MAPS FROM THE REPORT
Status of Arizona-inspired Legislation Passed in 2011
Current State E-Verify Laws and Policies
Bills to Improve or Restrict Access to Higher Education Introduced or
Enacted in 2011
State Immigration-related Legislation:
Last Year’s Key Battles Set the Stage for 2012
Last year, state legislators introduced a record number of immigration-related measures, but, all-told, states enacted fewer measures than many had predicted after the conservative political shift associated with the 2010 state elections.
This wrap-up summarizes last year’s battles in four key areas that, in 2012, will continue to play a prominent role in states’ debates: (1) laws inspired by Arizona’s SB 1070, the contentious bill passed in 2009; (2) laws mandating E-Verify enrollment and use; (3) laws requiring applicants for public benefits to verify their citizenship or immigration status; and (4) laws addressing immigrants’ access to higher education.
Published by NILC, Jan. 2012, 12 pp.
Listen to a recording of the telephonic press briefing about this report.
Deportation Without Due Process: The U.S. Has Used Its "Stipulated Removal" Program to Deport More Than 160,000 Noncitizens Without Hearings Before Immigration Judges
Using a little-known government program, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security has pushed nearly 160,000 immigrants — many with deep ties to the United States — through an expedited deportation process, sometimes without adequately informing them of their right to a day in court, according to a new analysis of thousands of pages of released government documents.
The report, written by attorneys and law professors at Stanford Law School, NILC, and Western State University College of Law, determined that DHS agents administering the program provided legally inaccurate portrayals of the opportunities to remain in the U.S. in order to boost deportation numbers, even though judges and others involved in the program voiced their concerns about how the program short-circuited individuals’ rights.
Published by NILC, Western State Immigration Clinic, & Stanford Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic, Sept. 2011, 30 pp.
NEWS RELEASE: Immigrant Detainee Rights Are Routinely, Systematically Violated, New Report Finds (7/28/09)
Testimony of Jose Pop Macz, former detainee (7/28/09)
Preliminary Report on Immigration Detention Conditions at South Louisiana Correctional Facility, Basile, Louisiana, by the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice (7/28/09)
A Broken System: Confidential Reports Reveal Failures in U.S. Immigrant Detention Centers
This report presents the first-ever system-wide look at the federal government’s compliance with its own standards regulating immigrant detention facilities, a view based on previously unreleased first-hand reports of monitoring inspections. The results reveal substantial and pervasive violations of the government’s minimum standards for conditions at such facilities.
As a result, over 320,000 immigrants locked up each year not only face tremendous obstacles to challenging wrongful detention or winning their immigration cases, but the conditions in which these civil detainees are held often are as bad as or worse than those faced by imprisoned criminals.
Published by NILC, July 2009; 170 pp.
Guide to Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs (Fourth Edition, 2002)
Comprehensive, authoritative reference with chapters on 23 major federal programs and tables outlining who is eligible for which state replacement programs. Overview chapter and tables explain changes to immigrant eligibility enacted by 1996 welfare and immigration laws. Text describes immigration statuses, gives pictures of typical immigration documents, with keys to understanding the immigration codes. Glossary defines over 250 immigration and public benefits terms.
Published by NILC, 2002. ISBN 0967980208, 222 pp.: perfect bound. More information and how to order here.
