"immigrants may be a long way off from being able to hold elected officials accountable in an electoral strategy. While the nation is bearing witness to rapid demographic changes that are fundamentally changing the face of the country, there is still...
"As President, Obama has not delivered on immigration reform, to the chagrin of many Latinos who have complained that he did not push the matter with the same drive and zeal that he did, say, healthcare reform. Nonetheless, a majority of voters said in...
Springfield, MO: "The controversial E-Verify initiative goes to voters on Tuesday. Those in favor and against have been rallying for weeks and now three days before polls open, a final push has the opposition working the streets. Supporters of the...
"Senior Republicans including the brother of the former president George Bush have warned the party to avoid using "harsh, intolerable and inexcusable" language about illegal immigration or risk alienating Latino voters." - The Guardian...
Jan. 12, 2012: "I believe that a new crop of elected officials who came here as immigrants can bring this kind of awareness and richness of experience to policy-making arenas around the country. In Congress, increased immigrant representation may well...
Fitzpatrick v. Sessions, Feb. 13, 2017 - "After discovering that Fitzpatrick had voted in a federal election, the Department of Homeland Security initiated removal proceedings. An Immigration Judge and then the Board of Immigration Appeals (initially and when...
Official Headnote : An alien who has voted in an election involving candidates for Federal office in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 611(a) (2012) is removable under section 237(a)(6)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(6)(A) (2012), regardless...
"The United States Election Assistance Commission (“EAC”) seeks public comment on whether to amend the State-specific instructions applicable to Arizona, Kansas, and Georgia on the National Mail Voter Registration Form (“Federal Form”). Those States have requested...
"The 2012 Presidential Election is right around the corner and we’ve created this podcast featuring Special Projects Attorney, Su Yon Yi, and Executive Director, Eric Cohen, to address how illegal voting can affect an individual’s naturalization application...
" Two immigrant aliens who married U.S. citizens and had pending petitions to become lawful permanent residents voted in federal elections. That’s a problem. One just lost his federal appeals fight to remain in the country. The other still has a shot to...
"[T] he Court has turned aside a request by Arizona officials to postpone a Ninth Circuit Court ruling striking down an eight-year-old mandate that voters must prove they are U.S. citizens in order to get on the election registration rolls. (The Justices...
Hats off to superlitigator Andres C. Benach for this remarkable victory. Matter of X-, Sept. 22, 2011 .