| House Judiciary Committee Previews Immigration Agenda for 112th Congress  Last week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) announced that his committee would begin its work on immigration by tackling the issue of worksite enforcement. “The House Judiciary Committee will promote work site enforcement efforts that make sure scarce jobs go to legal workers,” said Smith. “And we will continue to support the use and expansion of E-Verify.”To help lead the charge on these issues, Rep. Smith also announced that Representatives Elton Gallegly (R-CA) and Steve King (R-IA), would serve as the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Read the full article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . States Take First Step in Eliminating Birthright Citizenship  Last week, state legislators from across the nation gathered for a press conference in Washington, DC to unveil legislation that they hope will restore proper application of the 14th Amendment by eliminating the automatic granting of citizenship to children born to illegal aliens. The legislators are members of a 40-state coalition known as State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI). With the aid of constitutional scholar Kris Kobach (also Kansas’s Secretary of State), former Dean of Chapman Law School John Eastman and the Immigration Reform Law Institute, SLLI has written two bills for introduction in multiple legislatures that SLLI hopes will spur the federal government into ending the practice of granting birthright citizenship to children born to illegal aliens.
Read the full article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obama Seeks to Lift Ban on Controversial Cross-Border Trucking Program  The Obama administration announced a proposal last week to resurrect a controversial program that gives Mexican cargo trucks access to American highways. This announcement comes after a two-year ban of the cross-border trucking program with Mexico and was made the same day President Obama appointed William Daley to be his White House Chief of Staff. Daley, who served as Secretary of Commerce under President Clinton, is considered one of the “architects” of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which took effect in 1994.
Read the full article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida Governor Issues Executive Order Requiring E-Verify  Moments after taking office last Tuesday, Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott signed Executive Order 11-02, requiring all state agencies to use E-Verify to determine the employment eligibility of state employees, contractors and subcontractors. Governor Scott’s Executive Order is an important step towards fulfilling a campaign promise he made to “require all Florida employers to use the free E-Verify system to ensure that their workers are legal.”
Read the full article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rhode Island Governor Halts Immigration Enforcement  Last Tuesday, newly-elected Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee rescinded an executive order which had been used to crack down on illegal immigration. (Executive Order, January 5, 2011; Boston Globe, January 6, 2011) Rhode Island’s previous governor, Donald Carcieri, issued the executive decree in 2008. (Executive Order, Mar. 27, 2008) The order required state government offices and vendors to use E-verify in order to ensure the legal status of newly-hired employees. (Id.) It also directed state police to enter into a 287(g) agreement with federal immigration authorities. (Id.) Such agreements provide local law enforcement with immigration training, which allows state police to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their enforcement of immigration laws.
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