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Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Be Unconstitutional, Impractical, Expensive, Complicated and Would Not Stop Illegal Immigration
A June 15, 2010 Immigration Policy Center Article discusses a hot topic
PHOENIX, Ariz., June 16, 2010, State Sen. Proposes Bill That Would Deny U.S. Citizenship to Children Born in Arizona to Illegal Immigrants
Your only problem is the Constitution, dear Senator. I agree with the legal scholars, “the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.”
Wow!
I got my June 28, 2010 Forbes issue and its headline title is ‘Open the Borders: the Case for (and against) extreme immigration reform.
Here is a special report titled Let them In: Opening America’s borders is morally right, economically beneficial–and would even make America safer.
Although I have yet to read all the immigration-related articles, I am happy to see so much attention being paid towards immigration reform. Hopefully reform is around the corner..
June 11, 2010 – Advocates protest US immigration fee hikes
USCIS raised prices dramatically in July 2007, only 3 years ago and now they plan to raise prices on a few applications but not as much as they did in 2007. I am not sure when they plan for the raise to take effect but clients should make a point to file before the hike to save some money on filing fees.
For more, a June 10, 2010 Wall Street Journal Article: Immigration Fees Set to Rise, on Lower Demand
April 28, 2010: The following IPC fact sheet shows that Arizona crime rates have been falling in recent years. The fact sheet also indicates that states with high immigration have the lowest crime rates and that unauthorized immigration is not associated with higher crime rates.
The Immigration Policy Center published the following article on May 26, 2010.