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Hypocrisy UnmaskedBy Marshall Fitz , Angela Maria KelleyWASHINGTON, D.C.–Today the Center for American Progress released the a rticle “Hypocrisy Unmasked,” by Angela Kelley and Marshall Fitz, highlightingthe hypocrisy of conservative efforts to hammer the president on border security issues, while simultaneously defunding border operations. The continuing

resolution, or CR, proposal unveiled by House Republicans brings the conservative strategy on immigration into sharp focus: use the issue as a political cudgelto excite their restrictionist base while blocking all efforts to fix the system.

Conservatives have blocked progress on immigration reform for years with calls to “just enforce the law” and “secure the border first .” But the border and interiorenforcement budgets have exploded and the government’s sustained commitment to immigration enforcement can no longer be reasonably questioned. Now, by

substantially cutting border security funding in their CR proposal, conservatives demonstrate that their seemingly insatiable desire for more immigrationenforcement was always about politics, never about solutions. That expanded enforcement infrastructure has brought tangible gains, but it has also bred more

dysfunction because it was not coupled with sensible, systemic reforms.Agencies’ annual budgets have spiked to historic levels while the undocumented population has stabilized or slightly increased. We now have three times more

undocumented immigrants5.2 percent of the workforcethan when the immigration enforcement buildup began, despite doubling down on the enforcementstrategy over the last five years. Congress has dedicated unprecedented funding to the nation’s two primary immigration enforcement agenciesa combined $9.5

billion in fiscal year 2005Immigration Customs and Enforcement, or ICE, and Customs and Border Protection, or CBP. This figure was increased by 80 percentto a combined $17.1 billion by FY 2010 $5.7 billion for ICE and $11.4 billion for CBP. That evidence alone should prove the policy limitations of an

enforcement-only strategy. Republican intransigence may put the broad immigration reform that our country ult imately needs politically out of reach in the nearterm. But one important legislative stepping stone would move us toward a lasting solution while enabling our enforcement agencies to maximize use of their

resources. It couples the top-stated immigration enforcement priorities of House and Senate Republicansuniversal electronic employment verification andborder security enhancementswith the critical addition of a mandatory registration program that requires undocumented immigrants to pay back taxes, learn

English, and earn legal status. Though anathema to those conservatives who have made their poli tical mark as immigration hardliners , those who want to actuallysolve the illegal immigration problemrather than use it as a political footballwould view these reforms as a way to enable our enforcement agencies to train

their resources on shutting down the jobs magnet and identifying, arresting, and removing criminals who mean to do us harm. This set of reforms would help levelthe playing field for all workers and employers and restore the rule of law instead of continuing to invest billions of taxpayer dollars in enforcement that drives

employers off the books and workers into the shadowsmaking our agencies far more effective, garnering broad national support, and addressing publicconcerns about everyone paying their fair share of taxes.

Ending illegal immigration is a national priority. But it is one that experience has shown cannot be achieved by simply throwing tens of billions of dollars at theproblem. House Republicans have effectively acknowledged as much with their CR proposal. The inescapable conclusion is that conservatives are simply

unwilling to debate realistic solutions to our immigration system. They would acknowledge that their strategy of mass deportation is fiscally irresponsible andeconomically self-defeating if they were serious about something more than demagoguing.

Advierten sobre consecuencias

migratorias de DWISegún la abogada de inmigración Victoria

González, se puede negar las solicitudes de los

inmigrantes que piden residencia o ciudadaníaen Estados Unidos si son acusados de haber

conducido un vehículo bajo la influencia del

alcohol o drogas (DWI) y provocado algúnaccidente o muerte. Si el cargo de DWI se

considera un delito menor, los servicios de

inmigración en algunos casos verificarán si lapersona tiene buen carácter moral y no le harán

problemas para otorgarle la residencia o la

ciudadanía. “Si se demuestra que el conductor

tiene un problema o sufre de alcoholismo esinadmisible para recibir estos beneficios

migratorios”, dijo la abogada. “Se considera que

una persona es inadmisible para solicitar estosbeneficios si puede hacerse daño a si mismo o

causar daño a otra persona. En estos casos y

dependiendo de las circunstancias, puede pasaralgún tiempo para ver si la persona solucionó

su adicción a las drogas o alcohol”, agrega

González.DWI

El ser culpable de DWI permanece en el récord

de sus antecedentes policiales toda la vida. Nose puede borrar, por lo que la abogada aconseja

una vez más “No conducir si se ha tomado”.

“Toda persona que es acusada de DWI esarrestada y en el caso de los condados que tienen

el programa 287(g) -como Mecklenburg-

también se revisa su estatus migratorio. De serindocumentados, es una puerta segura para la

deportación”, afirmó.