Breaking News: Obama to Announce Executive Actions on Immigration

According to The New York Times and Fox News, President Obama plans to announce as soon as next week a series of executive actions of the broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration enforcement system that will protect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation, as well as address other areas of immigration. Stay tuned!

Obama Delays Action on Immigration Reform Until After the November Elections

Reuters reports that President Obama reversed his course last week and delayed taking executive action on the immigration reform until after the November congressional elections, fearing that such action could cost his fellow Democrats control of the Senate.  The immigration reform has been a highly polarizing and political issue in the last few years.  The current delay begs the question and concern that this "attempt to deny protection to desperate refugees, and the delay on immigration action, make absolutely no fiscal or moral sense, and are built on questionable political assumptions."  For further discussion, please refer to the Reuters article:  http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/06/us-usa-immigration-obama-idUSKBN0H10ER20140906?utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=7f4b627c9d-AILA8_9_8_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3c0e619096-7f4b627c9d-290691581

New Polls Show Continued U.S. Support for Immigration Reform

Results of a poll issued earlier this month by the American Action Forum, show that 78 percent of GOP primary voters, support a step-by-step approach to an immigration reform.  The House has said that it prefers this gradual approach, although it hasn’t taken any action beyond passing a handful of separate bills through committees.   For more information on the polls and the current state of the immigration reform, check out this NBC News article:  http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/two-new-polls-show-continued-u-s-support-immigration-reform-n129461

Fate of Children of Deported Parents: Stark Reality

January 8, 2014

The Washington Post reports that concerns about the fate of children of deported parents are adding an emotional pitch to the call for a Comprehensive Immigration Reform.  According to a study by Human Impact Partners, in 2012 an estimated 150,000 U.S. citizen children had at least one illegal alien parent deported.  Advocates are urging Congress to create a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants, allowing separated family members to be reunited and to prevent children from having to lose their parent(s) to deportation.  Read The Washington Post article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/deportations-of-parents-can-cast-the-lives-of-us-citizen-kids-into-turmoil/2013/12/29/abdf23aa-6b4c-11e3-b405-7e360f7e9fd2_story.html

Comprehensive Immigration Reform is Gaining Momentum

February 1, 2013

On January 29, 2013 President Obama spoke about his proposal for comprehensive immigration reform, and while his speech did not offer specific policy proposals, it should be noted that the President’s plan does not tie the road to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented Americans to any border security triggers as the Senate's plan does, although the President did lay out plans to increase enforcement both at the border and at worksites. 

Stay tuned on what's to come in the weeks ahead!  Until then watch this clip from The Daily Show to keep you in the know on the immigration reform:  http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-30-2013/the-nuevo-deal?utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=01eb06c8b1-AILA8_2_1_13&utm_medium=email