Immigration policy update
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Immigration reform advocates are thinking positive this week after statements by President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and two Arizona congressman, all promising to work immigration into the leg
islative priority list. Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum calls the developments “a tip-off to a whole new ball game.”
But Obama’s choice for a Justice Department post upset some groups because a pro-immigration reform advocate was passed over.
Also in the news:
AP reports that the Obama administration is looking to shift ICE resources from conducting workplace raids to fighting drug-related violence at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for temporary protected status for Haitians. A letter from Cardinal Francis George of Chicago cited four hurricanes and tropical storms in 2008 that led to food shortages and political unrest in Haiti. TPS, the humanitarian provision that currently protects certain immigrants from seven countries (Burundi, El Salvador, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Somalia and Sudan) from deportation.
About 3,600 Liberians are hoping for an extension before their status runs out at the end of the month. (Update: The policy has been extended another year.)
(Photo: AP)
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