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December 15, 2009 Gutierrez To Introduce Amnesty Bill Today - Take Action Now to Stop Amnesty! "Democrats on Tuesday begin their new push for an immigration bill, hamstrung by the image of legalizing millions of illegal immigrant workers at a time when the unemployment rate stands at 10 percent -- more than twice what it was the last time Congress tried to act," the Washington Times reports. Also see Wall Street Journal coverage. Take Action Today - Visit FAIR's site to send a fax or call Congress!
The SEIU's Continued Campaign to End All Immigration Enforcement In These Times covers the continued efforts of the SEIU to end all immigration enforcement. That is not how the SEIU views it, of course. "'SEIU is not saying, 'Don't enforce the law,' [Executive Vice-President Eliseo Medina] says. 'We're saying, 'Enforce the law in a way that can work.' He proposes that DHS should work with the Labor Department to target employers who violate wage and hour laws as well as immigration laws." In reality, the whole focus of the SEIU has been in expanding its membership, legal or not. The SEIU has been against worksite raids, and now has come out against workplace audits. There is no concrete enforcement mechanism that the SEIU will commit to supporting. If the SEIU were serious about saying that ICE should focus on "wage and hour" violations they would have supported the Postville raid, which uncovered tens of thousands of child labor and other violations.
Guest Worker Advocates Won't Talk About Unemployment Elizabeth Chavez writes in favor of expanding the H-2B program in the Houston Examiner. Like most advocates for expanding guest worker programs, Chavez does not mention unemployment in her commentary. "The process of obtaining lawful status for non-professional workers without university degrees is a very cumbersome, if not almost impossible process. Current immigration laws favor giving lawful status only to immigrants, who possess a university education," Chavez says. This is true, but only for employment based immigration. There is no educational qualification for family-based immigration, which takes a large share of legal immigrant visas each year.
Supreme Court Accepts Immigration Case The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to deportations for immigrants convicted of misdemeanor drug offenses. Some judges have ruled that two such convictions count as an aggravated felony, which means these immigrants can be deported.
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