Whatever happened to permanent press sheets

Even as our leaders continue to debate the best fix for our current immigration system, we must continue to РІР‚СљFix '96.Jethro Tull Press: BBC Radio, March 1979 Pt.1 Meanwhile, our collective short-term memory on the effects and impact of IIRIRA will mean the continued separation of families, despite the best-laid plans in current reforms.

Success in the current push for comprehensive immigration reform will come from our understanding of just how much the current system criminalizes the immigrant community, particularly the Latino immigrant community.

The establishment of three-year, ten-year, and permanent reentry bars for those individuals present illegally in the U.S.

The removal of the federal court's ability to police immigration enforcement by creating the mechanism for fast-track deportations and.

A dramatic increase in the number of noncitizens deported (from 1994 to 1998, the average daily number of persons in immigration detention went from 6,785 to 15,447).

A denial of public benefits to legal permanent residents for five years.

An expanded definition of mandatory detention and deportation and its inclusion of legal permanent residents.

An amplified definition of criminal activity that was made retroactiveР’В to noncitizens.

Shortly after IIRIRA was signed into law, activists across the country began a campaign titled РІР‚Сљ Fix '96РІР‚Сњ as a way to restore the rights stripped from noncitizens and to address the particularly harsh and punitive elements of the new law, including: While SB744, the reform bill currently making its way through committee in the Senate Judiciary, includes severalР’В generous provisions,Р’В there are still deep-seeded problems with federal immigration policy and enforcement that it does not address. РІР‚СљThey are here illegally because there are many roadblocks in the path to citizenship.РІР‚Сњ Р”Р„s Congress and advocates continue to push immigration reform on a federal level, many leaders within the Latino community continue to emphasize, as they have for years, that comprehensive immigration reform is a long-term goal. РІР‚СљThere are people who could be sponsored by a family member or an employer, but they simply canРІР‚в„ўt because they have these removals,РІР‚Сњ said Laura Lichter, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, who said she sees many such cases in her practice. РІР‚СљSpeedy RemovalРІР‚Сњ illustrates the heartbreak one family is currently enduring as a result of this broken immigration system and the particularly harsh effects that the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility ActР’В (IIRIRA)-signed by then-President Clinton-has had on many immigrant families.

Between 20, both nationwide (38 percent) and in the Chicago area (45 percent), Mexicans were the largest share of immigrants in expedited removal situations.

Between 20, almost half (47 percent) of those deported in fast-track procedures voluntarily waived their right to appear before a judge.

In 2011, of the total 11,786 deportations in Chicago enforcement area, 60 percent were carried out without judicial hearing.The story documented the negative effects of the fast-track deportation procedures in place since 1996, focusing on the Chicago enforcement area (Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin) with a number of eye-opening statistics: Findings from a Chicago ReporterР’В feature story, РІР‚Сљ Speedy Removal,РІР‚Сњ were also discussed. The forum included Congressman Luis Gutierrez, local community activists, and immigration lawyers who dialogued on the prospects of immigration reform this year as well as how current enforcement has criminalized many non-criminal immigrants. The event focused on the current-and urgent-topic of immigration reform. I recently attended a May 13 community forum hosted by the Chicago Reporter to celebrate the magazineРІР‚в„ўs 40th anniversary.

Whatever happened to permanent press sheets