive immigration reform. The following is a statement by Pastor Warren H. Stewart Sr., of Phoenix’s First Institutional Baptist Church and Member of the National Immigration Forum Board:   “The Presidents speech today was a welcome break from the stale and sometimes hateful ...

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