Government Crackdown on Puerto Rican Birth Certificates Scares Many Illegal Aliens
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which is a protectorate territory of the United States, is issuing a recall on all birth certificates issued in Puerto Rico before July 1, 2010. The dramatic measure is aimed at addressing longstanding fraud issues, and it has the immigrant community in Las Vegas and elsewhere worried. According to an [...]
Immigrant Allies in Reno and Elsewhere Protest Unjust Arizona Law
We alerted our Nevada immigration blog readers to the imminent passage of SB1070, a recently passed Arizona law that takes drastic measures to address the slow-growing issue of illegal immigration in that state. Unfortunately, the forces at play in Arizona’s politics were too strong to overcome a nationwide outcry against the bill, and Republican Governor [...]
Criminal History Casts Long Shadow on Lawful Residents
There are just under 12,000 lawful permanent residents residing in Nevada, with about 9,500 of these Green Card holders living in the Las Vegas area. These immigrants have established legal residency in the United States, but their right to remain in the country is far more fragile than one would think. The New York Times‘ [...]
Zealous ICE Enforcement = Deportation of Aliens for Minor Crimes
As a New York Times editorial concisely argues, the current regime of ICE enforcement is misusing sensible laws for senseless purposes. The result is that thousands of non-citizen aliens with minor criminal offenses on their records — especially minor drug violations — are placed into removal proceedings and are then denied any legal recourse to [...]
Tourism Board to Promote Travel, Help Nevada Economy
Earlier this month Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) helped push the Travel Promotion Act through the Senate, a bill that aims to bring American tourism into the 21st century and give a much-needed boost to tourism-dependent economies like Nevada’s. The bill has also passed the House of Representatives and is expected to be signed [...]
With Healthcare Done, Immigrants Rally for Reform
Over two hundred people gathered on the steps of the federal building in Reno, Nevada on Sunday afternoon to ask their Congressional representatives to take a stand for comprehensive immigration reform and to call on the immigrant community to take action themselves to make changes to a broken, unjust system. Reform advocates also organized events [...]
Healthcare Fight Continues to Haunt Immigration Reform – But Legalization is in Sight
Congress has yet to make progress on passing immigration reform, and immigrants are getting fed up. As discussed in other blogs on comprehensive immigration reform, the Latino voters who handed Democrats the presidency and strong majorities through states like Nevada and California are among a growing crowd who want America’s broken immigration system to be [...]
Rep. Gutierrez Introduces Bill for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Help for Illegal Aliens
With a light—albeit a dim one—at the end of the healthcare reform tunnel, the Obama Administration and its allies in Congress have begun setting the stage for comprehensive immigration reform in 2010. Mounting support in Congress, a groundswell of immigrant advocates, and a new bill introduced Wednesday all bode well for major reform next year. [...]
Change of Address Important for Illegal Aliens, Legal Residents
People change their residence frequently in the United States, on average about every five years. With so much new housing capacity in Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada leads the nation with nearly 42 percent of its housing units occupied by new residents since 2000. Though this itinerancy may signal Americans seeking new prosperity, immigrants who [...]
Healthcare Update on the Fate of Illegal Aliens
Previous posts have given a lot of attention to the battle over reforming the nation’s healthcare system, since movement on comprehensive immigration reform is highly unlikely until the healthcare debate wraps up. In particular, we have focused on the issue of undocumented immigrants in a reformed healthcare system. Yesterday the Associated Press reported that, though [...]
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