THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION www.ImmigrationImpact.com Who's Monitoring the Corrections Corporation of America? Last month, the Associated Press reported  that a video obtained by their reporters showed Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) prison guards watching prisoners fight in an Idaho prison, ignoring the pleas of the prisoner being beaten, Hanni Elabed. While this was not an immigration detention facility, CCA operates many detention facilities under contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE needs to look closely at this incident and others reported this year and reassess whether they will continue to risk housing immigration detainees in CCA facilities. Read More... Census Shows Population Gains Due to Growing Latino Population The first 2010 Decennial Census data was made available this week, and the U.S. population rose 9.7%  since 2000. As a result of population changes, reapportionment will likely shift the political balance in Congress. Some states (Texas, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina) will gain seats, in part due to the growth in their Latino populations over the past decade. While many media outlets have focused on the fact that the states gaining Congressional seats tend to be red states, and those losing seats are blue, immigrant advocates  have pointed out that Members of Congress from those states with growing Latino populations, regardless of party affiliation, will have to be responsive to their Latino constituencies if they want to keep their seats. Read more... Not Without a Fight: DREAM Act Students Refuse to Back Down Although the Senate failed to reach the 60 votes necessary to achieve cloture on the DREAM Act on Saturday, DREAM supporters are refusing to go down without a fight. As disappointment turns to anger, DREAM Activists are again turning up the heat with statements aimed at "political leaders who chose to obstruct progress for personal gain" and messages  such as "We Won't Forget How You Voted." Thousands of DREAM supporters-who participated in a massive mobilization effort for the bill's passage-are also turning a critical eye to the administration as they look ahead toward the road to reform. Read More... Building on a DREAM: What the Obama Administration Can Do Right Now to Fix Immigration Last Saturday, the United States Senate took key votes on two social issues - Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the seventeen-year ban on gays serving openly in the military, and the DREAM Act, a vital piece of immigration reform that would have allowed thousands of undocumented young people a chance to go to college, serve in the military and earn legal status. Both bills had passed the House of Representatives, had the backing of the White House and the support of a majority of the public, but by a vote of 55 to 41, the Senate failed to invoke cloture and proceed to debate on the DREAM Act. While the Senate failed, however, the movement did not. Now, more than ever, the administration needs to capitalize on the momentum of the DREAM Act, continuing to push for both legislative and administrative reform. Read more...

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Ethiopian Airlines' 777-200LR carries more than $500K worth of anesthesia equipment to Ethiopia's largest hospital These images are available for editorial use by news media. EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) partnered with Ethiopian Airlines and Seattle Anesthesia Outreach (SAO) for this week's 777-200LR (longer range) delivery to Ethiopian Airlines to transport much needed anesthesia equipment to Black Lion Hospital – Ethiopia's largest hospital. "Boeing and its airline partners have been working together to fill what is sometimes empty cargo space to help bring relief to people around the globe," said Liz Warman, director of Boeing Global Corporate Citizenship for the Northwest region. "Our company has a history in humanitarian efforts. Our Humanitarian Delivery Flights program is another way we can continue leveraging our resources to help those in need." "Since its inception, Ethiopian Airlines has been engaged in various corporate social responsibility activities, which support community initiatives and development efforts," said Ato Girma Wake, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines. "We see our airplanes as not only a resource for our airline, but also a source of vital service for the people of Ethiopia and when we can use that resource in a manner such as this; it truly reaffirms our commitment to undertake social responsibilities whenever and wherever we can." Ethiopian Airlines' new 777-200LR (its second of five 777-200LRs on order) will deliver approximately 12,000 pounds (5,443 kg) of medical supplies, mainly anesthesia machines, monitors and books, from Seattle Anesthesia Outreach to Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Black Lion Hospital is the largest hospital in Ethiopia as well as the largest teaching hospital for the University of Addis Medical School. "We're thrilled at the opportunity to work with Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines to use this flight to support our efforts in Ethiopia," said Dr. Mark Cullen, vice president and co-founder of SAO. "These supplies will prove critical when a group of 20 doctors travel to Ethiopia in February as part of our ongoing humanitarian trips to the region." A majority of the medical supplies being shipped to Ethiopia were donated by Swedish Medical Center, which is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit health provider in the greater Seattle area. In addition to the donation of medical supplies, 12 affiliated physicians and clinical staff from Swedish have donated vacation time to volunteer as part of SAO's humanitarian trips to Ethiopia. The Boeing Humanitarian Delivery Flights (HDF) program is a collaboration effort between Boeing, airline customers and non-profit organizations to deliver humanitarian aid throughout the world to communities in need or crisis. The humanitarian items are loaded into the empty cargo space of new airplanes being delivered and transported to the customer's home destination. Ethiopian Airlines as a responsible corporate firm is committed to support worthy social activities, which are designed to help build sustainable livelihoods for individuals, the community and the society in general. In doing so, it has left its mark on major social initiatives.

Merry Christmas in 54 languages

Africa- Geseende Kerfees en 'n gelukkige
Albania- Gëzuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri!
Germay- Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!
Armenia- Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Soorp Janunt
Asturias- Bones Navidaes & Gayoleru anu nuevu!
Belgium- Zalige Kertfeest
Brazil- Feliz Natal! Feliz Ano Novo!
Bulgaria- Tchestita Koleda i Shtastliva Nova Godina
Catalunya- Bon Nadal i feliç any nou!
Crotia- Sretan Bozic
Denmark- Glædelig Jul og godt nytår
Slovenia- Srecen Bozic
Egypt- Colo sana wintom tiebeen
English- Merry Christmas o Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year
Esperanto- Gajan Kristnaskon & Bonan Novjaron
Slovenia- Srecen Bozic
Spain- Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Estonia- Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi ja Head uut aastat
Finland- Hauskaa Joulua
France- Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!
Gales- Nadolig Llawen
Galicia- Bon Nadal e Bo Ani Novo
Grecia- Kala Christougenna Ki'eftihismenos O Kenourios Chronos
Hebrew- Mo'adim Lesimkha
Latin America- Felices Pascuas, Feliz Navidad
Holland- Hartelijke Kerstroeten
Hungry- Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket és Boldog újévet!
Indonesia- Selamat Hari Natal & Selamat Tahun Baru
Iraq- Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Ireland- Nodlig mhaith chugnat
Italy- Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo
Japan- Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Latin- Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
Lithuania- Linksmu Kaledu ir laimingu Nauju metu
Luxemburg- Schéi Krëschtdeeg an e Schéint Néi Joer
Malaysia- Selamat Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru
Mexico- Feliz Navidad
New Zealand (Maorí)- Meri Kirihimete
Norway- Gledelig Jul
Basque Country- Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Poland- Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia i szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
Portugal- Boas Festas e um Feliz Ano Novo
Romania- Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit!
Russia- Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom
Serbia- Hristos se rodi
Somalia- ciid wanaagsan iyo sanad cusub oo fiican.
Sweden- God Jul och Gott Nytt År
Tahiti- Ia ora i te Noere e ia ora na i te matahiti 'api
Thailand- Sawadee Pee mai
Turkey- Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukraine- Veseloho Vam Rizdva i Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku!
Valencia- Bon Nadal i feliç any nou
Vietnam- Chung Mung Giang Sinh - Chuc Mung Tan Nien

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For Immediate Release DREAM Act Passes the House of Representatives, Final Vote Delayed in Senate  House Takes Historic Vote, Time for Senate to Stand Up December 9, 2010   Washington D.C. - Last night, the House of Representatives made history, voting 216 to 198 to pass the DREAM Act, a bill to give certain undocumented immigrant youth, brought to the United States as children, the chance to earn legal status after completing two years of college or military service. This morning, the Senate voted to table its own version of the DREAM Act, which paves the way for a vote on the House version next week. The following is a statement from Ben Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration Council: "Last night, members of Congress offered hope to a generation of undocumented youth who have asked for nothing more than the chance to contribute to the country they love. The House rejected short-sighted arguments against the DREAM Act and embraced a generation of aspiring, young Americans. The DREAM Act is a first step towards correcting a broken, out-of-date immigration system that is no longer serving America. Members of the House of Representatives have recognized that turning their back on an entire generation of young people is not only bad policy, but bad politics. When the DREAM Act does come before the Senate, they should consider it with the same level of compassion, courage and recognition as the House. The moral and intellectual support for the DREAM Act is overwhelming.  A financial investment in the education of young people who grew up in our communities will pay immediate dividends that we will continue to reap for decades. Senators have the opportunity to join House Members in standing on the right side of history."

For Immediate Release

DREAM Act Votes Imminent in House and Senate:
Congressional Budget Office Says Both Bills Are Good for the Economy

December 8, 2010

Washington D.C. -Both the House and the Senate are scheduled to take up the DREAM Act this evening, though both chambers are voting on slightly different bills under different procedures. The House is scheduled to vote shortly on H.R. 6497, while the Senate moves to a vote on whether to proceed to its own version of the DREAM Act, S. 3992.

Both bills are strong pieces of legislation which would allow the 65,000 young undocumented students who graduate high school each year to start a pathway to citizenship after completing two years of college or military service. Organizations and individuals from across the country-from California to Kentucky, Oklahoma to New York-have joined together to support the DREAM Act. Thousands of undocumented students and their supportive classmates and teachers have met with their members of Congress, sent letters, held rallies, and staged hunger strikes and other activities in pursuit of making the DREAM Act a reality.

While both bills are similar to the original versions of the DREAM Act introduced in each chamber, they differ in key ways. Under the Senate version of the DREAM Act, applicants are treated as conditional nonimmigrants for ten years before being allowed to apply for permanent residence. The House version breaks this status up into two five-year periods, and requires students to apply for an extension of their conditional nonimmigrant status after the first five-year period has elapsed. The applicants would have to pay a $525 surcharge on the initial application and a $2,000 surcharge at the beginning of the second five year period. S. 3992 establishes one ten-year period of conditional nonimmigrant status without either fee.

These differences resulted in two different CBO scores, both of which find that DREAM reduces the deficit during the ten year period for which bills are scored:

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the House version of the DREAM Act (H.R. 6497) would reduce deficits by about $2.2 billion and increase revenues by $1.7 billion over the 2011-2020 period.

The CBO estimated that the Senate version of the DREAM Act (S. 3992) would reduce deficits by about $1.4 billion and increase revenue by $2.3 billionover the 2011-2020 period.

These CBO scores affirm what we have known all along-that the DREAM Act is good for the economy, and that legalization leads to higher wages and therefore more tax revenues and higher consumption levels, and supports American jobs.
A 2010 study by the UCLA North American Integration and Development Center estimates that the total earnings of DREAM Act beneficiaries over the course of their working lives would be between $1.4 trillion and $3.6 trillion.


In a 2010 report released by IPC and the Center for American Progress, Dr. Raul Hinojosa found that comprehensive immigration reform that includes a legalization program for unauthorized immigrants and enables a future flow of legal workers would result in a large economic benefit-a cumulative $1.5 trillion in added U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years. The higher earning power of newly legalized workers would mean increased tax revenues of $4.5-$5.4 billion in the first three years. Higher personal income would also generate increased consumer spending-enough to support 750,000-900,000 jobs in the United States.

For Immediate Release

DREAM Act Votes Imminent in House and Senate:
Congressional Budget Office Says Both Bills Are Good for the Economy

December 8, 2010

Washington D.C. -Both the House and the Senate are scheduled to take up the DREAM Act this evening, though both chambers are voting on slightly different bills under different procedures. The House is scheduled to vote shortly on H.R. 6497, while the Senate moves to a vote on whether to proceed to its own version of the DREAM Act, S. 3992.

Both bills are strong pieces of legislation which would allow the 65,000 young undocumented students who graduate high school each year to start a pathway to citizenship after completing two years of college or military service. Organizations and individuals from across the country-from California to Kentucky, Oklahoma to New York-have joined together to support the DREAM Act. Thousands of undocumented students and their supportive classmates and teachers have met with their members of Congress, sent letters, held rallies, and staged hunger strikes and other activities in pursuit of making the DREAM Act a reality.

While both bills are similar to the original versions of the DREAM Act introduced in each chamber, they differ in key ways. Under the Senate version of the DREAM Act, applicants are treated as conditional nonimmigrants for ten years before being allowed to apply for permanent residence. The House version breaks this status up into two five-year periods, and requires students to apply for an extension of their conditional nonimmigrant status after the first five-year period has elapsed. The applicants would have to pay a $525 surcharge on the initial application and a $2,000 surcharge at the beginning of the second five year period. S. 3992 establishes one ten-year period of conditional nonimmigrant status without either fee.

These differences resulted in two different CBO scores, both of which find that DREAM reduces the deficit during the ten year period for which bills are scored:

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the House version of the DREAM Act (H.R. 6497) would reduce deficits by about $2.2 billion and increase revenues by $1.7 billion over the 2011-2020 period.

The CBO estimated that the Senate version of the DREAM Act (S. 3992) would reduce deficits by about $1.4 billion and increase revenue by $2.3 billionover the 2011-2020 period.

These CBO scores affirm what we have known all along-that the DREAM Act is good for the economy, and that legalization leads to higher wages and therefore more tax revenues and higher consumption levels, and supports American jobs.
A 2010 study by the UCLA North American Integration and Development Center estimates that the total earnings of DREAM Act beneficiaries over the course of their working lives would be between $1.4 trillion and $3.6 trillion.


In a 2010 report released by IPC and the Center for American Progress, Dr. Raul Hinojosa found that comprehensive immigration reform that includes a legalization program for unauthorized immigrants and enables a future flow of legal workers would result in a large economic benefit-a cumulative $1.5 trillion in added U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years. The higher earning power of newly legalized workers would mean increased tax revenues of $4.5-$5.4 billion in the first three years. Higher personal income would also generate increased consumer spending-enough to support 750,000-900,000 jobs in the United States.

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American Film Market in Los Angeles for Sex and Zen Press Conference

Directed by Christopher Sun Lap Key. Starring Saori Hara, Yukiko Suô, Hiro Hayama 

For Immediate Release   Dispelling DREAM Act Myths     November 23, 2010 Washington D.C. - The DREAM Act - a popular proposal to provide legal status to undocumented youth who entered the U.S. as children, graduated from U.S. high schools, and attend college or enter the military - is the target of a smear campaign from anti-immigration hardliners. This tired effort to pit immigrants and native-born, whether they are workers or students, against one another is not only destructive, but has no basis in fact.  Moreover, it ignores the economic benefits that come from legalizing a group of talented, hard-working individuals who want nothing more than to contribute to America and repay the country for the opportunities they've been given. Research has shown that providing a legal status for young people who have a proven record of success in the United States would be a boon to the economy and the U.S. workforce. The U.S. military also needs the DREAM Act. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy, Bill Carr, stated that the law would be "good for readiness" and would help to recruit "cream of the crop" students.  The DREAM Act is part of the Department of Defense's 2010-2012 Strategic Plan to assist the military in its recruiting efforts. Yet, despite the popular support and extensive data that should make passage of the DREAM Act a no-brainer, there are those who continue to spread half-truths. The Immigration Policy Center has compiled a fact check that breaks down typical myths about the DREAM Act. To view the fact check, in its entirety see: Dispelling DREAM Act Myths (IPC Fact Check, November 23, 2010)

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ESSAKANE DOCUMENTARY features The Most Remote Music Festival in the World 

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We are three independent filmmakers telling the story of the most remote music festival in the world - the Festival Du Desert - and the battle to make it happen. Once a year, just outside of Timbuktu, the greatest rock and blues musicians from across Africa and around the world come together to sustain peace through music. What makes this festival so unique? First, it’s held in the mystical land of Tuareg nomads where camels race during the day and, when the temperature drops, the desert moon rises, the sand dunes shift, and the festival-goers become immersed in the complex musical rhythms that have been rocking this desert for the last thousand years. While the music plays musicians speak and sing about local issues such as the rights of women, of Tuareg rights, and of reconciliation. The festival is a homegrown approach to sustaining peace, democracy, and for developing tourism in Mali.

Yet, each year it’s a fight to make this festival happen thanks to Western travel advisories warning against travel to the festival. Each year thousands defy the warnings and travel safely to Mali to experience this incredible music collaboration. Past festival attendees include the likes of Robert Plant, JImmy Buffet, Ali Farka Toure, Animal Collective, Tom Freston, and more. In order to assuage the fears of tourists, the government of Mali will provide enhanced security for the event – a sign of their commitment to ensure the festival takes places.

We need money to cover our travel expenses and costs to bring our crew to Mali for two weeks to film this festival as well as interview the musicians, organizers, government officials, and participants who all come together to create the Festival in the Desert. Our film participants already include electric guitarist, Vieux Farka Toure, New York jazz musician turned Griot, Leni Stern, Mali’s own Diva of the Desert, Khaira Arby, and NPR music correspondent, Banning Eyre.

To learn more about our project you can visit, www.essakanefilm.com

World Language Communications featured in 

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We are happy to announce that we been selected to be included in the Savvy Client's Guide to Translation Agencies. 

There are 44 agencies included and not every agency that applied made it in. 

This book includes a wide mix of large and small agencies (as well as geographies and industry specialties). No agency paid to be included. 

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THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION www.ImmigrationImpact.com   GOP Leaders Huff and Puff in Yet Another Letter to Napolitano about ICE Enforcement Priorities  Despite a record number of removals in fiscal years 2010, GOP Senators Sessions, Cornyn, Kyl, Grassley, Hatch, Coburn and Graham fired off yet another letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday, accusing the administration of a "lax approach" to immigration enforcement and "selectively enforcing" immigration laws. The letter, which cites a Houston Chroniclearticle quoting nearly 400 dismissed removal cases in Houston immigration courts in recent months, follows new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) priorities of pursuing serious criminals and a countrywide systematic review of certain immigration court cases. The conservative Senators complaint, however, is not new. In fact, it's just the latest in a string of letters accusing the administration of everything from "de facto amnesty" to giving detainees an "overly-comfortable place to reside." The senators, it seems, are out for more than a fair, functioning and prioritized immigration enforcement system. Read more... Underrepresented African Refugees and Potential Problems with DNA Testing Earlier this month, President Obama announced the annual refugee allocations - 80,000 total for Fiscal Year 2011, the same total as in 2010. However, while the total yearly allocation is the same, African refugees are being underrepresented. The 2011 ceiling for African refugees is 15,000, which is slightly lower than in 2010 and nearly 25 percent lower than the average for the previous decade (2000-2010). In reality, the number of African refugees actually admitted has fallen considerably below the ceilings due to processing problems. Why? New data documenting the underrepresentation of refugees from Africa in the U.S. looks at allegations of fraudulent African family reunification applications, DNA testing programs, and its implications for U.S. refugee and immigration policy. Read more... More Election Time Anti-Immigrant Antics There are several things the public can count on each election season - a deluge of non-stop political advertising, daily tracking polls, and now to an increasing degree, false claims about immigrants by politicians looking for a cheap way to score political points.The first example comes from Kansas where anti-immigrant zealot Kris Kobach (running for Secretary of State) is claiming that non-citizens are fraudulently voting en masse on election day. The charge is so ludicrous that he has not presented any evidence to support the claim. This red-herring of non-citizen voting is so flimsy that both conservative and liberal groups have responded to the myth. Read more... Georgia Board of Regents Attempts to Ban Undocumented Immigrants from University System Last week, the Georgia Board of Regents decided to effectively ban undocumented students from attending 5 of the 61 Universities and Technical College Systems of Georgia starting in the fall of 2011 through a series of admissions provisions. Georgia becomes the second state (after South Carolina) to attempt to prevent undocumented students from attending its universities. This effort comes despite the fact that of the 310,000 students in the Georgia system, only 501 are undocumented - all of whom pay out of state tuition (which more than covers the cost of their instruction). Read more... U.S. Border Czar Calls on Congress to Get Serious about Immigration Reform While some candidates continue to make political fodder out of immigration and border security on the campaign trail, administration officials are pushing Congress to get real about overhauling our broken immigration system. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner, Alan Bersin, recently commented that Congress needs to 'get serious about a post-election immigration overhaul if the nation is to deal with the duality of enforcing border security while facilitating trade.' In the wake of the nation's SB1070-inspired border frenzy, some may be surprised to learn that there's more to immigration than targeting undocumented immigrants and securing the border. A big part of Bersin's job also involves regulating the flow of trade and commerce across the border, as well as expediting travel - priorities that tend to get lost in empty debate over who's the toughest on undocumented immigration. Read more...

The Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University
of Chicago, invites applications for a junior, tenure-track position
in Hindi language and literature.  Candidates working in pre-modern
and/or modern Hindi are welcome to apply.  Candidates working in the
Hindi poetical tradition are especially encouraged to apply.  The
appointment is expected to start on July 1, 2011.  (Position
contingent upon final budgetary approval.)  The successful candidate
should have the PhD in hand by July 1, 2011.

Teaching duties are a minimum of four courses per year, distributed
over three quarters (autumn, winter, spring).  Among the four courses
taught, one must be offered in an undergraduate College Core sequence.
 The remaining three will include Hindi language classes at the
advanced (3rd-4th year) level, as well as individually-devised
graduate seminars.

Applications should include a cover letter, CV, evidence of teaching,
three letters of reference, and at least one sample of recent writing.
(None are returnable.) Cover letter and cv. must be submitted via the
Academic Careers Website Applications [ADDRESS??] .  All other
materials should be submitted both in hard copy and via email.
Electronic applications (PDF and/or MS Word) should be emailed to:
salc_searches@lists.uchicago.edu with subject heading "Hindi Search."
Paper applications and letters of reference should be mailed to:

Hindi Search Committee, Department of South Asian Languages and
Civilizations, University of Chicago, Foster Hall, 1130 E. 59th
Street, Chicago IL 60637-1543, U.S.A. (773-702-8373; fax:
773-834-3254).

Applications will be reviewed beginning December 10, 2010, and will
continue until the position is filled. No applications will be
considered which arrive after April 1 2011.

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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For Immediate Release New American Voters The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and Their Children October 14, 2010 Washington, D.C. - Today, the Immigration Policy Center releases a report on the rapidly rising number of New American voters. In The New American Electorate: The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and their Children, New American voters are defined as naturalized U.S. citizens and the children born to immigrants in the U.S. since 1965, when the current wave of immigration from Latin American and Asia began. The report also provides data on Asian and Latino voters. New Americans have a highly personal connection to the modern immigrant experience and are part of families that live the political and economic realities of immigration today. The Immigration Policy Center began documenting the size of this important voting bloc in 2008. The report finds:  New Americans accounted for 1 in 10 registered voters in the U.S. in 2008. Between 1996 and 2008, the number of New American registered voters jumped 101.5%.   New Americans were 10.2 percent (15 million) of all registered voters in 2008; 9.3 million were naturalized U.S. citizens and 5.7 million were the children of immigrants.   The number of New American registered voters exceeded the victory margins in the 2008 presidential election in 12 states (AZ, CA, FL, GA, IN, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NC, TX, VA). In other words, these voters can mean the difference between winning and losing an election.     "At a time when elections are often decided by small voting margins, New Americans have been consistently overlooked and politically underestimated," said Walter Ewing, Ph.D., the report's lead author and Senior Researcher at the Immigration Policy Center. "The ranks of registered voters who are New Americans have been growing rapidly this decade and are likely to play an increasingly pivotal role in elections at all levels in the years to come. Candidates perceived as anti-immigrant are unlikely to win their votes." To view the guide in its entirety, see: The New American Electorate: The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and Their Children (IPC Special Report, October 14, 2010)

THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION:  www.immigrationimpact.com Why is the Obama Administration So Afraid of Administrative Fixes to Our Immigration System? This week, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano was clearly channeling her predecessor, Michael Chertoff, as she touted  her Department's remarkable progress in enforcing immigration laws. Not only did she proudly announce that DHS had a record-breaking year for deportations, but she clarified that local law enforcement cannot opt out  of the Secure Communities program once it's in place. Moreover, she made it clear that DHS is not a warm and fuzzy place, noting that the separation of families couldn't be helped until we had comprehensive immigration reform. She also gave a resounding "no" when asked if the Department contemplated any major deferral of removal programs as suggested by a series of leaked memos. And, virtually repeating the mantra of Secretary Chertoff, Napolitano insisted, "This department is about enforcing the law that we have." But concerning administrative fixes to our immigration system, Secretary Napolitano and the Obama Administrative should be taking their cue from the Bush administration. Read more... Supreme Court to Hear Two Cases Affecting Immigrants, Including a Case Challenging a Recent Anti-Immigrant Law This week, the United States Supreme Court opened its October session. Among the cases it will hear is a challenge to a state law that sanctions employers for hiring unauthorized workers. This is the first case challenging the recent influx of state and local laws attempting to regulate immigrants and immigration and an opportunity for the Supreme Court to assert the federal government's constitutional right to set immigration law. In the second immigration case, the Supreme Court must decide whether former citizenship law provisions - which imposed a five-year residency requirement for U.S. citizen fathers, but not mothers - violate equal protection. Read more... Nativist Group Unhinged Over GOP's "Pledge to America" The nativist Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is apoplectic over the Republican Party's recently released "Pledge to America." Apparently, the GOP's professed commitment to "establish operational control of the border," "strengthen visa security," and "work with state and local officials to enforce our immigration laws" isn't tough enough - or unrealistic enough - to meet FAIR's high standards. In a shrill and fact-free press release, FAIR complains that immigration was "barely a blurb" in the Pledge, and then claims - without a shred of evidence - that pouring more money into worksite immigration enforcement would amount to a form of "economic stimulus" that would magically "protect American workers" and "raise wages." FAIR's press release concludes by presenting its own "serious and effective immigration plan," which includes a laundry list of just about every costly, ineffective, and destructive immigration-enforcement policy which has ever been tried. Read more... Utah Leaders Balk at Arizona-esque Immigration Enforcement Bill With midterm election campaigning well underway, some  local candidates are lifting up state and local immigration enforcement legislation as a means to garner public support. Unfortunately, as is often the case when politics meets reality, not everyone is on board with local enforcement laws like Arizona's SB1070 - key provisions of which were enjoined by a federal district judge in late July. Over the last few months, state leaders in Ohio, Idaho, Nebraska and Houston have either heavily edited or voted not  to pursue state immigration measures, citing costly lawsuits, court battles and the dubious constitutionality of such laws. This month, state leaders in Utah are also balking at an immigration measure modeled on the controversial Arizona law. Read more... Sen. Menendez Aims for Lame Duck, Urges Advocates to Focus on Policy of CIR 2010 There can be advantages to going it alone. Despite two years of repeated attempts to get a bipartisan immigration reform bill in the Senate, Senators Menendez (D-NJ) and Leahy (D-VT) finally said "enough" and introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010  (CIR 2010) last week. Plenty of people have pointed out that the bill was introduced just as Congress left Washington to go into full-time campaign mode, leaving Sens. Menendez and Leahy virtually alone in Washington to promote their new bill. On a conference call Friday, however, Sen. Menendez said he aims at moving the bill during lame duck session or next Congress, but urged advocates and the media to focus on the merits of the bill, rather than the timing. (Other immigration bills passed during lame duck include the LIFE Act and NACARA.) Read more...