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Must-Read News in Immigration Reform, May 20, 2013

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Daily Beast: How the White House Scandals Help Immigration Reform Move Forward
By Patricia Murphy

The Guardian: US lawmakers reach deal on pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants
By Ed Pilkington

SENATE MARKUP PREVIEW AND ADDITIONAL SENATE DEVELOPMENTS

Associated Press: Senate Committee Moves Toward Vote on Immigration
By Erica Werner

Bloomberg: Immigration Encounters Business-Labor Rift That Undid 2007 Bill
By Heidi Przybyla and Kathleen Hunter

New York Times: Tech Industry Pushes to Amend Immigration Bill
By Somini Sengupta

Politico: National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council fights Senate bill
By Kevin Robillard

Houston Chronicle: Texas lawmakers play key roles in immigration debate
By Richard Dunham

NPR: Immigration Bill Chugs Along, But Some See Deal-Breakers
By David Welna

Arizona Republic: Immigration reform includes provision for some deportees
By Daniel Gonzalez

Tampa Bay Times: Cutoff date in immigration bill would leave many in shadows
By Alex Leary

Salt Lake Tribune: Immigration bill amendment targets drug farms on public lands
By Matt Canham

Reuters: Tech, labor brandish dueling studies in immigration fight
By Caren Bohan

HOUSE DEVELOPMENTS

Politico: Immigration reform no sure bet
By Seung Min Kim and Jake Sherman

The Hill: Becerra is holdout on House immigration group’s ‘agreement in principle’
By Russell Berman

Reuters: House bill to have more stringent immigrant controls: aides
By Richard Cowan

The Hill: Tech industry anxious as House readies end game on immigration
By Jennifer Martinez

ABC/Univision: House Will Keep Approaching Immigration From Two Angles
By Ted Hesson

Miami Herald: After Democrat brinksmanship, House group reaches immigration deal
By Marc Caputo and Franco Ordonez

OTHER RELATED POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Politico: President Obama’s newest ally: John McCain
By Manu Raju

Detroit Free Press: Protecting Republicans from the ghosts of GOP past: Q&A with Carlos Gutierrez
By Brian Dickerson

Politico: Jeb Bush met with tea party on immigration
By Tarini Parti

The Hill: OFA kicks off immigration reform video series with focus on tech
By Jennifer Martinez

ALABAMA & ARIZONA DEVELOPMENTS

Huffington Post: Alabama Immigration Law Asks Doctors For Their Papers
By Elise Foley

Associated Press: Problems Surface Over Ariz.’s 2007 Immigration Law
By Jacques Billeaud

Boston Globe: Harvard students demand inquiry into immigration thesis
By Meghan Irons

New York Times: The Health Toll of Immigration
By Sabrina Tavernise

EDITORIALS AND OPINIONS

New York Times (Editorial): The Immigration Bill Presses On

The Hill (Opinion): GOP leaders have to sell immigration reform to base
By Juan Williams

Washington Post (Blog): On its own, E-Verify places too heavy a burden on small businesses
By David Borris, Cristina McNeil and ReShonda Young

The Hill (Blog): 24 million reasons to protect immigrant whistle-blowers
By Saket Soni

Washington Post (Blog): What’s next for immigration reform? A roadmap
By Jonathan Bernstein

LOCAL

Politico: Arizona ban on driver’s licenses for ‘DREAMers’ allowed to continue
By Tal Kopan

New York Times: Immigrant Workers Give New Direction to Los Angeles Unions
By Jennifer Medina