Bloomberg.com reports that the argument that undocumented immigrants present a risk to public safety is completely false. Indeed, "The Department of Public Saftey's 'crime clock' calculated that a major crime was committed in the state every 1 minute and 32 seconds in 2002. By 2010, the rate had fallen to every 2 minutes and 6 seconds." The article goes on to postulate that Arizona has more of a "demogogy problem", most clearly evidenced by overreaching politicians like Russell Pearce, the recently recalled Arizona Senate president and author of the current law.
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Interesting article from Forbes that gives a nice conceptual vocabulary lesson in the term 'preemption', which is defined as "the idea that the federal government can 'occupy the field' of an area of law or regulation and prohibit lower governments from meddling with it." The tension between the Obama administration litigating this issue alongside its deportation policies that are nabbing even U.S. citizens is somewhat confusing.
The New York Times reports that increasing numbers "of United States citizens have been detained under Obama administration programs intended to detect illegal immigrants who are arrested by local police."
In Education Week, we learn that a Dutch education mission to the United States has as its focus learning about experimental education models for immigrant children who struggle with majority schools, specifically, "has an urgent need to learn the latest, best practices for helping students who are having problems in school and for dealing with different cultures and different language."
Interesting piece from the Center for American Progress, which argues that things were not good economically in Alabama prior to the passage of its current immigration law. "Given the current fiscal and economic woes of the state, including the recent municipal bankruptcy of Jefferson County, and the negative impact of the law - which whill come out of the pockets of Alabama residents - Alamanians should be asking whose rights are being defended - and at shat cost."
The Sacramento Bee reports that English is a dominant language worldwide when it comes to "international business and succeeding abroad." Indeed, Marc Anderson,Managing Director of TalktoCanada.com, contends that learning "'it is critical that your staff undergoes some form of English training to succeed" in international business. Robert Phillipson might have something to say about this, I suspect.
Just in at the New York Times: "The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Arizona may impose tough anti-immigration measures. Among them, in a law enacted last year, is a requirement that the poslice there question people they stop about their immigration status."
Interesting poll surveying attitudes and expectations among French and English speakers in the Quebec workplace. Of note: The survey indicated English speakers are much more likely to be required to speak French in meetings than French speakers having to use English. English speakers are twice as likely to report working with unilingual francophones than French speakers working with unilingual anglophones. However, French speakers are more likely to feel irritated by having to communicate in English."h
This is pretty interesting, from the New York Times today. Can wireless technology play a role in maintaining heritage languages? I don't know just yet, but what an intriguing idea...
From the LA Times, the Supreme Court may "tackle the Obama administration's challenge to Arizona's law requiring its police to check the immigration status of people who are stopped." This would come on the heels of the court's decision on the constitutionality of Obama's health are law. Tellingly, in polls, White respondents approve of the law by a 3 to 1 margin while Latino respondents disapprove by the same margin.
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