Immigration News Blog
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.
check out the workshop web page for further information
# 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 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
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 9:57 AM
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.
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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