There is little news to report on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s views on immigration, according to The Hill web site. The Republican vice-presidential candidate has said little on the subject.
“She’s never made any statements. I don’t recall really any positions that she’s taken,” Mara Kimmel, a political science professor at the University of Alaska at [...]

It’s interesting to note under which category the Republican National Convention platform placed immigration and the use of English — under the chapter called Defending Our Nation, Supporting Our Heroes, Securing the Peace. It’s the document’s first chapter and it places immigration in the same sub-section as the wars abroad, homeland security and terrorism. Here’s [...]

The Rev. Jose Mena, a Nicaraguan immigrant priest who formerly ministered at St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in Yonkers, has helped the Hispanic immigrant community at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Poughkeepsie establish a separate non-profit organization.

The group’s charitable efforts include a food pantry, the San Pablo Mission Screen Printing company and an arts [...]

Pope Benedict XVI said there is an “emergency” of illegal immigration in his Sunday sermon and he encouraged Europe’s elected officials to address the problem in a humanitarian way. He also said that sending countries bear some of the responsibility for illegal immigration and that leaders of these countries have to remove the causes of [...]

Demos and the Building Movement Project will host an immigration and globalization event on Sept. 11 with “Accidental American” authors Rinku Sen, Fekkak Mamdouh and David Bacon, author of “Illegal People.” The discussion will focus on innovative immigration policy directions. For more information about the event log on to Demos web site by clicking here.

The NDN think tank and advocacy organization is hosting an immigration-reform forum at 1:30 this afternoon at the Democratic National Convention. The group’s speakers include Janet Murguia of National Council of La Raza and U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Ca. Click here for a link to NDN’s web announcement.

The Associated Press is reporting that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is ending its three-week “Scheduled Departure” program. Only eight people participated in the program for illegal immigrants who have received orders of deportation to avoid jail time by turning themselves in to the agency.
“Quite frankly, I think this proves the only [...]

The National Immigration Forum will host a telephone briefing on Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. with immigration experts on the self-deportation pilot program by the federal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On Aug. 5 ICE launched a pilot program called Operation Scheduled Departure, which is designed to encourage illegal immigrants with final orders of [...]

The New York Immigration Coalition announced a new project today called “Finding America: Dispatches on the New Immigrant Experience.” It’s a road trip to the Democratic and Republic national conventions that will highlight how immigration issues are handled throughout the United States. The project’s participants will use laptop computers and video cameras at a minimum [...]

The Aisling Irish Community Center will hold the New York Irish Sumo Wrestling Championship 2008 on Sept. 14, 2008 at 4 p.m. at Rory Dolan’s parking lot, 890 McLean Ave., Yonkers. Local businesses will nominate staff members or customers to fight wearing inflatable suits for $500 cash prizes. The suggested donation is $20 and there [...]