Apr 12, 2013
Cross-posted at Huffington Post and Burnt Orange Report: As a group of eight senators, four Republicans and four Democrats, work together to make progress on immigration reform, there’s one senator not in the group to keep an eye on. His name is John Cornyn. In fact, Cornyn is famous for...
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Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the seventh in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Each week, a different and diverse group of speakers shares the latest information on the players, politics, legislation and other developments in the debate in Washington...
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Los dueños de fincas agrícolas en Estados Unidos aceptaron los principales elementos de un nuevo programa para traer trabajadores del campo al país, anunció el jueves una senadora, lo cual aumenta las probabilidades de aprobación de una gran iniciativa de reforma migratoria. La senadora Dianne Feinstein, demócrata de California,...
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Una encuesta reveló el jueves que casi dos tercios de los estadounidenses apoyan el plan de reforma migratoria del Grupo de los Ocho que, de ser aprobada por el Congreso, abriría un camino a la residencia para los 11 millones de indocumentados. El Grupo de los Ocho, integrado por...
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Luego de reunirse ayer por la tarde, el senador Charles Schumer (D-NY) aseguró que los senadores que integran el “Grupo de los 8” terminaron de negociar. Desde enero Schumer, Robert Menéndez (D-NJ), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Bennet (D-CO), John McCain (R-AZ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) y Jeff...
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House members opposed to immigration reform are apparently so marginalized now that the leader of their own specifically designated space for hating on immigrants, the House Immigration Reform Caucus, doesn’t agree with them. Some of the most notorious anti-immigrant Republicans in the House, all with their own storied history...
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The Senate Gang of 8 immigration bill will likely not be publicly released until sometime next week. But, Washington being Washington, details about the bill are already leaking out, including this troubling piece from the AP: A bipartisan immigration bill soon to be introduced in the Senate could exclude...
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Tens of thousands of people showed up on April 10th for the Time is Now “Rally for Citizenship” in Washington DC. The rally, which was put together by SEIU, the Center for Community Change and CASA de Maryland with the support of the Alliance for Citizenship brought together people...
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Associated Press: Immigration Bill Could Exclude Hundreds Of Thousands From Citizenship: Senate Aide By Erica Werner Associated Press: Senate group wraps up details on immigration bill, expects a rollout for measure next week By Erica Werner New York Times: Immigration Bill Is Expected to Open Opportunities Based on Work...
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