Apr 23, 2013
MSNBC: Conservatives seize on Boston bombings to slow immigration reform By Zachardy Roth NPR: Immigration Overhaul Seems On Track Despite Boston Tragedy By Frank James SENATE JUDICIARY HEARING COVERAGE New York Times: Heated Questions and Divisions Emerge at Immigration Bill Hearing By Ashley Parker Associated Press: Tempers flare at...
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El mexicano Eduardo Mireles Salazar, entrenador de ligas locales de fútbol en Carolina del Norte y cuya nieta suplicó a Inmigración que no le deportaran, no tendrá que abandonar el país. El caso de Mireles Salazar capturó la atención nacional cuando entre lágrimas su nieta, Sharytin Hernández, de 8...
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A las 10AM comenzó la segunda audiencia sobre el nuevo proyecto de ley de reforma migratoria, titulado “Seguridad fronteriza, oportunidad económica y modernización de la inmigración 2013”. En esta sesión testificarán diversos líderes de derechos civiles a favor y en contra de la medida, empresarios y sindicatos. Esta es la...
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El Comité Judicial del Senado de EE.UU. analizó hoy en una multitudinaria audiencia los elementos de la reforma migratoria, en unos momentos en que el atentado en el maratón de Boston del lunes pasado ha dificultado el clima político para sacarla adelante. Aunque en una escala mucho menor que...
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Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee holds its third hearing on “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S.744.” The only witness today is Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. We’ll be livetweeting from @americasvoice, as will many of our colleagues and allies, using the hashtag...
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The Senate Judiciary committee held an all-day hearing on immigration and the newly-released Senate bill today, but one of the most stirring moments came from DREAMer Gaby Pacheco, who talked about her personal story and shared stories from other immigrants. Her testimony was a beautiful, thoughtful counter to statements...
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Today, at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform, the Ranking Minority member, Chuck Grassley, invited Kris Kobach, the former General Counsel of FAIR, the author of Arizona’s SB 1070, the architect of self-deportation and the immigration advisor to Mitt Romney, to testify. Senator Dick Durbin asked Kobach...
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What does it mean to have an inclusive pathway to citizenship for the 11 million? It means keeping Colorado mom, Norma Galindo Gonzalez, together with her friends and family in the only country she calls home. By all accounts, Norma is like every other American. She’s built a home. She has...
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