Immigration Prospects Brighter for Young DREAMers
June 12, 2013
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Joanna Anderson, Roll Call “Young backers of a sweeping immigration overhaul brought a palpable optimism with them to Washington on Tuesday.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Becerra sees House immigration deal within two weeks
June 12, 2013
Mike Lillis, The Hill “Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) predicted Tuesday that the House group negotiating comprehensive immigration reform will have a deal by next week.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Lopsided Senate vote moves immigration bill forward as Obama urges action
June 12, 2013
Associated Press, June 11, 2013 Obama says ‘moment is now’ for immigration legislation as Senate begins work on bill “…the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the
Continue Reading →Senate Immigration Bill Passes First Test – Lots of Tests Lie Ahead
June 12, 2013
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to allow the Gang of Eight Immigration Reform bill to “come to the Senate Floor.” What does this mean? Absolutely nothing! Well, actually it does mean something. It means that the Senate of the United States – the 100 Senators (2 from each st
Continue Reading →Intense Debate in Senate Over Immigration Bill
June 10, 2013
David Nakamura and Rosalind Helderman, Washington Post “As the full Senate engages in intensive deliberations over a landmark immigration bill this week, proponents are scrambling to maintain crucial bipartisan support in the face of Republican demands to strengthen border secur
Continue Reading →Harry Reid blasts John Cornyn ‘poison pill’
June 10, 2013
Burgess Everett, Politico “A proposed Republican amendment to the Senate Gang of Eight’s immigration bill is a “poison pill” and the legislation is unlikely to go through any “big changes,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday. The amendment to the bill from Senate Mi
Continue Reading →Ayotte to back immigration overhaul
June 10, 2013
Associated Press, June 9, 2013 “Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Sunday said she would support the bipartisan immigration overhaul under debate in the Senate and criticized ‘‘the broken immigration system we have now’’ as ‘‘unworthy of a great nation.’’” Full Story
Continue Reading →Senate Set to Begin Immigration Reform Debate; Committee Publishes Report of Bill
Starting this afternoon (Monday, June 11) on C-Span2, viewers throughout the US and around the world will be able to watch the “World’s Greatest Deliberative Body” – a.k.a. the United States Senate – begin debate on the Immigration Reform bill. The action is expected to begin shortly
Continue Reading →House Vote Opens Immigration Divide
June 07, 2013
Lisa Mascaro and Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times “The partisan divide over immigration was exposed Thursday as House Republicans voted to stop funding the Obama administration program that has halted deportation of young immigrants who are in high school or college or have serv
Continue Reading →Latino Poll: GOP is DOA Unless It Backs Immitration Reform
June 07, 2013
Derek Jensen, Salt Lake Tribune “More than jobs or the economy, immigration is the lens through which Latinos evaluate Republicans, Democrats and the president, a new national poll reveals, while 78 percent say it is very or extremely important for Congress to approve a path to
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