Yesterday, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) claimed that his mandatory E-Verify legislation "is not an immigration bill, it's a jobs bill." Judged through this lens, mandatory E-Verify is as much of a failure on economic measures and job creation terms as it is on immigration policy, as it would...
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College students and graduates campaigning for passage of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, heard yesterday in a Senate subcommittee, staged a mock graduation ceremony this morning in Washington, D.C.
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Undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas and other young people without legal status called on Wednesday for the president to stop deporting students who entered the United States as children as part of administrative relief for a limited number of undocumented immigrants.
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Alabama is the latest state to see a mass exodus of Hispanics after passing a strict illegal immigration law, leaving construction firms without employees to rebuild the state after its April killer tornado, Bloomberg News reported.
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The Texas Senate adjourned this week without a final vote on the "Sanctuary Cities" legislation that was one of Gov. Rick Perry's "emergency" items at the start of the year. The bill, which became an umbrella for a package of harsh immigration measures, crumbled during a 30-day special session...
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Immigrant rights advocates will serve the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department with a summons to get information about the department's participation in immigration enforcement programs and data about deportations.
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Last week, Houston homebuilder Bob Perry and San Antonio grocery store magnate Charles Butt stuck their noses into the Legislature's misguided effort to solve a "sanctuary cities" problem that doesn't exist.
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One day after the Senate held its first-ever hearing on the DREAM Act, DREAMers, activists, and allies descended on the Capitol again to stage a special graduation ceremony for the "Deportation Class of 2011." Hundreds of DREAMers from all over the country, born in all different parts of...
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In an important pronouncement at a White House press conference today, President Obama made it clear that mandatory E-Verify without comprehensive immigration reform is unacceptable, saying "We need to have a more balanced approach than just a verification system."
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In an important pronouncement at a White House press conference today, President Obama made it clear that mandatory E-Verify without comprehensive immigration reform is unacceptable, saying "We need to have a more balanced approach than just a verification system."
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