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Integrating Immigrants into Our Communities

Tuition Equity Fails in Colorado Despite Strong Support From Business

Ben Secord on April 27, 2011 - 4:14pm

Yesterday, a Colorado bill that would have allowed undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition to attend the state's colleges and universities died in committee on a partisan vote. Despite its failure this year, tuition equity still enjoys strong support from Colorado's business and educator communities.

Nine States Reject Broad Anti-Immigrant Bills

Suman Raghunathan on March 17, 2011 - 2:02pm

The steady drumbeat of states recognizing  the error of enforcement-only anti-immigrant legislation continues. This week, Iowa and Kansas join the list of nine states to date (including Virginia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, and Washington) that have defeated their broad (and misguided) anti-immigrant bills this legislative session.

Utah Legislature Passes Trio Of Well-Intentioned But Misguided Immigration Bills

Suman Raghunathan on March 10, 2011 - 1:28pm

 

In recent weeks, a bipartisan approach to immigration policy in Utah has gained widespread national attention as a collaborative, pragmatic effort with the active involvement of many different stakeholders and communities. But late last week, months of hard work on the part of Utah state legislators in pursuit of inventive and effective immigration solutions ended in disappointment as a trio of misguided immigration bills were quickly introduced and passed by Utah’s state legislature with little opportunity for public input or debate. Despite the good intentions of so many, the results of this effort do nothing to address the need for common sense immigration policies that expand opportunity for all, and they are not a model for other states to follow.

 

Midway Through Session, Anti-immigrant Bills Continue to Fail Nationwide

Suman Raghunathan on March 3, 2011 - 2:40pm

 

 

While a few states (notably South Carolina) are coming perilously close to passing proposals based on Arizona’s now-infamous anti-immigrant SB 1070, a growing number have shifted gears in 2011 toward a more measured, practical, and progressive approach to state immigration policy. These states are reconsidering the wisdom of entertaining, let alone enacting, anti-immigrant bills that will only increase costs for cash-strapped states at a time when they are confronting historic budget deficits and painful decisions on how to trim -- not expand -- their state budgets.