Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f3NJOmg06081; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:24:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:24:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sae42c8a.074@epcc.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Andres Muro" <andresm.RGCAMPUS.EPCCRG@epcc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:5854] Re: FW: Immigration Policy Update: 2 new X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.4 Status: O Content-Length: 3892 Lines: 114 A very important one. >>> tenno1@worldnet.att.net 04/23/01 12:36PM >>> What connection to ESL does this have? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aliza Becker" <azbecker@mindspring.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:06 AM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:5849] FW: Immigration Policy Update: 2 new reports of interest > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: "Maurice Belanger" <Mbelanger@immigrationforum.org> > Reply-To: <Mbelanger@immigrationforum.org> > Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:02:36 -0400 > To: <mauriceb@erols.com> > Subject: Immigration Policy Update: 2 new reports of interest > > > > National Immigration Forum > > Date: April 20, 2001 > > To: Forum Associate E-mail List > > From: Maurice Belanger > > Re: Two New Reports of Interest > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > [my apologies if you are receiving this twice: we had a momentary problem > with our e-mail] > > > IMMIGRANTS AND HEALTH CARE - New Report Finds Recent Immigrants have > Little Impact on the Uninsured Population > > The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released a new report on > April 20, 2001: "Is Immigration Responsible for the Growth in the Number of > Uninsured?" > > In the report, the health insurance rates of immigrants who had been in the > U.S. for less than four years in 1994 and 1998 were compared. Researchers > found that the number of uninsured among recent immigrants was 100,000 LESS > in 1998 than in 1994. > > The report, along with additional publications on immigrants and health > care, can be found on the website of the Kaiser Family Foundation at: > http://www.kff.org/content/2001/2241/ > > > ANTI-IMMIGRANT GROUPS - Southern Policy Law Center Focuses on > Anti-Immigration Movement > > The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is best known for its monitoring of > and litigation against hate groups. The Spring 2001 issue of their > quarterly magazine INTELLIGENCE REPORT focuses the anti-immigration > movement. The article, "Blood on the Border" reports on the ties between > white supremacist groups, such as the Council of Conservative Citizens, and > anti-immigrant groups, such as the American Immigration Control Foundation > (AICF). (The AICF recently gained some press attention for an inflammatory > direct mail appeal it sent out in some areas of the country.) > > Four anti-immigrant groups discussed in the report are designated by SPLC as > "hate groups." They are: the American Immigration Control Foundation, the > National Organization for European American Rights (founded by former Klu > Klux Klansman David Duke), the Social Contract Press, and Voices of Citizens > Together. Other anti-immigrant groups--who try to appear more > "mainstream"--are featured in this report as well, including the Federation > for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), NumbersUSA, V-DARE (a website > associated with Peter Brimelow, author of "Alien Nation"), and other > organizations. The hate groups and the more "mainstream" organizations > share many ties. For example, Roy Beck, who directs NumbersUSA, is also the > Washington Editor of the Social Contract (from the Social Contract Press), > and is also co-author of the latest report from the restrictionist think > tank Center for Immigration Studies. (The report castigates mainstream > environmental organizations for not focusing on U.S. population > stabilization (and immigration control).) > > The complete story can be found on the website of the Southern Poverty Law > Center at: http://www.splcenter.org/intelligenceproject/ip-index.html > > > > ============================== > Maurice Belanger > Senior Policy Associate > National Immigration Forum > > E-Mail: mbelanger@immigrationforum.org > > Web: http://www.immigrationforum.org > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message >
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