U.S. Immigration Policy
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act for America’s Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP) of 2009 was introduced in the House of Representatives today.
For full text of the bill, click here. For a summary of the bill, click here. According to projections from the Census Bureau, white Americans will no longer be the majority by 2050.
State/Local
Police in Pennsylvania were charged today with “the cover-up of the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant
by altering evidence or lying to the FBI in a case against two white high school football players.”A new regulation in Frederick County, MD “requires contractors to certify that they or their subcontractors
did not knowingly employ illegal immigrants” or face losing their contract.Patients of a dialysis clinic in Atlanta, GA lost their case today that would force the clinic, which provides free treatment to patients, many of whom are undocumented immigrants,
to stay open.“The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that the authorities violated the constitutional and privacy rights of people suspected of being [undocumented] immigrants when they used tax returns to try to build hundreds of identity-theft cases against them.”
The Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas is challenging a state law that allows undocumented immigrants to attend colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates.
Refugees/Asylum Seekers
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director John Morton said today that starting January 4, 2010 ICE will “stop detaining asylum seekers who have a credible fear of persecution in their home countries.
“Faith and Migration
The growing population of Latino Catholics in the U.S. both challenges the Church and provides enrichment and energy
for the larger Church community.
