Seth Hoy
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Congressional Leaders Challenge Progressives to Keep Pushing for Immigration Reform
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 26, 2010 - 2:37 pm
Posted in Advocates, Arizona, Congress, Dream Act, Immigration Blog, Politics, Progressives, Reform, State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
In front of more than 2000 progressive bloggers and activists Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Harry Reid and several other keynote speakers urged progressives to “finish what we’ve started” and keep beating the progressive drum for change. After enumerating major Democratic legislative victories this year (health care, financial regulation, and an economic stimulus plan [...]
J.D. Hayworth Challenges Administration on Immigration Enforcement Just Weeks Before National Guard Deploys to Border
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 20, 2010 - 2:34 pm
Posted in Arizona, Border, Border Enforcement, Deportation, Enforcement, Immigration Blog, Politics, Restrictionists, Rhetoric, State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
Over the weekend, former Arizona Rep. J.D. Hayworth challenged the Obama Administration’s commitment to immigration enforcement—just weeks before the Administration is set to deploy 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico Border. On Monday, the Obama Administration announced that the National Guard will begin deployment on August 1, with more than 500 soldiers going to [...]
The Right Side of History: Religious Leaders Urge Immigration Reform at Hearing
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 14, 2010 - 3:34 pm
Posted in Center for Immigration Studies, Enforcement, Faith, Family, Future Flows, Human Rights, Immigration Blog, Reform, Religion, Restrictionists, Rhetoric, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
At a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration hearing today, a panel of conservative religious leaders made the case for common sense solutions to our immigration problems—comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) that secures our borders, follows the rule of law and provides a pathway to citizenship for the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the [...]
The Numbers Are In: Polls Reveal Voters’ Desire to Fix Immigration
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 9, 2010 - 12:32 pm
Posted in Arizona, Demographics, Immigration Blog, Reform, Restrictionists, State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
In the media storm following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration enforcement law (SB1070) this week, politicians, reporters and advocates are busy gauging voters’ reaction in the build up to midterm elections. A number of public opinion polls have recently surfaced, each with something slightly different to say about how most Americans [...]
United Farm Workers and Colbert Report Team Up on “Take Our Jobs” Campaign
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 9, 2010 - 7:58 am
Posted in AgJOBS, Employment, Reform, Restrictionists, Undocumented Immigration, Video | No comments
Yesterday, United Farm Workers of America (UFW) President, Arturo Rodriquez, joined Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report to talk about the Take Our Jobs campaign. The campaign aims at hiring U.S. citizens and legal residents to fill jobs that often go to undocumented farm workers—a response to the anti-immigrant rhetoric that “undocumented immigrants steal American [...]
Arizona Senators Decry DOJ Lawsuit Yet Refuse to Support Immigration Reform
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 7, 2010 - 2:14 pm
Posted in Arizona, Border, Border Enforcement, Courts, Immigration Blog, Midterm Election, Politics, President Obama, Reform, Republicans, Rhetoric, State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona, challenging the state’s immigration enforcement law (SB 1070). The DOJ lawsuit—which seeks to stop the law from going into effect on July 29th—argues that Arizona’s law is unconstitutional since it claims state authority over federal immigration policy. While political opposition in [...]
President Obama Urges Republicans to Help Bridge Bipartisan Divide on Immigration
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 1, 2010 - 2:32 pm
Posted in Congress, Immigration Blog, Politics, President Obama, Reform, Republicans, Undocumented Immigration, White House | No comments
Today, President Obama delivered his first major immigration speech at American University urging Republicans to put bipartisan and election politics aside and help Democrats fix our broken immigration system once and for all. With an audience of law enforcement, elected officials, and evangelical, business, labor, and community leaders, the President provided a framework for understanding [...]
United Farm Workers Boldly Call Restrictionists’ Bluff on Unemployment
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 1, 2010 - 6:16 am
Posted in AgJOBS, Economy, Employment, Immigration Blog, Labor, Reform, Restrictionists, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
In response to the anti-immigrant rhetoric that “undocumented immigrants steal American jobs,” the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is asking restrictionists and the unemployed to walk the walk…all the way to the farm. Last week, the UFW launched a new campaign, Take Our Jobs, which “aims at hiring U.S. citizens and legal residents to [...]
Enough is Enough: State Legislators Fight Arizona Copycat Laws with Progressive Immigration Policies
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
June 30, 2010 - 1:41 pm
Posted in Advocates, Arizona, Enforcement, Immigration Blog, Legislation, Police Enforcement, Progressives, State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
Tired of restrictionists introducing “get tough” anti-immigration legislation in their states, state legislators are pushing back with progressive immigration policies of their own. On a telebriefing yesterday sponsored by the Progressive States Network and the National Immigration Law Center, state legislators from Arizona, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Utah discussed what they are actively doing to push [...]
President Obama To Deliver Speech on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
originally posted by Seth Hoy for Immigration Impact [click here]
June 29, 2010 - 12:18 pm
Posted in Immigration Blog, President Obama, Reform | No comments
According to a White House press release, President Obama is expected to deliver remarks on “the need to fix our broken immigration system through comprehensive immigration reform” at the American University School of International Service on Thursday, July 1. Only time will tell whether it’s a call to arms, more lip service [...]