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Immigrants’ Rights Update
Volume 22, Issue 2 |
March 26, 2008 |
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IN THIS ISSUE
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Immigration Reform
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New on
NILC’s Website (since February 27, 2008)
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Immigration Reform |
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Anti-Immigrant Bills Threaten in the House |
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By
Josh Bernstein, Director of Federal
Policy
As members of Congress left
Washington, DC, for a two-week spring recess, the fate of pending
anti-immigrant legislation remained uncertain. The flagship
proposal is the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement
(SAVE) Act, HR 4088, sponsored by Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) and
cosponsored by Rep. Tom Tancredo (D-CO) and 144 other members,
including 49 Democrats (the list can be found
here). The SAVE
Act is the subject of an aggressive procedural maneuver by House
Republican leaders and of complicated negotiations among House
Democrats trying to satisfy various interests by packaging a number
of immigration measures together into an echo of the comprehensive
immigration reform bill that failed to pass the Senate last year.
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NEW ON NILC’s WEBSITE (since
Feb. 27, 2008) |
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Social Security Administration (SSA)-related
Information |
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On Mar. 21, 2008, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security issued a
Supplemental Proposed “No-Match” Letter Rule that purports to clarify
its Aug. 2007 final rule regarding an employer’s legal obligations upon
receiving a no-match letter from the Social Security Administration.
Implementation of the Aug. 2007 rule was preliminarily enjoined by the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California on Oct. 10, 2007.
Shortly after the decision, DHS asked the court to suspend the litigation
while it revised the rule so it would pass legal muster and address the
concerns raised by the court. Now, DHS states that it is reissuing the
2007 rule “without change.” |
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Why DHS’s Supplemental Rule Regarding Social Security “No-Match” Letters is
Bad for Workers, Employers, and the Economy. (3/21/08) |
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NEWS RELEASE:
Civil
Rights Coalition Charges That Republished “No-Match” Rule Will Hurt American
Workers. (3/21/08)
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Employment Eligibility Verification
and Antidiscrimination Protections |
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Rep. Sam Johnson’s New Employee Verication Act: Another Version of the
Shuler-Tancredo Bill (New Employee Verification Act of 2008 -- HR 5515).
(3/21/08) |
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Electronic Employment Verification Systems: More Harm than Good (by
NILC’s Tyler Moran, from the Jan.-Feb. 2008 issue of Clearinghouse Review).
(Link is to a Clearinghouse Review webpage.) |
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Basic Information Brief: DHS Basic Pilot/E-Verify Program (revised 3/08) |
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Talking Points: Oppose State and Local Proposals to Make Basic
Pilot/E-Verify Mandatory (1 page) (3/11/08)
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Guide to Immigrant Eligibility for
Federal Programs Updates |
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Pages 122-23 |
TABLE 10: State-Funded Medical Assistance Programs (Information for
Illinois updated Mar. 2008). (3/25/08)
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Health Care |
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Resources on
Immigrants and Health Care Coverage (Link to a page containing links to
resources compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Kaiser Commission on
Medicaid and the Uninsured). (3/19/08)
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Naturalization and Citizenship |
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Citizenship Delays Lawsuit:
Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (filed Dec. 4, 2007).
(Posted 3/12/08)
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Driver’s License Resource Guide |
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Facts about the Impact of Driver's License and Identification Card
Restrictions on U.S. Citizens and Lawfully Present Immigrants (2/08) |
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The False Promise of Real ID (Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, Jan.
22, 2008) (Healey is a Times editorial writer, and he runs the Times’ BitPlayer blog.) (Link is to L.A. Times webpage.) (Posted 3/3/08) |
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Comments
of Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (answers to questions posed
by CNET News.com reporters, 1/2/08) (Link is to CNET News.com webpage.)
(Posted 3/3/08) |
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Questions and Answers about Driver’s Licenses Now That Final REAL ID
Regulations Have Been Issued (2/28/08) |
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