To limit their patient-care responsibilities, some American hospitals have engaged in a troubling practice that places immigrants at risk. A recent story in The New York Times documents how several hospitals have privately initiated deportations of immigrant patients for post-hospital […]
Companies Take Proactive Efforts to Integrate Immigrants
Discussions over immigration often lead to the topic of integration and assimilation. A common misconception is the belief that immigrants “refuse to assimilate,” often fueled by anecdotal evidence of immigrants speaking foreign languages in public or frustration with an immigrant’s […]
Another Immigration Detainee Dies
Today, the New York Times reported that Hiu Lui “Jason” Ng, a 33-year-old computer engineer from New York, died August 6, 2008, while in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [W]hen Mr. Ng, who had overstayed a visa years earlier, […]
Immigration Is Snaring U.S. Citizens In Its Raids
From the Washington Post: As the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement compiles a record number of arrests through household and work-site raids seeking illegal immigrants, a growing number of U.S. citizens such as [Marie Justeen] Mancha say they have […]
Special Report: The Myth of Widespread Non-Citizen Voting
In a recent segment, CNN anchor Lou Dobbs told viewers that substantial evidence suggests that large numbers of non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants, are voting in federal elections and could be the deciding factor in November’s elections. The story primarily cites […]
Former Border Patrol Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Charges
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice recently announced the guilty plea of a former Customs and Border Protection officer who violated the civil rights of two undocumented immigrants. Santiago Perez, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]
Immigrants Less Likely to Use Emergency Rooms
False rumors that U.S. hospitals are closing because of undocumented immigrants have spread throughout the nativist internet network. The rumors started in 2005, when the discredited “medical expert” Madeleine Cosman published an article in a right-wing medical journal claiming that […]
Asylum Denials Higher Among Politically Vetted Judges
The New York Times reports that judges selected during three years of an illegal patronage-style process have rejected requests for asylum at a higher rate than other judges in the Justice Department’s immigration court system: The analysis suggests that the […]
Fear Follows Largest Workplace Raid in U.S. History
On August 27, the Associated Press reported: A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she’d see her husband again. Nearly 600 […]
10 Harmful Misconceptions About Immigration
The Equal Rights Center, a non-profit civil rights organization based in Washington, DC, has a released a new report titled “Ten Harmful Misconceptions About Immigration.” The report offers extensive information rebutting common myths about immigrants, including several citations to research […]