Immigration Advocates Announce Plan for Demonstrations Across Country
David Nakamura, The Washington Post “Immigration advocates announced plans Thursday for rallies in dozens of cities Oct. 5 to pressure Congress to approve legislation to overhaul the nation’s border control laws and demand an end to mass deportations of the undocumented.&#
Continue Reading →Comprehensive Immigration Reform: The cost of Doing Nothing is Too High for Women and Children
Michelle Brane, Huffington Post “So far, the House has not made much progress towards passing a comprehensive bill that includes a pathway to citizenship, leaving millions of immigrant women, children and families in limbo. But that does not mean comprehensive immigration reform
Continue Reading →House Could Determine Fate of Immigration Overhaul
Erin Kelly, USA Today “Efforts for an immigration overhaul are on the verge of failing if the House does not act by the end of the year, activists on both sides of the issue agree.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Nancy Pelosi May Introduce Immigration Reform Bill
Seung Min Kim and Jonathan Allen, Politico “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is spearheading a plan to advance comprehensive immigration reform in the chamber.” Full Story
Continue Reading →House Republicans Say They’ll Act on Immigration Reform This Year
David Nakamura, The Washington Post “House Republicans intensified their outreach to Latino groups last week, offering renewed pledges that the House will deal with immigration reform this year. The effort has revived hope among advocates that a bipartisan deal can be reached to
Continue Reading →Why Citizenship is Important
By Reps. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) and Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.), The Hill (Opinion) “It is not hard to see that citizenship is the cornerstone of the American dream. We are a nation of immigrants and immigration remains one of the great strengths of this country. To recognize the
Continue Reading →Zuckerberg says he’s in DC for immigration–and optimistic
Jessica Meyers, Politico “Fresh off meetings on the Hill, Mark Zuckerberg insisted Wednesday that immigration reform still has legs.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Obama – Willing to Work with House on Immigration Reform
September 18, 2013
Jeff Mason, Reuters “U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he could support the House of Representatives taking a piece-by-piece approach to changing immigration policy as long as key elements such as a “pathway to citizenship” for undocumented immigrants were
Continue Reading →Obama, on Telemundo, Rules Out Freezing Deportations on Most Illegal Immigrants
David Nakamura, The Washington Post “President Obama on Tuesday ruled out using his executive authority to freeze deportations for most of the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally, saying such a move would violate federal law.” Full Story
Continue Reading →Immigrants Prepare for Reform, Beware of Fraud
Amy Taxin, Associated Press “Immigration reform is stalled in Congress but that’s not stopping immigrants from contacting lawyers, filling out paperwork and making other preparations in hopes of getting a head start should laws change.” Full Story
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