Author: Diego Graglia

Bio: Diego Graglia is a bilingual multimedia journalist who has worked at major media outlets in the U.S. and Latin America. He is currently the editor-in-chief at Expansion, Meixco’s leading business magazine.

Contributions:

Activists See Reversal, Even Betrayal, in Obama's Postponement of Immigration Reform Bill

Posted on: 17 Aug 2009

President Barack Obama has now made official something that had looked more and more likely ever since he took office: that, because he has too much to deal with, immigration reform won’t happen this year. For pro-immigration and Hispanic advocates, this is a clear backtracking on the president’s campaign promise and, while some try to […]

Disappointment in Mexico as Obama Says Immigration Reform Will Have to Wait

Posted on: 11 Aug 2009

The summit of the “Three Amigos” (the presidents of the U.S., Mexico and Canada) in Guadalajara brought no good news for Mexicans on the immigration front. The headline in Monday’s Mexico City newspaper El Universal summed it up: “Neither immigration reform nor does Canada eliminate visas.” At a press conference at the summit President Obama […]

Obama Pushes Immigration Reform to 2010, Jokes About Being Called "an Illegal Immigrant"

Posted on: 10 Aug 2009

Another Friday afternoon statement from the White House means another bit of bad news for immigration reform advocates. This time, President Barack Obama met with correspondents from Hispanic media outlets and said he expects Congress to deal with immigration early next year. The new statement pushes Obama farther away from his commitment to deal with […]

Changes Announced for Immigration Detention System, But Are They Enough?

Posted on: 06 Aug 2009

After years of criticism by immigrant advocates and numerous scathing reports from national and international organizations, the Obama administration is making some changes to the immigration detention system.  The changes were announced on Thursday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on its website. One measure getting a positive reaction from advocates is the discontinuation of  the practice of keeping […]

News Analysis: Rift Between Obama and (Former) Supporters in Pro-Immigration Camp Out in the Open

Posted on: 04 Aug 2009

After June’s meeting on immigration reform between President Barack Obama and members of Congress, pro-immigrant activists were hoping for a new push towards what they thought was a shared goal. So far, what they’ve gotten is an energetic effort by the administration to continue, expand and bolster Bush-era immigration policies criticized as insensitive, racist and […]

Obama's Focus on Employers Causes Massive Firings, California Immigrant Activists Say

Posted on: 03 Aug 2009

A month ago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent letters to 652 businesses across the country to let them know their hiring records would be audited “to determine whether or not they are complying with employment eligibility verification laws and regulations.” The goal was to check whether those companies have been making sure they are not […]

Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike After White House Rejects Change to Detention Standards

Posted on: 31 Jul 2009

Immigrants in a Louisiana detention center began a hunger strike this week to protest the dismal conditions in which they say they are being held. The detainees’ decision comes in the same week that two new reports –by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC)– showed that the U.S. government […]

New Reports Show Rights of Immigrants in Detention Continue to Be Violated

Posted on: 29 Jul 2009

While New York immigration advocates demonstrated Wednesday against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, evidence kept piling up that the U.S. government is violating the rights of immigrants in detention. Immigrants in some detentions centers in Texas and Arizona are held in “unacceptable conditions,” with their rights to due process “compromised,” concluded a report by the Inter-American […]

Colombian Hit "Paraiso Travel" Shows the Underside of Immigrant’s American Dream

Posted on: 24 Jul 2009

By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Tired of waiting for advances on immigration reform to occur? Want to take the pressure off from considering the pros and cons of e-Verify, 287 (g), the border fence, Real ID, and legalization of the undocumented? If you’re in New York, Los Angeles and a limited number of other […]

Study Finds No Evidence of Massive Return Home by Mexican Immigrants

Posted on: 23 Jul 2009

Mexicans are not fleeing the U.S. economy in droves to return home, says a report released this week by the Pew Hispanic center. After months of speculation last year and dramatic statements from Mexican state and municipal officials, this is the first broad study of whether the recession has caused a huge wave of reverse […]