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Senate panel passes immigration bill; Obama praises move
Rachelle Younglai and Caren Bohan, Reuters
“A Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, setting up a spirited debate next month in the full Senate over the biggest changes in immigration policy in a generation.”
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, returned to Dagestan for a six-month trip last year…”
Senators working on immigration bill would require fingerprinting at 30 busiest airports
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…”
National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council fights Senate bill
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…”
Senate group hopes bipartisan support will help immigration bill
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…”
Bipartisan House Group Reaches Preliminary Immigration Deal
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…”
House immigration group at impasse
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 discussions…”
A Description of the Immigrant Population—2013 Update
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.
Taxing Problem for an Immigration Plan
Corey Boles, Wall Street Journal
“Senators who want to offer legal status to the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants often say that the process won’t be speedy or easy. Among other things, illegal immigrants would first have to pay all back taxes they owe.”
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