Wendy Sefsaf
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Posts by Wendy Sefsaf
The Politics of Immigration: Primaries Reveal Little About What’s to Come
originally posted by Wendy Sefsaf for Immigration Impact [click here]
August 25, 2010 - 1:28 pm
Posted in Arizona, Elections, Immigration Blog, Midterm Election, Politics, Republicans, democrats | No comments
It’s hard to pinpoint how exactly the issue of immigration impacted a range of primary races on Tuesday. In some cases, exploiting our broken immigration system may have helped candidates win elections—as in the case of Governor Jan Brewer. In other cases, talking tough about immigration may have cost politicians their race—like Florida’s Attorney General [...]
How President Obama Can Kiss and Make Up with Latinos
originally posted by Wendy Sefsaf for Immigration Impact [click here]
August 11, 2010 - 1:28 pm
Posted in Immigration Blog, Politics, President Obama, Reform, Undocumented Immigration, White House | No comments
In Spanish, the word cariño literally means “affectionate.” Cariño is used to describe warmth and care, but it is also often used as a pet name for your child or partner, for example, mi cariño/mi cariña. So in the Latino community where the word cariño is an important part of the vernacular, some might [...]
Poll Numbers Reveal that Most Border Residents Feel Safe
originally posted by Wendy Sefsaf for Immigration Impact [click here]
August 10, 2010 - 2:24 pm
Posted in Border, Border Enforcement, Criminality, Immigration Blog, Politics, poll | No comments
Passage of the $600 million border bill through the House of Representatives today is a clear indication that Congress is still more interested in throwing money at our broken immigration system rather than rolling up their sleeves and fixing it. Politicians, including President Obama, continue to respond to reports of border violence by upping the [...]
The List: A Modern Day Witch Hunt in Utah
originally posted by Wendy Sefsaf for Immigration Impact [click here]
July 15, 2010 - 2:28 pm
Posted in Deportation, Enforcement, Hate Groups, Restrictionists, Rhetoric, State and Local Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
It’s the stuff of fiction. A vigilante group with a vaguely patriotic name creates a list with the help of someone—perhaps a disgruntled government-employee/mole—who is fed up with the system (think Michael Douglas in Falling Down). The list contains the names, social security numbers and other private information of hundreds of people whom the vigilantes [...]
An Anti-Immigrant Franchise Coming to a State Near You
originally posted by Wendy Sefsaf for Immigration Impact [click here]
June 21, 2010 - 3:08 pm
Posted in Congress, Deportation, Enforcement, Immigration Blog, Integration, Reform, Restrictionists, Rhetoric, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
Americans are frustrated by a lot of things these days and immigration is no exception. What specifically annoys people about immigration is different depending on their vantage point. Those who are caught up in the labyrinth of immigration processing and the complicated inner-workings of the immigration agency are frustrated. Those who can’t even get their [...]
Conflating Immigration and Climate Change: When Wedge Issues Collide
originally posted by Wendy Sefsaf for Immigration Impact [click here]
June 2, 2010 - 10:53 am
Posted in Center for Immigration Studies, Congress, Demographics, Environment, Immigration Blog, Restrictionists, Rhetoric, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
Today in Politico, hard right, conservative Gary Bauer continues the restrictionist tradition of blaming immigrants for everything from pot holes to climate change. In his editorial, Bauer cites a 2008 report by the restrictionist group Center for Immigration Studies and seeks to link climate change legislation and immigration reform legislation (and a half dozen other [...]
Presidents Agree: Law Enforcement Must Focus on Drug Cartels, Guns and Smugglers, Not Migrants
May 20, 2010 - 1:44 pm
Posted in Arizona, Border Enforcement, Criminality, Department of Homeland Security, Enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, President Obama, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
President Calderón’s visit to the United States yesterday continues to highlight issues of immigration, border control and crime. Presidents Calderón and Obama made the important point that we should address, not conflate, these two important issues. Judging from President Obama’s remarks yesterday, he seems to understand that the horrific violence which currently afflicts our [...]
Immigration, Oil Spills and America’s Slippery Slope
May 14, 2010 - 6:52 am
Posted in Congress, Enforcement, Immigration Blog, Immigration Law, Reform, State and Local Immigration Law, Uncategorized | No comments
It’s hard not to draw parallels between the two biggest stories in today’s headlines—a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and a punitive new immigration law in Arizona. While on some basic level most Americans care about the environment and immigration, it’s not until something really goes wrong that most people begin to [...]
Supporting Immigration Reform in Nevada is More Pragmatic than Political
April 19, 2010 - 1:34 pm
Posted in Congress, Demographics, Economics, Elections, Immigration Blog, Midterm Election, Reform, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
In Sunday’s local Las Vegas newspaper, the Review Journal, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reiterated his support for immigration reform and pushed back on the paper’s editorial staff who have long rallied against fixing our broken immigration system. Senator Reid’s reiterated support came on the heels of a speech he gave a week earlier in [...]
Immigration Advocates Call for an End to ICE’s Failed 287(g) Program
April 7, 2010 - 1:51 pm
Posted in Advocates, Department of Homeland Security, Enforcement, Immigration Blog, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Police Enforcement, Reform, Undocumented Immigration | No comments
Today, a group of immigration reform advocates called for an end to the controversial 287(g) program, labeling it a “failed experiment.” Speakers from labor organizations and immigration advocacy groups said the expansion and continued failure of this enforcement program is a “worrying signal on the President’s commitment” to reforming our immigration system. They went as [...]