As the 112th Congress kicks into full swing, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) today unveiled his list of the Senate's top ten legislative priorities. The list features comprehensive immigration reform, including the DREAM Act and AgJOBS. Following President Obama's challenge to Congress last night, all...
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In his State of the Union address last evening, President Obama made a strong plea for bipartisan action on common sense immigration reform. First he made a compelling case for the DREAM Act, saying that it "makes no sense" to deport the "children of undocumented workers, who...
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President Barack Obama reached back into the past in a State of the Union address that was all about winning the future.
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Arizona is expected to set off another seismic immigration wave on Thursday, when both chambers of its legislature expect to hear the introduction of bills denying citizenship to U.S.-born babies of undocumented immigrants.
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A high-level immigration official says it costs $12,500 to arrest, detain and deport each person removed from the U.S.
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Many Americans watched and listened closely to President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, searching for clues about the immediate political future.
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With the light tap of a gavel, Rep. Elton Gallegly began his reign as chairman of a congressional immigration panel on Wednesday and immediately attacked the Obama administration's efforts at cracking down on undocumented immigrants in the workplace.
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Jan 25, 2011
New Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Elton Gallegly (R-CA), and Vice Chairman Steve King (R-IA) will hold their inaugural immigration hearing on Wednesday, January 26, 2010. They have called two people from the same anti-immigrant group as their witnesses, demonstrating their deep commitment...
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President Obama on Tuesday used the bully pulpit of the State of the Union address to urge Congress to approve contentious legislation it shot down just a month ago: the DREAM Act.
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A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a trial in a legal fight over an eastern Nebraska city's ordinance that bars businesses from hiring and landlords from renting to illegal immigrants.
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