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Immigration, Criminalization and American Progress

13 Apr 2010

According to an article posted on The Hill, Rep. Xavier Becerra (Calif.), the House Democratic Caucus vice chairman said that Latinos view President Obama with suspicion because of his inability (or unwillingness) to make moves on the issue of comprehensive immigration reform to match his many words. But I think the suspicion isn’t because it’s not that he hasn’t made moves…

I actually don’t think that the Department of Homeland Security, or I.C.E.for that matter, have gone rogue. I think they are continuing a legacy of criminalizing people of color, specifically immigrants, and using “security” as coded language for othering.

Yesterday afternoon I was on a call hosted by the Center for American Progress (hold your laughter please). The call was called “Securing Our Borders” and highlighted a report looking at border security as a key aspect of comprehensive immigration reform specifically in the context of the Secure Border Initiative. On the call were Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chuck McCutcheon, the author of the report (This will open a PDF file), and Angela M. Kelley, VP for Immigration Policy and Advocacy for the CAP.

New Report Says Immigration Reform Would Bolster Economy

9:49 am By Maegan La Mala · economy|Immigration · 6 Comments

8 Jan 2010

It’s not bad enough that immigrants won’t assimilate, they also suck the economy dry, right? Well comprehensive immigration reform could change all that according to a report released yesterday by the Center for American Progress and Immigration Policy Center.

“Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” which shows that legalizing the roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants through comprehensive immigration reform as well as
making future flows more flexible would grow the economy by $1.5 trillion over 10
years.

The forecast is based on a number of scenarios that could add to the U.S. gross domestic product in the long term, and in the short term, generate additional tax revenue.

And how much would it cost to deport the undocumented estimated to be in the United States? $2.6 trillion over ten years.

The U.S. can afford that right?

You can read the entire report here (PDF file).

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