Jun 27, 2009
Yesterday, the White House hosted a meeting of bipartisan lawmakers from both chambers of Congress to begin the conversation of how to move immigration reform forward this year. Kos, founder of the progressive blog Daily Kos, reports in "Immigration reform headed for passage this year:" "Both the White...
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"There can be no doubt that the conditions for significant movement on immigration reform this year have become more favorable," stated Simon Rosenberg, President and Founder of NDN. "An overwhelming majority of Americans want action taken to fix the broken immigration system now and support the Comprehensive Immigration...
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Weekly feature by Nezua, TMC MediaWire Blogger: "President Obama has often stated that immigration reform cannot be approached in a piecemeal fashion, and that his administration would tackle the issue in 2009. This week, Obama will be meeting with members of Congress to kick off a bi-partisan approach to...
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THE PRESIDENT: "Hello, everybody. We have just finished what I consider to be a very productive meeting on one of the most critical issues that I think this nation faces, and that is an immigration system that is broken and needs fixing. We have members of...
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"Today marks a turning point. This meeting marks the end of the preseason and the beginning of the regular season. Starting soon, and heeding the wishes and expectations of the American people, Congress will begin the challenging process of overhauling U.S. immigration policy. DHS Secretary Napolitano...
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In his speech yesterday at the Migration Policy Institute's Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Senator Schumer noted his commitment to moving forward on reform legislation this year, saying: "When the President asks me whether we can pass comprehensive immigration reform this Congress, I will smile and say, 'Mr. President,...
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