With Thursday’s Senate markup in the rearview mirror, immigration reform remains the rare policy issue capable of breaking through the partisan gridlock in Washington. Below are three reasons why immigration reform continues to gain momentum: Bipartisan Reform Backers Remain United: In the face of a battery of amendments to...
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This Sunday–Mothers’ Day–will mark the five-year anniversary of the Postville, Iowa immigration raid, still one of the largest in history. Our colleague, Matt Hildreth, who lives in Iowa, is at events marking the anniversary and will have a report later. Here’s an excerpt from last year’s New York Times article, which tells...
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Washington Post (Blog): Can immigration reform really be made much more `conservative’? By Greg Sargent TIME: The Gang Reaches Across the Aisle as Senate Immigration Debate Kicks Off By Alex Altman The Hill: Coons withdraws amendment to stop deportations to unsafe areas By Alexander Bolton BuzzFeed: Heritage Immigration Implosion...
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As the Senate Judiciary Committee began to mark-up of S. 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act on Thursday, immigration advocates and community leaders joined a telephone press conference to offer reactions to the initial votes and progress of immigration reform. With the focus of today’s mark-up...
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Senators Rightly Reject Extremist Border Amendments and Reaffirm the Core of Immigration Compromise As the Senate Judiciary Committee began to mark-up of S. 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act on Thursday, immigration advocates and community leaders joined a telephone press conference to offer reactions to the...
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New York Times: In Senate, Efforts to Reshape, or Derail, Immigration Bill By Ashley Parker Washington Post: Senators clash over border security proposals in immigration bill By David Nakamura Reuters: Immigration bill passes first early test in Senate By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro Politico: Tougher border security language...
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We’ve written several times about the growing scandal swirling around the Heritage Foundation, its deeply flawed immigration report and the disturbing views of Jason Richwine, one of the study’s authors. Perhaps most interesting is the potential for the Heritage story to taint other “think tanks” whose “scholars” also hold...
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Update: During an interview that a Heritage spokesperson gave on Hispanic radio, it’s unclear whether Richwine would be fired. The spokesperson defended the report, claiming that the controversial parts might have been “taken out of context.” Jim DeMint’s Heritage Foundation just hasn’t had a very good week. Four days...
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WASHINGTON, DC – El panel Judicial del Senado inició el debate y la discusión de unas 300 enmiendas al proyecto bipartidista S. 744 del Grupo de los Ocho cuyo componente central es una vía a la ciudadanía de 13 años para millones de indocumentados. Además de arrancar el proceso...
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