In a town where political hypocrisy is in no short supply, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) manages to take things to another level. In his latest instance of "getting to no" on immigration, Cornyn opposes taking up the DREAM Act because, he says, Americans want Congress to focus on border...
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Congress should take up the DREAM Act because it's the right thing to do. It's wrong to visit the sins of the parents onto their children. Many illegal immigrants getting ready to attend college came here as young children. They didn't cross a border. They were yanked across the...
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Latinos are fed up with congressional delays over comprehensive immigration reform. The time has come for President Obama and the Democrats to man up in the lame-duck session and at least fight to pass the Dream Act.
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A large group of human rights organizations is preparing to hold a vigil in South Georgia on Friday morning in support of suspected illegal immigrants being held in a federal prison there.
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Economic boycotts against Arizona after the state passed a tough immigration enforcement law in April have resulted in more than $250 million in losses to the state's conference and convention industry, according to a study commissioned by a research group critical of the legislation.
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US Education Secretary Arne Duncan Thursday pressed lawmakers to start debating a proposed law that would allow children of illegal immigrants to go to US universities..."This is as good a time as any, and given the urgency and the desperate need to have a better educated and knowledge-based workforce,...
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After failing to win comprehensive immigration reform during a period when Democrats controlled both the White House and Congress, immigration proponents are now hoping to use the lame-duck session to snag an 11th-hour consolation prize: the DREAM Act.
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The White House and congressional Democrats are pushing to bring to a vote a bill that creates a path to legal status for young illegal immigrants...Senior Obama administration officials say Congress should take the opportunity to pass the bill, which was written by members of both parties, to demonstrate...
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Nov 17, 2010
The movement for immigration reform gained momentum this week as young immigration activists staged sit-ins and press conferences – from Santa Ana to the nation's capital – to tout the possibility of action during the lame duck session of Congress.
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"I will move the DREAM Act as a standalone bill in the lame duck," Reid wrote on his Twitter account. "It's good for the economy & Pentagon says good for natl security."
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