Local Officers not trained as immigration enforcers
U.S.: Report Faults Training of Local Officers in Immigration
Enforcement Program
By JULIA PRESTON
Local law enforcement officials do not consistently protect
immigrants’ civil rights, a study finds.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/us/03immig.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
Opinion: Too Broken To Fix
New York Times – April 9, 2010 4:17 AM
Opinion: Too Broken to Fix
A program that outsources immigration enforcement also
undermines public safety. The Department of Homeland
Security must end it.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/opinion/09fri3.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
AFL-CIO says Broken Immig. System benefits corporations
“The broken system is benefiting the very same corporate giants who destroyed our economy. It is allowing those corporations to exploit workers by… Read more
Funding cut for Border Fence
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD Published: March 16, 2010
“Secure Communities” lets ICE use local police in secret!
Homeland Security Targets “Criminal Aliens”
Thursday 18 February 2010
by: William Fisher, t r u t h o u t | Report
(Photo: r3v || cls)
A little-known program run by the Department of Homeland Security is using inaccurate databases and functioning “as little more than a dragnet to funnel even more people into the already overburdened” detention and deportation system of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, according to three civil rights organizations that have filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Read more
France: 6,000 strike for work permits
Film industry seeks to highlight plight of illegal workers 2/17/2010 
A few days before French regional elections, a screenwriters’ collective has launched a movement to fight for legal status for those working in the country without the proper papers. Read more
Reading List on history of guest worker laws in U.S.
Resources used for “History of guest workers laws in the U.S”
Educational talk by Lois Danks at Stop The Checkpoints meeting on Jan. 9, 2010 in Sequim, WA
Illegal People: How globalization creates migration and criminalizes immigrants, by David Bacon, Beacon Press, Boston, 2008
They Take Our Jobs and 20 other Myths about Immigration, by Aviva Chomsky, Beacon Press, Boston 2007 (at library)
Guarding the Golden Door: American immigration policy and Immigrants since 1882, by Roger Daniels, Hill & Wang, New York, 2004 (at library)
New Faces in New Places; The changing geography of American Immigration, Douglas S. Massey, editor, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2008 (at library)
There’s No Jose Here: Following the hidden lives of Mexican Immigrants, Gabriel Thompson, Nation Books, New York, 2007 (at library)
One Hemisphere Indivisible: Permanent revolution and neoliberalism in the americas, Guerry Hoddersen, Red Letter Press, Seattle, 2006 (copies available from Lois Danks for $8.00)
Viva La Raza: A History of Chicano Identity & Resistance, Yolanda Alaniz and Megan Cornish, Red Letter Press, Seattle. (www.redletterpress.com), 2008.
Current Immigration Reform Legislation – links to info
Resources on Current Legislation in 111th Congress Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP Act), H.R. 4321, creates an earned legalization program for undocumented immigrants; Read more
Feb. 13, 2010 Meeting in Forks, WA
AFL-CIO immig. reform helps labor
AFL-CIO Report: Immigration Reform Would Boost Economy
Posted By James Parks On January 11, 2010 (4:27 pm) In Legislation & Politics
A new report shows that comprehensive immigration reform would help American workers and the U.S. economy. Reform that offers a path to citizenship for currently unauthorized workers and enforces workers’ rights would raise the “wage floor” for the entire U.S. economy and increase the total gross domestic product (GDP) by at least $1.5 trillion over the next decade, the report says.
“Raising the Floor for American Workers,” by the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center, says finding a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented workers is a much better alternative in this economic crisis than expanding guest worker programs or mass deportation.
The temporary worker program only generates an annual increase of 0.44 percent in the nation’s GDP or $792 billion over 10…
Article taken from AFL-CIO NOW BLOG – http://blog.aflcio.org
URL to article: http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/01/11/report-immigration-reform-would-boost-economy/