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IN THIS ISSUE
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New on NILC’s Website (since
May 13, 2008) |
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THE NEXT ISSUE
will feature an article, currently being prepared, that
discusses in detail valuable lessons advocates learned in the
aftermath of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on
Micro Solutions Enterprises in Van Nuys, California, on Feb. 7,
2008.
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Read this issue of
IMMIGRANTS’
RIGHTS UPDATE
online at: |
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www.nilc.org/pubs/iru/iru2008-06-11.htm |
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NEW ON NILC’s WEBSITE (since May 13, 2008) |
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Detained Nationals of El Salvador |
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Protections
for Detained Salvadorans after a Worksite Raid (HTML). Attorneys and
legal workers representing persons detained in worksite raids should be
aware of two provisions of a permanent injunction that apply nationwide to
nationals of El Salvador detained by immigration authorities.
[PDF] (First posted 5/21/08; revised 6/5/08.)
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Requirements for Obtaining a License |
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Overview of States’ Driver’s License Requirements. Requirements
regarding Social Security numbers, individual taxpayer ID numbers, lawful
presence, foreign ID cards, and license expiration tied to visa expiration.
(Updated 5/19/08.)
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What REAL ID — DHS’s National ID Program — Will Cost |
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REAL ID
Implementation Review: Few Benefits, Staggering Costs (Analysis of the
Department of Homeland Security’s National ID Program), Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC), May 2008.
(Link is to EPIC’s website. EPIC, a public interest research center in
Washington, DC, was established to focus public attention on emerging civil
liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and
constitutional values.) (Link posted 5/19/08.)
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“No-Match” Letters: Comments on Proposed Rule |
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Low-Wage Immigrant Worker Coalition Comments Opposing the DHS
Supplemental Proposed Rule: “Safe-Harbor Procedures for Employers Who
Receive a No-Match Letter: Clarification” (Comments submitted 4/25/08;
posted 5/15/08.) |
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“Legal Arizona Workers Act”
Lawsuit |
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Appeal to 9th Circuit
of federal district court’s decision on legal challenge to the
Arizona act’s provisions:
opening, reply, and amicus briefs available. (Reply
brief posted 5/15/08.)
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New
Employee Verification Act of 2008 |
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New Employee Verification Act of 2008 (HR 5515): Myths and Facts.
NEVA cannot
“ensure a legal workforce,” would further cripple our Social
Security system, would be plagued by database errors, would impose
huge new administrative costs, and would raise serious privacy
concerns. (Posted 5/19/08.)
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New Study from Media Matters Action Network |
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Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News.
“[T]his study document[s] the rhetoric
surrounding immigration that is heard on cable news. When it
comes to this issue, cable news overflows not just with vitriol, but
also with a series of myths that feed viewers’ resentment and fears,
seemingly geared toward creating anti-immigrant hysteria.” (Report dated 5/21/08;
link posted 6/10/08.)
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Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) |
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Immigration Advocates
Network (IAN) is a free national online network that supports
legal advocates working on behalf of immigrants’ rights.
Available resources include: Library, Podcasts,
Calendar, Agency Watch, Listservs, Videos, Alerts, Webinars, News,
Member Search.
IAN partners are: ACLU Immigrants’ Rights
Project, American Bar Association Commission on Immigration,
American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Immigration Law
Foundation, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., Immigrant
Legal Resource Center, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service,
National Immigration Law Center, National Immigration Project of the
National Lawyers Guild, Pro Bono Net, and The Advocates for Human
Rights.
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