Reinventing American immigration policy for the 21st century.
ABSTRACT With an estimated eleven to twelve million undocumented workers currently in the United States, the need for immigration reform is critical. As lawmakers grapple with the question of how to best meet the needs of the country, they should keep in mind that the United States...

Bias on the bench: raising the bar for U.S. immigration judges to ensure equality for asylum seekers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. BACKGROUND A. Executive Office of Immigration Courts and the Asylum Process B. The Board of Immigration Appeals C. Changes Under Ashcroft II. THE CURRENT CONTROVERSY REGARDING RULINGS A. TRAC Findings B. Federal Courts Sound Early Warning Calls III. REACTIONS TO TRAC's FINDINGS A. The...

Getting immigration right.
Peter C. Meilaender's thoughts on immigration policy ("Immigration: Citizens & Strangers," May) are careful, balanced-and devoid of any biblical, prophetic passion for the poor strangers among us. Meilaender concludes we must "weigh carefully our obligations toward both current members [of our society] and outsiders, duties particular and universal." Our...

Steve Cohen. Deportation Is Freedom! The Orwellian World of Immigration Controls.
Steve Cohen. Deportation Is Freedom! The Orwellian World of Immigration Controls. London: Jessica Kingsley, 2006. 224 pp. 12.99 [pounds sterling]; $22.95 In Deportation Is Freedom, Steve Cohen presents a forceful, even relentless, argument for the complete elimination of immigration restrictions worldwide. While Cohen recognizes that such a...

Subcontractors must comply with immigration laws.
Subcontractors must comply with immigration laws By Gerald I. Katz Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the increasing concerns regarding illegal immigration, federal government agencies have begun to prosecute more vigorously employer violations of the laws against hiring illegal aliens. The most...

Illegal immigrants in a state of disarray: through the Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles, the state of Wisconsin has been aiding illegal immigrants to stay in this country and flaunt our country's immigration laws.
Part of an anonymous letter from an employee of the Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) as read by Wisconsin State Representative Mark Gundrum to a committee of the Wisconsin legislature during a hearing on Assembly Bill 69/Senate Bill 334 in 2005 is as follows: If Osama...

Double standard on immigration: while Mexico insists that America should welcome all Mexican nationals with open arms, the Mexican government harshly enforces its own anti-illegal immigration laws.
As the 2008 electoral season heats up, illegal immigration continues to be a front-burner issue, with most of the political elites scrambling to find some way to avoid responsibility for the deluge of illegal immigrants turning America upside down--while allowing the deluge to continue. For roughly two decades now,...

Will Congress turn its back on you: when it comes to immigration? The immigration legislation before Congress casts the die not only for cultural and national ruin, but also for a North American Union.
Way back in 1986, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), then, as now, the principal agent of leviathan leftism in the Senate, sponsored an immigration bill. Then, as now, illegal aliens had flooded the country. And then, as now, the Senate had an answer: amnesty. Kennedy said a few things worth...

Immigration Solutions; Credible testimony crucial for political asylum applicants.
Byline: Robert L. Reeves The United States is well known as a land for refugees fleeing persecution in their home country. A person asking for political asylum or refugee status in the United States must show that they are unable or unwilling to return to their home...

Candidates in 5th square off at forum; Immigration, Social Security debated.
Byline: Karen Nugent AYER - Nine candidates for the Fifth Congressional District seat formerly held by Martin T. Meehan took the stage last night at Town Hall in a multipartisan debate. The event drew all five Democrats - Eileen Donoghue, a Lowell city councilor and...