The time for waiting is over. Today, Congressman Luis Gutierrez is introducing a bill that would bring 12 million people out of the shadows and into the full protection of the law. Today is the first step in what I anticipate will be a six month, all-out-fight to pass...
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Andrea Nill over at the Wonk Room caught this racist right-wing holiday song, "Illegals in My Yard," set to the tune of the Christmas song, Feliz Navidad.
It goes:
Illegals in my yard. (3x) Sixteen arrive in a stolen car They're getting free organ transplants this Christmas....
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Today Services Employees International Union (SEIU) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security citing concerns regarding the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement tactics -- particularly DHS' decision to audit I-9 applications of 1,000 employers – a plan that could let irresponsible employers off the hook while...
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Tomorrow Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a key congressional champion for sensible immigration policy, and other Congressional champions will introduce comprehensive immigration reform legislation in the House of Representatives, officially kicking off legislative efforts to repair the nation's broken immigration system. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity...
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"This is a crisis. It's a crisis of human and civil rights, it's a crisis of our economy and our workforce, and it's a crisis of national security. This is why we cannot wait any longer. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of...
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Reporting from Phoenix - The day after the federal government told Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio that he could no longer use his deputies to round up suspected illegal immigrants on the street, the combative Arizona sheriff did just that.
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Dec 12, 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently announced an additional round of employer I-9 immigration audits, including 42 in Houston and 161 in Texas overall. The announcement demonstrates the Obama administration's desire to seek solutions and yet also reflects our broken immigration system. In recent years, immigration has polarized...
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The job is as big or bigger than she expected, says Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
But less than a year after taking charge, the former Arizona governor seems at ease with the magnitude and complexity of running the third-largest Cabinet department (22 agencies with 200,000 employees).
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House proponents of comprehensive immigration reform are set to unveil an ambitious bill Tuesday that calls for a pathway to legalization for illegal immigrants, family reunification policies and another push for the controversial AgJOBS program, which would grant temporary immigration status to undocumented farm workers.
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"We have waited patiently for a workable solution to our immigration crisis to be taken up by this Congress and our President. The time for waiting is over. This bill will be presented before Congress recesses for the holidays so that there is no excuse for inaction in the...
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