The Senate immigration reform debate began this week, ushered in by a resounding 84-15 vote on the Motion to Proceed. Buoyed by polls that show broad bipartisan support for reform with a path to citizenship from the American people and intense support for reform from Latino voters, many believe that a strong...
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This week, the Senate began debate on the immigration reform bill. If you’ve been watching, you’re seeing just how complicated the process in the Senate can be. It’s subject to a lot of delaying tactics and procedural games. As you can imagine, opponents of reform–led by Senator Jefferson Beauregard...
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NBC Latino: New polls: Even in red states, strong support for immigration reform By Sandra Lilley Wall Street Journal: Senate Rejects GOP Immigration Amendment By Corey Boles Reuters: Senate rejects Republican effort to gut immigration bill By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan NBC: Center holds as Senate kills GOP...
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Tratando de asegurarse más visados para trabajadores extranjeros cualificados, las compañías tecnológicas han intensificado su presión esta semana a favor de una amplia reforma migratoria que se está debatiendo en Estados Unidos. Los ejecutivos de Recursos Humanos de Adobe, Broadcom, Intel, Motorola Solutions y otras empresas se reunieron el...
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Los activistas pro reforma migratoria cantaron victoria esta semana cuando una súper mayoría del senado votó dos veces en favor de iniciar el debate del proyecto S 744 de reforma migratoria, un voto histórico que demuestra que hay voluntad política para considerar el tema seriamente en el Congreso. Los...
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El Senado no avanzó ayer con el voto de enmiendas sobre una reforma migratoria y sólo se centró en debatir la propuesta resaltando el tema de seguridad fronteriza. Republicanos y demócratas no lograron acuerdo en el proceso a seguir, una señal de las trabas que enfrentará el plan en...
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Jun 13, 2013
TIME: Chuck Schumer and the Art of the Deal By Alex Altman ABC/Univision: Inside the Amendment That Could Threaten Immigration Bill By Jordan Fabian The Atlantic: On Immigration, Rubio Is Good for the GOP, Cruz and Sessions Are a Drag By Garance Franke-Ruta Voxxi: How lawmakers speak about immigration...
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Steve King could not make it clearer that he hates undocumented people. Last week, it was a House amendment that would strip funding for DACA and lead to the deportation of DREAMers. Today, he’s tweeting about how young students are ‘invading’ his office: 20 brazen self professed illegal aliens have...
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Cornyn Amendment Attacks Path to Citizenship, Rubio Moves Erode Trust in Him, Sessions Stalling Tactics Bring Senate Floor Process to a Crawl The Senate immigration reform debate began this week, ushered in by a resounding 84-15 vote on the Motion to Proceed. Buoyed by polls that show broad bipartisan...
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The following is a press statement from the Alliance 4 Citizenship, Partnership for a New American Economy, and Republicans for Immigration Reform: New State Polls Shows Public Backs Elected Officials Who Vote for Senate Gang of Eight Bill On the heels of the US Senate’s first vote on the...
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