Archives for October 2013

Britain Immigration Bill: Theresa May on kicking out illegal migrants before they can appeal

[featured-video-plus]http://youtu.be/svHhWzk1yRY[/featured-video-plus] “Immigration system is like a never-ending game of snakes and ladders.” Parliament wants the law on the peoples side. May calls for cutting the number of appeal rights. “We should deport foreign criminals first and hear their appeals later…. If leaving the European Union is what it takes to fix our laws, that is […]

1995 Jordan Immigration Commission Calls for End to Chain Migration, Visa Lottery and Tough Policies to Verify Employment

[featured-video-plus]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMywOal05s0&feature=share&list=PLEAD70A6F3D616D07[/featured-video-plus] The Immigration Act of 1990 mandated the creation of a bipartisan commission to examine the impacts of immigration on the United States and to make recommendations for future policy. The Commission, chaired by the late Barbara Jordan, issued its final report in 1997, but Barbara Jordan held a press conference in 1995 releasing the […]

IBM discrimination settlement undermines argument for doubling immigration

NumbersUSA — The settlement received very little attention but is significant because advocates for doubling future immigration – including high-skilled immigration – have planned a “fall blitz” to pressure the House into conferencing with the Senate immigration bill, S. 744. The Silicon Valley Leadership Group is in D.C. this week along with the agriculture lobby […]