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October 30, 2009



Obama Administration Changes HIV Travel Policy

President Obama announced he will end the travel and immigration ban on HIV-positive people during the signing for the Ryan White Act which funds HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. "Obama said the ban was 'rooted in fear rather than fact,'" The Hill newspaper reported.

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Obama Administration Makes Bad Law in Asylum Case

The Obama administration has decided to stop contesting the asylum claim of Rody Alvarado Pena, who has been appealing her asylum denial for 14(!) years in a case that spanned 3 Presidential terms. The DHS says it is writing new regulations on domestic violence asylum cases, which will now likely take into account the Obama administration's decision to recommend asylum for Pena.

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Labor Report Ignores Impact on U.S. Workers

Organized labor groups that favor amnesty are using a new report, titled "ICED OUT: How Immigration Enforcement has Interfered with Workers' Rights," to make the same tired claims about how immigration enforcement harms worker's rights. What is left out of the AFL-CIO funded analysis is the relationship between the presence of an easily exploitable workforce in the U.S., the continued high unemployment of legal workers, and the fact that an amnesty is not going to change employers desire to get workers as cheaply as possible.

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Dobbs Cites Immigration Stance in Shot Fired at House

CNN Commentator Lou Dobbs said that a shot was fired several weeks ago at his house, while his wife and driver were standing outside. Dobbs said he believes the shot was a response to his frequent criticism of illegal immigration.

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