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Compiled by Janice Kimball and the staff of the IRLE Library

Friday, May 03, 2013

L.A. Times reporter joins Mexican immigrants to become strawberry picker for a day

L.A. Times reporter joins Mexican immigrants to become strawberry picker for a day Testing the contention that Americans can't or won't do the work, he finds camaraderie but falls far behind as his back tightens and muscles burn.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 1:06 PM


Wednesday, April 03, 2013

UC Comparative Latino Studies Workshop


UC Comparative Latino Studies Workshop
Presented by…
The Chicano Latino Graduate Student Collective at UC Irvine,
The UC Center for Latino Policy Research at UC Berkeley (CLPR)
and the Department of Chicano Latino Studies at UC Irvine

When: May 17th, 2013, 8am-6:30pm.
Where: University of California, Irvine

The UC Comparative Latino Studies Workshop brings together graduate students and faculty from across the UC system who do critical work on issues related to the experience of Chicana/os and Latina/os in the United States. The workshop provides a supportive environment for graduate students to present their work and engage in the process of collective community building, networking, and receiving mentorship from faculty and peers. One of the goals for this workshop is to establish a long standing network of scholars that help each other navigate through academia as individuals committed to empowering communities and producing work that allows for a comprehensive understanding of the diverse experiences of Chicana/os and Latina/os in the United States.

The workshop is not meant to mimic academic style conferences but instead to create an environment to help Graduate Students working on critical research in Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, to thrive by providing positive feedback and networking opportunities.  It is our hope that this space leads to establishing networks that are long lasting and research that is critical and informs major debates about Chicana/os and Latina/os.

With this in mind The UC Comparative Latino Studies Workshop is now accepting submissions to be presented at the 2nd Annual UC Comparative Latino Studies Workshop to be held May 17, 2013 at UC Irvine. Because this space is meant to help people develop their research and not just to present finished work we welcome submissions in any stage of the research: including those who are dissertating to new graduate students that may just be beginning their work and need constructive feedback.

While we may only be able to offer panel presentations to a limited number of graduate students we ask for people to participate in the larger goal of establishing a network of scholars.  We hope people can commit to participate as panelists and non panelists alike for the entirety of the day.

The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, April 26th 2013.
please email a title and an abstract to Mark Ocegueda at mark.ocegueda@uci.edu

check out the workshop web page for further information

to join the listserv uc-latino@uci.edu please visit and subscribe at

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 9:29 AM


Tuesday, February 12, 2013

New Chart Shows Past legislative Proposals for Immigration Reform

New Chart Shows Past legislative Proposals for Immigration Reform
The National Employment Law Project’s Immigrant Worker Justice Project has developed a chart summarizing the terms of past legislative proposals for immigration reform, with particular attention to provisions affecting immigrant workers. We will also update the chart as legislative developments progress. We hope that this resource is of use to you. 


The chart is a work in progress, so if you have any suggestions or edits, please contact echo@nelp.org.
 

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 2:20 PM


US Census: America's Foreign Born In The Last 50 Years

US Census:
 America's Foreign Born In The Last 50 Years [Infographic] [7 February 2013]
or

During the last 50 years, the foreign-born population of the United States has undergone dramatic changes in size, origins, and geographic distribution. This population represented about 1 in 20 residents in 1960, mostly from countries in Europe who settled in the Northeast and Midwest. Today’s foreign-born population makes up about one in eight U.S. residents, mostly immigrants from Latin America and Asia who have settled in the West and South. The Decennial Census and the annual American Community Survey allow us to trace the changes in the foreign-born population over time.

Tip Sheet 7 February 2013
Census Bureau's "How Do We Know?" Series Features New Infographic on America's Foreign-Born Population

During the last 50 years, the foreign-born population of the United States has undergone dramatic changes in size, origins and geographic distribution. How do we know about America's foreign-born? This new infographic provides a statistical snapshot of our foreign-born population from the American Community Survey and the decennial censuses.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 2:17 PM


A Nation of Immigrants

A Nation of Immigrants | Pew Hispanic Center

A Portrait of the 40 Million, Including 11 Million Unauthorized

The nation's immigrant population reached a record 40.4 million in 2011, including an estimated 11.1 million who are unauthorized, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.

The overall number of immigrants in the U.S. continues to grow steadily; it is up by more than 9 million since 2000. By contrast, the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. grew for decades before peaking at 12 million in 2007. It was 11.1 million as of 2011, the last year for which an estimate is available.

The 40.4 million total, which includes legal as well as unauthorized immigrants, made up 13% of the total U.S. population in 2011. While the 40.4 million is a record, immigrants' share of the total population is below the U.S. peak of just under 15% during the period from 1890 to 1920 - a high-immigration era dominated by arrivals from Europe. The modern wave, which began with the passage of border-opening legislation in 1965, has been led by arrivals from Latin America (about 50%) and Asia (27%).

Besides this new analysis of the nation's immigrant population, the Pew Hispanic Center also is publishing today a statistical portrait of the nation's foreign-born population. It is based on the Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey and features detailed characteristics of the U.S. foreign-born population at the national level, as well as state population totals. Topics covered include age, nativity, citizenship, origin, language proficiency, living arrangements, marital status, fertility, schooling, health insurance coverage, earnings, poverty and employment.

The Pew Research Center also has published a number of reports on the size and characteristics of the nation's unauthorized immigrant population and on the public's attitudes towards immigrants and immigration policy.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 2:13 PM


2012 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States (Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2012

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

2012 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States (Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2012) [30 January 2013]

The number of immigration-related bills introduced and passed at the state level in 2012 dipped in comparison with the last five years, yet remains high overall. There are several explanations for the dip, including the May 2012 Supreme Court Arizona v. United States ruling in which only the lawful stop provision was upheld, and the fact that four state legislatures did not meet in 2012, including Montana, North Dakota, Nevada and Texas.

“States seemed to put the brakes on immigration bills early in 2012, pending budget and redistricting debates, and most important, the review of Arizona’s immigration law by the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Ann Morse, director of the NCSL Immigrant Policy Project. “By the end of 2012, however, the number of laws was down by only 13 percent, meaning that states continue to engage on immigration issues in budgets, law enforcement, employment, licensing and benefits.” 

In 2012, state legislators in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico introduced 983 bills and resolutions related to immigration. This marks a decline of 39 percent compared with 2011, during which 1,606 bills were introduced. The decrease in the number of enacted bills and resolutions was less pronounced: 267 in 2012 compared with 306 in 2011, a decline of just 13 percent.

Of the bills and resolutions enacted, nearly a quarter were budget related, appropriating funds for federal programs such as English language acquisition, naturalization and refugee resettlement.

Law enforcement legislation accounted for 17 percent of the total. Four states—Kansas, Louisiana, Maine and Utah—enacted laws that specify permissible documents for registering and maintaining records on sex offenders, including travel and immigration documents.

Employment, identification/driver’s license and public benefits comprised 9 percent of all 2012 immigration laws. Massachusetts, for example, prohibited the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer unless the person holds a license, specified identification card, Social Security number or proof of legal presence.

Education and health care each accounted for eight percent of the total. In New Hampshire, legislation was enacted requiring every student receiving in-state tuition to sign an affidavit of legal residence beginning in 2013. Nebraska restored prenatal care and pregnancy-related services for immigrant mothers through the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Human trafficking laws made up 6 percent of the total. A law passed in South Carolina makes it a crime to destroy, withhold or confiscate any type of identification document including a driver’s license, passport or immigration document in the attempt to detain a victim.

Of the 111 immigration-related resolutions passed in 2012, 12 urged the U.S. Congress and president to take action on immigration, trade, tourism and border security.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 2:10 PM


Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Enforcement: Legal Issues

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Enforcement: Legal Issues
Kate M. Manuel, Legislative Attorney
Todd Garvey,Legislative Attorney
January 17, 2013
[full-text, 30 pages]

Summary
The term prosecutorial discretion is commonly used to describe the wide latitude that prosecutors have in determining when, whom, how, and even whether to prosecute apparent violations of the law. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and, later, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components have historically described themselves as exercising prosecutorial discretion in immigration enforcement. Some commentators have recently challenged this characterization on the grounds that DHS enforces primarily civil violations, and some of its components cannot be said to engage in “law enforcement,” as that term is conventionally understood. However, even agencies that do not prosecute or engage in law enforcement have been recognized as having discretion (sometimes referred to as enforcement discretion) in determining whether to enforce particular violations.

Federal regulation of immigration is commonly said to arise from various powers enumerated in the Constitution (e.g., naturalization, commerce), as well as the federal government’s inherent power to control and conduct foreign relations. Some, although not all, of these powers belong exclusively to Congress, and courts have sometimes described Congress as having “plenary power” over immigration. However, few courts or commentators have addressed the separation of powers between Congress and the President in the field of immigration, and the executive has sometimes been said to share plenary power over immigration with Congress as one of the “political branches.” Moreover, the authority to exercise prosecutorial or enforcement discretion has traditionally been understood to arise from the Constitution, not from any congressional delegation of power.


# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 2:04 PM


Thursday, January 24, 2013

Request for Proposals in Immigration Research

Request for Proposals in Immigration Research
The National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS), headquartered at the University of Arizona, is pleased to announce a competitive research opportunity to address current challenges in immigration studies.
Each project will be funded at approximately $100,000.  The performance period is one year and will begin on June 1, 2013.  Proposals are due March 1, 2013.
This effort, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of University Programs (OUP), invites qualified researchers to propose projects that will provide DHS stakeholders, policy-makers and the public with contemporary and innovative research that addresses current research challenges in immigration studies.
Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), BORDERS encourages proposals for research that will inform the public as well as assist the government in effectively managing the nation’s immigration system.
BORDERS is seeking proposals in the following five broad topic areas:
Ø  Impacts of Enforcement on Unauthorized Flows
Ø  Population Dynamics
Ø  Immigration Policy
Ø  Immigration Administration
Ø  Civic Integration and Citizenship
To view the full RFP and to access application materials, please click the link above or copy and paste the following URL into a web browser:
 BORDERS is a consortium of 16 premier institutions headquartered at the University of Arizona whose mission is to provide scientific knowledge, develop technologies and techniques, and evaluate policies to meet the challenges of border security and immigration. For more information about the Center please visit www.borders.arizona.edu.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 1:32 PM


Monday, January 14, 2013

UndocuNationBerkeley: Call for Artists

UndocuNationBerkeley:  Call for Artists

The Center for Race and Gender (CRG), CultureStr/ke and the Department ofTheater, Dance and Performance Studies (TDPS) is thrilled to announce this year's UndocuNation at UC Berkeley.  We will be bringing together artists, community members, students, faculty and staff from California and the nation focusing attention on critical issues affecting undocumented immigrant communities.  Hosted by Bay Area artist Favianna Rodríguez, UndocuNation is an evening of culture jamming, visual art, and performances addressing the devastating consequences of our country's broken immigration system.

Artists from different racial and sexual backgrounds, immigration history and documentation statuses will be sharing artwork and cultural interventions about the current immigration crisis through performances, film excerpts, installations, music and readings. The collaboration of these creative artists attempts to use images and stories to facilitate dialogue that can inspire.  UndocuNation, is also part of a series of workshops that have been taking place nation-wide has been presented in major U.S. cities, including at our own Bay Area Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC.

We are currently seeking artists who may be interested in being part of this celebration, and collaborate with artists, writers, and organizers from across the country to build and support humane, just ways to address our nation’s current immigrant crisis. The event itself is comprised of a collage of artistic performances that allow creative cultural workers to speak about their art to shift today’s understanding of what "America" looks like.  The UndocuNation event at UC Berkeley will have a particular focus on undocumented immigrant communities and the connections between the politics of immigration and education. In addition, we seek to emphasize how the experience of being undocumented intersects with other political identities such as gender and sexuality, by including a number of performances that are queer-identified.

We welcome:
  • poetry
  • spoken word
  • creative readings
  • music
  • video shorts
  • scenes and skits for stage
  • comedy
  • paintings
  • installation work
  • ANY ARTISTIC & CREATIVE FORM OF EXPRESSION
Please note that in collaboration with CultureStrike, UndocuNation, is an evening with artists for immigrant justice. We seek artists that bring visibility to the immigration debate, and similar to CultureStrike, create a collective of artists across the nation who challenge dominant anti-immigrant narratives and infuse the national narrative with creative values- based, pro-immigrant images, ideals and stories. We welcome interdisciplinary collaborations that foster an engagement with the larger public and explore new models of art as a vehicle for cultural change.

You have until JANUARY 20, 2013 to submit a piece of your artistic talent.  To express your interest in participatng, questions or concerns please contact:

UC Berkeley Visiting Scholar
Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize

&

Assistant Professor
Theater, Dance and Performance Studies

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE:

UNDOCUNATION
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, UC BERKELEY campus
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
7:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M

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Managing Migration to Support Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
 MANAGING MIGRATION TO SUPPORT INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
or
[full-text, 56 pages]
 Since 2011, ADBI and the OECD have held an annual Roundtable on Labor Migration in Asia. The success of these events reflects the realization that meeting challenges means reaching out to colleagues in other countries. This report builds on these round tables and aims to identify innovative models for managing new and emerging forms of labor migration. To that end, it also provides, for the first time in a single publication, a statistical overview of international migration in some Asian countries. These data—assembled from different sources, and still reflecting the partial coverage of the phenomenon in many countries—should help readers to understand the impact and role of international migration in Asia.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 9:55 AM


31st meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC)

PRIEC - UC Berkeley Meeting
The 31st meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC)
UC Berkeley @ Center for Latino Policy Research
Friday, January 25, 2013 

11:00 am – 5:00 pm. 
All are welcome to join us for the meeting

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 9:53 AM


Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Explore the inaugural issue of Migration and Development

Explore the inaugural issue of Migration and Development
 Migration is a multi-dimensional, multifaceted and complex global phenomenon that affects every country in the world. Almost all sovereign countries in the world are either points of origin, transit points or destination countries for migrants, often combinations of all three or any two, at any point of time. A new journal in 2012, Migration and Development invites contributions to highlight the various facets of international migration beyond the conventional lines.
 The first issue of Migration and Development is now available online - read the entire inaugural issue free!
 Find out more about Migration and Development at www.tandfonline.com/rmad and submit your work to the Editor-in-Chief at migrationanddevelopment2012@gmail.com.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 9:27 AM


Call for Papers for the Workshop Theorizing 'the Local Turn' in Immigrant Policies: A Multi-level Approach.

GRITIM-UPF / IMISCOE Call for Papers 2013 Call for Papers for the Workshop Theorizing 'the Local Turn' in Immigrant Policies: A Multi-level Approach. Closing date for applications: 1 February 2013.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 9:26 AM


"We asked for workers and families came:" Children, youth and ...


Friday, February 22, 2013
9 am to 8 pm (including dinner and cultural event)
University of California, Los Angeles

This conference draws together UC-wide faculty and students who study children, youth and families in relation to migration issues, broadly defined. Collectively, we want to address such questions as: How do migration experiences shape the experiences of growing up and raising children? How do current immigration policies affect families? How are the children of immigrants faring in educational contexts? What identities are they forming?  What are their daily lives and experiences, and aspirations for the future?  What policies and practices best support the health and welfare of immigrant children, youth and families? How does the recognition of children’s claims to educational access and to various forms of lawful status (ranging from Deferred Action to U.S. citizenship), based on their ties or their birth in the United States, both reflect and affect fundamental notions of citizenship and belonging? 



# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 9:21 AM


Friday, January 04, 2013

The Immigration Enforcement Paradox

The Immigration Enforcement Paradox
Recent immigration policy changes highlight the need for legislative reform.

# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 10:50 AM


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