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Showing posts with label Wall Street Journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wall Street Journal. Show all posts

Friday, November 27, 2009

Dobbs tries to change his tune on Latinos

It has the Wall Street Journal asking "What's going on?" America's Voice, an organization supporting a workable and humane approach to comprehensive immigration reform, is skeptical.

According to the WSJ, Lou Dobbs, former anchor with CNN, is moving fast to repair his image with Latinos as he looks to a potential future bid for political office.

During an interview with Telemundo, Dobbs mentioned a legalization plan twice for the 12 million illegal immigrants living and working in the United States saying that "we need the ability to legalize illegal immigrants under certain conditions." This is something Dobbs ranted against regularly calling it "shamnasty".

Frank Sharry, Founder and Executive Director of America's Voice tells the WSJ that he is skeptical and that, “For years, Dobbs used his CNN show to cross-brand Latino immigrants as criminals, invaders, and carriers of disease. In 2007, he used his show to rally opposition to comprehensive immigration reform, a bill that would enabled 12 million undocumented immigrants to work towards citizenship, and upon the bill’s demise called it ‘a glorious victory for the American people.'"

Dobbs, who has a reputation for spreading misinformation and fear about Latino immigrants, left CNN earlier this month.

Read the full article from the Wall Street Journal by linking here.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bill passes eliminating two year wait penalty for widows of U.S. Citizens

Today Congress passed a bill that ends what has become known as the “widow penalty”. It required a U.S. citizen to be married at least two years to their foreign spouse before the foreign spouse could receive legal residency.

According to an article from the Wall Street Journal, the elimination of the two-year marriage requirement permits widows and widowers of U.S. citizens to apply for a green card for themselves and on behalf of their children born abroad.

Under the 71 year-old law, it is believed that thousands have been deported. The article points out that there are currently about 200 spouses trying to stave off deportation.

The passage of the bill, according to an attorney who has been helping victims of the 71 year old law, changes the widows' situation from “being in the shadows and fearing a knock on the door by an immigration agent to leading productive lives with their families”.

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