Notwithstanding recent rumors and hints and portents of a possible thaw in the frozen deadlock that comprehensive immigration reform has become, the real action in immigration policy is still on the enforcement side, and increasingly on the "wholesale" side - targeting employers - rather than...
As the first wave of baby boomers reaches retirement age, more families are beginning to confront the question of who will take care of them when they can no longer take care of themselves. For many Americans, the cost of nursing homes and other long-term...
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a non-partisan immigration think tank in Washington, recently released a study of a controversial immigration enforcement program commonly known by the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that authorizes it - section 287(g). Under section 287(g), state and local...
In soccer, a player will be "red carded" - kicked out of the game, without a replacement - for using threatening or offensive language, conduct that’s considered beyond the pale of good sportsmanship and fair play. At times, one can't help wishing that similar sanctions...
Florida’s bid to pass legislation similar to Arizona’s S.B. 1070 appears to be running into resistance, according to an editorial in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. (See Immigration Reform Hits Snag in Tallahassee, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial, 14.Feb.2011.) As the editorial points out, the original proposal...
Murthy Sends Legal Opinion Letter to Indian Government OfficialsA request came to Sheela Murthy for a legal opinion letter regarding the Tri-Valley student situation. The letter was sent to Secretary Nirupama Rao, Ministry of External Affairs and S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs. Ms. Murthy's...
In the run-up to last year's midterm elections, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) were the last hope for a bipartisan immigration reform bill, as they worked to hammer out compromise legislation that never materialized. Senator Graham quit the partnership in April, and...
Arizona's S.B. 1070 has been a mixed blessing - at best - triggering legal challenges, boycotts and other unpleasantness, and leaving only a handful of state politicians as the apparent beneficiaries of the measure. As our readers have noted in previous MurthyBlog entries, several states...
In recent days, we have seen countless tributes to our 40th President, Ronald Reagan, who would have been 100 years old last week. Amid all the celebration, some commentators are wondering whether certain aspects of President Reagan's legacy have been airbrushed - perhaps Photoshopped? -...
The public discourse on immigration policy is only as good as the information that goes into it, and much of what goes into it would not pass even a basic fact-checking. As a recent Time.com article points out, the heat and fury of our national...
