Posts tagged Undocumented

Recruiting Undocumented and Immigrant Bloggers

Citizen Orange and I were in conversation today about the lack of pro-migrant bloggers online. Of course, the undocumented voice has come out in the blogosphere a lot more in the past year thanks to so many students who have been courageous enough to step... [+]

Are Your Hospital Emergency Rooms Full of Illegal Aliens?

Fox News would like you to think so as would The Examiner and countless other anti-migrant sites that we won’t bother mentioning here. Alas, a new study by the Public Policy Institute of California proclaims, Medi-Cal patients are more likely than uninsured or privately insured Californians to... [+]

Deport Olympic Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo – Son of Undocumented Immigrants!

“I’m here and this is my dream. So it’s cool.” Cejudo, crying the moment the match ended and wrapping himself in an American flag, defeated Tomohiro Matsunaga of Japan 2-2 on tiebreaker and 3-0 in the best-of-three match. He is the son of undocumented Mexican immigrants... [+]

Residency Not Determined by Undocumented Status

The Idaho Supreme Court ruled today that an undocumented immigrant who was injured in Ada County was entitled to medical assistance from that county regardless of his immigration status, stating that “the concept of residency does not distinguish between citizens and those who have entered... [+]

When Sanctuary equals shooting self in the foot – Protecting undocumented juvenile “crack dealers”

Disclaimer – I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO The experiment was a noble one — Instead of complying with federal immigration law, city officials in San Francisco would take on the cost of flying juveniles convicted of drug crimes to their countries. That would prevent federal deportation and... [+]

Undocumented Immigrants and Crime – Dispelling Myths

Kyle asked via email whether there are any studies which show that undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than American citizens. The one study we should be familiar with is the one from IPC last year, which is here. This was the summary of their research: At... [+]

Under-reported Immigration News Brief – 1

This is my very first attempt at doing an immigration news round-up of sorts. It’s inspired by the rocking Citizen Orange/American Humanity (woo!) but instead of linking pro-migrant blogs together, I will be digging for immigration news and opinions not reported widely, sometimes more global... [+]

ALIPAC stands for “Anti Latino Immigration”

Note: There is more where this comes from. Originally posted at ADreamDeferred.org by DreamActivist. William Gheen, the President of ALIPAC.us (not to be mistaken for ALIPAC.net) claims that his site is not a hate group and not anti-immigrant; they are in fact, pro-legal immigration... [+]