-----------------IMMIGRATION DAILY FROM ILW.COM------------------
September 16, 2010
http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/digest/2010,0916.shtmContents:
Comment
2 Articles
3 News Items
Focus
15 Headlines
Classifieds: Help Wanted: Immigration Paralegal, Help Wanted:
Immigration Paralegal, Help Wanted: Immigration Attorney, Help
Wanted: Immigration Paralegal, Translation Services, Case
Management Technology, Immigrant Tax Services
ReadersWrite
ComingsNGoings
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ITEMS
1. Comment: A Charade - In a charade designed to pull the wool
over the eyes of those who care about immigrants, the current
Democratic leadership has called many meetings in Washington DC
this week and next. The cynical architects of this strategy
measure their success in TV airtime and the ballot box in
November, not in votes cast by members of Congress when in
legislative session. From President Obama, Speaker Pelosi,
Majority Leader Reid and onwards down the ranks of the Democratic
leadership, the message is that they will push for enacting DREAM
and will introduce a CIR bill. We would call the introduction of
a CIR bill in the Senate on the last day of the 111th Congress a
sick joke on immigrants, were it not so sad for the millions
suffering in silence. The Democratic leadership intends to fool
the folks watching on Univision into seeing some light at the end
of the tunnel. The Democratic leadership is joined in this coldly
calculated vote-catching ploy by a host of supposedly pro-
immigrant advocates, in DC and across the country.
President Obama intends to blame the Republicans for the
inevitable legislative failure of all these much-ballyhooed
initiatives, he said as much in a recent report in The Hill: "
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/119125-obama-pledges-not-to-walk-away-from-immigration-reformWithout the kind of bipartisan effort we had just a few short
years ago, we can't get these reforms across the finish line. But
their leadership has made reaching 60 votes the norm for nearly
everything the Senate has to do... And the American people's
business is on hold because, simply put, the other party's
platform has been 'no.'" Let us take Mr. Obama at his word. Let
us hold him responsible for not a single Republican vote, but
only for all Democratic "No" votes on DREAM. We invite the
President to persuade the following Democratic Senators to vote
YES on DREAM: Pryor, Landrieu, McCaskill, Baucus, Tester, Hagan,
Conrad, Johnson, Warner, Goodwin, Nelson of Nebraska, Begich,
Dorgan and Lincoln. The number of Democratic NOs on DREAM (in
addition to those who weasel out by voting "present" or remaining
absent for the vote) is the acid test of whether the Democratic
leadership is in earnest or is simply pretending to do something
to lock in the immigrant vote to stymie the inevitable losses
less than 7 weeks away. While TV continues to be important in
influencing votes, the internet has made it harder for the old
political games of fooling the electorate to be played quite as
blithely as before. The votes, or lack thereof, on the Senate
floor will tell the real score soon enough. Immigration Daily
will keep you on top of the (in)action.
2. Article: Gutierrez: Support For Rahm's Mayoral Run Tied To
DREAM Act by Greg Siskind
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2010,0916-siskind.shtm3. Article: Study: Limited Access to Legal Counsel in Immigration
Detention Facilities Jeopardizes a Fair Day in Court by Matthew
Kolken
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2010,0916-kolken.shtm4. News: EOIR Releases Memo On Operating Policies And Procedures
Memorandum 10-01: Procedures for Handling Requests for a
Stipulated Removal Order
http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2010,0916-eoir.pdf5. News: DOL Publishes FAQ For H2A Temporary Agricultural Foreign
Labor Certification Program 2010 Final Rule, Round 2
http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2010,0916-perm.pdf6. News: CRS Report On The Department of Homeland Security
Intelligence Enterprise: Operational Overview And Oversight
Challenges for Congress
http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2010,0916-crs.pdf7. Focus: THE REMOVAL BOOK
THE REMOVAL BOOK, edited by Scott Bratton is currently in
preparation, the Table of Contents is as follows:
PART ONE: REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, GROUNDS OF REMOVAL, AND
CONTESTING THE CHARGES IN A NOTICE TO APPEAR
Chapter One: Removal Proceedings
Chapter Two: Grounds of Inadmissibility
Chapter Three: Grounds Of Removal
Chapter Four: Contesting Removability
PART TWO: RELIEF FROM REMOVAL
Chapter One: Adjustment Of Status
Chapter Two: Waivers in Removal Proceedings
Chapter Three: Cancellation Of Removal For LPRs and INA § 212(c)
Relief
Chapter Four: Cancellation Of Removal For Non-LPRs
Chapter Five: NACARA
Chapter Six: Asylum and Withholding Of Removal
Chapter Seven: Convention Against Torture
Chapter Eight: Voluntary Departure
Chapter Nine: Naturalization As A Defense To Removal
Chapter Ten: Other Relief
PART THREE: APPEALS AND MOTIONS TO REOPEN
Chapter One: Appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals
Chapter Two: Motions to Reopen
For more info on THE REMOVAL BOOK and to order, see here.
http://www.ilw.com/books/TheRemovalBook.shtmFor the fax order form, see here.
http://www.ilw.com/books/TheRemovalBook.pdf8. Headline: Arizona's new senator, same as their old senator
http://ow.ly/2Fmt79. Headline: Immigration Practice: a complete guide w/ issues &
procedures lawyers need to handle an immigration matter. Get ur
copy
http://ow.ly/2uMR410. Headline: Obama Says He Won't 'Walk Away' From Overhaul of
U.S.Immigration Security
http://ow.ly/2FeVe11. Headline: Harvard president and student team up for the Dream
Act: Visit DC to urge approval of new path to residency
http://ow.ly/2Fi9P12. Headline: Immigration, Terrorism, Health Care: Hot Issues
Pack Fall Court Docket
http://ow.ly/2Fgbm13. Headline: Kobach working on "birthright citizenship" issue:
exploring ways to change that law without amending the
Constitution.
http://ow.ly/2Ffjv14. Headline: Republicans Call Reid's Immigration Proposal
Political Ploy.
http://ow.ly/2Ff3c15. Headline: Dream Act should transcend immigration debate
http://ow.ly/2FeGT16. Headline: Obama Renews Call for Immigration Reform, Still
Without a Timetable
http://ow.ly/2FeaR17. Headline: The Immigrant's Way Book outlines the history of
#immigration law. Get your copy today!
http://ow.ly/2uMN518. Headline: Robert Menendez pushes immigration reform in tough
climate
http://ow.ly/2ERxd19. Headline: immigrants only needed during voting time,
otherwise immigrants should disappear, says Dem leadership
http://ow.ly/2EQUu20. Headline: Democratic Leadership tries to pull the wool over
immigrants' eyes: ignore our inactions, look at our wonderful
words
http://ow.ly/2EQGu21. Headline: Senate to Consider DREAM Act Immigration Reform
http://ow.ly/2EKzb22. Headline: Democrats pivot on immigration
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ReadersWrite
1. ReadersWrite: Yesterday's Discussion
http://blogs.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/2010/09/15_obama_insults_immigrants.html#comments2. ReadersWrite: Today's Discussion
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ComingsNGoings
ComingsNGoings: Immigration Event MTV Networks are pleased to
broadcast 9500 Liberty, a documentary that chronicles the social
and economic impact that a contentious immigration law - closely
resembling Arizona's SB 1070 bill - had on a county near
Washington DC in 2007. 9500 Liberty makes its television debut
simultaneously on Tr3s, MTV2, and mtvU on Sunday, September 26th
at 8pm (ET/PT). For more info, see
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