• Immigrants' Rights Update Index

Immigrants' Rights Update

Volume 20, Issue 2
May 23, 2006

Immigration Issues

• Document fraud provisions in Senate immigration bills could put legalization out of reach for millions

• ICE steps up raids in Gulf Coast

• TPS extended for Honduras and Nicaragua; EADs automatically extended through Jan. 5, 2007; Reregistration deadline is June 1!

Employment Issues

• New York high court rules that undocumented workers injured on the job are not precluded from being awarded lost wages

• ICE discontinues health and safety ruse for immigration enforcement

• ICE announces a new interior enforcement strategy

• Great Lakes Regional Strategy Session highlights immigrant worker issues and emphasizes coordination of efforts

Public Benefits Issues

• Immigration reform and access to public benefits: The return of an uneasy coupling

• Louisiana Recovery Authority issues inadequate housing plan