Senate Panel, Getting Punchy on Immigration, Quits for the Night
Ashley Parker “In another amendment intended to address the fallout from the Boston bombings, Mr. Graham introduced a provision that could revoke legal status from asylum seekers who returned to their home country without “good cause.” One of the Boston suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, re
Continue Reading →Senators working on immigration bill would require fingerprinting at 30 busiest airports
May 21, 2013
Associated Press “In a long day of drafting, the panel voted to begin phasing in a requirement for foreigners to undergo fingerprinting when they leave the country. Lawmakers also agreed to make an immigrant’s third drunk driving conviction a deportable offense in some cases…” F
Continue Reading →Update on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Debate
May 21, 2013
We continue our report on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s markup of the Immigration Reform bill to provide an overview of the issues debated on Monday (day four of the markup). Monday’s session concluded the debates over Title III of the bill on interior enforcement. Among the most
Continue Reading →National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council fights Senate bill
May 20, 2013
Kevin Robillard “A union of more than 12,000 immigration agents is opposing the Senate’s version of comprehensive immigration reform, the beginning of a week in which supporters hope the bill can clear the Senate Judiciary Committee…” Full Story
Continue Reading →Senate group hopes bipartisan support will help immigration bill
May 17, 2013
David Nakamura and Ed O’Keefe “The bipartisan Senate group behind a comprehensive immigration bill is working privately to satisfy concerns raised by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), hoping he will support the legislation and influence fellow GOP lawmakers…” Full Story
Continue Reading →Senate Judiciary Committee Debates E-Verify Provisions of the Immigration Reform Bill
Today’s blog will focus on the results of yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Immigration Reform bill. After yesterday’s session, the bill’s provisions dealing with the future hiring of unauthorized workers remained fundamentally unchanged. Among the most contentious
Continue Reading →Bipartisan House Group Reaches Preliminary Immigration Deal
May 17, 2013
Ashley Parker “A bipartisan group in the House working on an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws reached a deal in principle Thursday evening, aides said. The group plans to introduce its bill in June…” Full Story
Continue Reading →Senate Judiciary Committee Turns Focus to Internal Enforcement
Today’s blog continues our report on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s markup of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee plowed through multiple amendments to the Immigration Reform bill. The Committee fini
Continue Reading →House immigration group at impasse
May 16, 2013
Jake Sherman, Carrie Budoff Brown and Anna Palmer “The House’s bipartisan immigration group is at a crippling impasse, and top aides and lawmakers are unsure if they’ll ever come to the agreement they’ve sought for four years, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the
Continue Reading →A Description of the Immigrant Population—2013 Update
May 15, 2013
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan from the Congressional Budget Office “CBO has updated the information in its June 2011 report A Description of the Immigrant Population: An Update.” See the attached for detailed information regarding the foreign-born population of the US.
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