Census: Immigration to Bust 100-Year Record, Continue Surging
Posted: March 29, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Americans, Baby Boomers, Center for Immigration Studies, Donald Trump, Illegal immigration, Immigration, Immigration to the United States, Republican Party (United States), United States, United States Senate Leave a comment
“In a very real sense, America is headed into unchartered territory on immigration, the share who are immigrants who are foreign born will be at a level we have never seen.”
Already 13.5 percent of the U.S. population, immigrants will surge to 15 percent in 2023, according to Steven Camarota, the director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies.
At a conference to discuss the impact of immigration on public schools, he said “the share will hit 15 percent in just six years and that will surpass the all time high in the United States reached in 1890.”
And if unchecked, he added, “the share is projected to increase throughout much of this century.”
The surge comes as President Trump is planning to cut the number of illegal immigrants in the country and crossing the border, but so far hasn’t indicated if he will brake the larger number of legal immigrants entering the U.S.
It also takes place with a nation divided over what it expects of immigrants, with liberals eager for them to embrace their own heritage and others hopeful for immigrants assimilate into America. Read the rest of this entry »
Cascade Mall Shooting Suspect Arcan Cetin Not a U.S Citizen, Voted in 3 Elections Anyway
Posted: September 29, 2016 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, Mediasphere | Tags: Arcan Cetin, Cascade Mall Shooting, Citizenship, Citizenship of the United States, Election Assistance Commission, Immigration to the United States, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Washington State 1 Comment
The Cascade Mall shooting suspect, Arcan Cetin, may face an additional investigation related to his voting record and citizenship status.
Natalie Brand reports: Federal sources confirm to KING 5 that Cetin was not a U.S. citizen, meaning legally he cannot vote. However, state records show Cetin registered to vote in 2014 and participated in three election cycles, including the May presidential primary.
“Our hands are kind of tied, but make no mistake, we want to make sure that everybody has confidence that people casting ballots are eligible. This is certainly going to be a topic at next legislation.”
— Secretary of State Kim Wyman
Cetin, who immigrated to the United States from Turkey as a child, is considered a permanent resident or green card holder. While a permanent resident can apply for U.S. citizenship after a certain period of time, sources tell KING his status had not changed from green card holder to U.S. citizen.
[View the full story here, at KING5.com]
While voters must attest to citizenship upon registering online or registering to vote at the Department of Licensing Office, Washington state doesn’t require proof of citizenship. Therefore elections officials say the state’s elections system operates, more or less, under an honor system. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] What ‘Scarface’ Can Teach Us About Immigration
Posted: February 22, 2016 Filed under: Economics, Global, Mediasphere, Think Tank | Tags: African American, African immigration to the United States, Alain Resnais, Christiane Taubira, EUROPE, François Hollande, France, French Parliament, Human rights, Immigration to the United States Leave a comment
“It makes sense politically, rationally, electorally, to gain political power by saying all sorts of terrible things about immigrant groups, but at a certain point, the math doesn’t work out,” says Joel Fetzer, a professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University*, and author of the new book new book Open Borders and International Migration Policy: The Effects of Unrestricted Immigration in the United States, France, and Ireland.
The bookexamines three cases of massive and at times nearly unrestricted immigration made famous in the movies: the influx of Central European immigrants to Ireland in the early 2000s as portrayed in the film Once, the flood of Algerians into Marseilles in the wake of the Algerian war as seen in the French film Samia, and the Cubans who ended up in South Florida after Castro’s purging of the so-called “scum” of Cuban society, some results of which are memorably portrayed in Scarface.
Fetzer, Fetzer sat down with us to discuss what these three natural experiments in mass migration tell us about the arguments for, and against, opening our borders. These are some of his key findings: Unrestricted migration does not lead to job loss for natives, and in some cases even may lead to reduced unemployment. Mass immigration is not a net drain on public resources. Only in the Cuban case did violent crime spike, a phenomenon Fetzer attributes to the fact that Castro purposely sent criminals to America. Burglaries did increase slightly in all cases for a short time, and in at least one case it appeared that migrants may have more often been victims than perpetrators of the crimes. Read the rest of this entry »
Amnesty Activists Launch Campaign to Naturalize Immigrants, Register Them to Vote
Posted: December 11, 2015 Filed under: Global, Health and Social Issues, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: English Language, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Illegal immigration, Immigration, Immigration law, Immigration to the United States, Natural-born-citizen clause, Republican Party (United States), United States 1 Comment
Caroline May reports: The Latino Victory Foundation and the National Partnership for New Americans launched the New American Democracy Campaign this week in an effort to increase immigrant participation in elections.
“Our community is under attack and our future is at stake. Now more than ever it’s important that those who are able to naturalize do so and make their voices heard at the polls. Research shows that newly naturalized Latino respondents have a high propensity to vote—67 percent voted at least once and 84 percent registered to vote.”
— Cristóbal J. Alex, Latino Victory Foundation president, in a statement
The government estimates there are about 8.8 million legal permanent residents who are eligible to apply for naturalization. According to the groups that launched the NADC Thursday, their goal is to increase the rate of naturalization in 2016 by 38 percent so that 1 million immigrants to become citizens next year.
Once citizens, NADC plans to assist the newly eligible with voter registration. Additionally the group will be encouraging the citizen children of immigrants to register and vote as well.
“Latinos and all immigrants need to use all of their power to defend their communities in this toxic political moment. That means naturalizing, registering and turning out to vote. The time is now.”
— Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the National Partnership for New Americans
NADC organizers cited the recent political rhetoric as a mobilizing factor that compels those immigrants — and Latinos in particular — who are eligible to vote….(read more)
Source: Breitbart
