Tag Archives: immigration

Catching up on the week’s news: SB 1070 and Healthcare Reform

Posted on 13 August 2011 by

Two big developments in simmering policy and legal controversies this week. First, the State of Arizona filed a certiorari petition with the Supreme Court, asking the Court to review the injunction that a federal judge imposed prohibiting the enforcement of … Continue reading →

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John F. Kennedy’s A Nation of Immigrants

Posted on 11 August 2011 by

The other day I obtained A Nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy, from my university’s wonderfully large main library. First written in the 1950s when he was still a senator, it contains a short history of immigration in America (including … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading — August 11

Posted on 11 August 2011 by

How Rep. Austin Scott betrayed his Tea Party roots — Dana Milbank, whose smugness I normally avoid, has a column on a one-sentence House bill that would abolish the Legal Services Corporation, filed in response to an EEOC determination that … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading — Aug. 7

Posted on 7 August 2011 by

Was Aaron Swartz stealing? – The Awl has an in-depth look at the seemingly inexplicable charges against Aaron Swartz, who was indicted last month for downloading millions documents from JSTOR, though he never actually distributed them. The article points out that … Continue reading →

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Justice Department sues Alabama over its state immigration law

Posted on 3 August 2011 by

The Justice Department on Monday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, alleging that Alabama’s recently-enacted state immigration law, referred to as H.B. 56, is unconstitutional. A short summary from the New York … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading — July 28

Posted on 28 July 2011 by

So many starred items to share from my Google Reader account, so little time: HALT the Insanity: New Hyperpartisan Bill Tries to Handcuff the President – Marshall Fitz, the director of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, has this … Continue reading →

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NY Times Room for Debate focuses on asylum adjudication

Posted on 14 July 2011 by

The New York Times posted one of its Room for Debate features on asylum adjudication in the wake of an article about falsified asylum claims. These claims got more attention after the revelation that the accuser of Dominique Strauss-Kahn falsified … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading — July 12

Posted on 12 July 2011 by

Immigrants May Be Fed False Stories to Bolster Asylum Pleas — This New York Times story points out how the different accounts of persecution that some asylum seekers use can sometimes be fraudulent, but also contains the reasonable point from … Continue reading →

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Diversity visa lottery computer glitches with human consequences

Posted on 2 July 2011 by

Thanks to a State Dept. computer glitch, there are plenty of people that “won” the diversity visa lottery this year, in which people are selected at random to receive green cards, that the State Dept. says should not have been … Continue reading →

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What to do with Kindle-only books?

Posted on 27 June 2011 by

The other day I sent an email to my brother and his fantastic significant other, Meg, containing a link to a new book by a federal immigration judge (hat tip: BIB Daily). The book is My Trials: What I Learned … Continue reading →

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