The following is a press release from AFCSME: Working men and women and people of faith across Illinois are calling on their elected representatives in Washington to pass commonsense immigration reform that includes strong worker protections and creates a road map to citizenship for more than 11 million aspiring...
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By Yoli Navas: This week United We DREAM leaders are busy rallying support for the bipartisan immigration reform bill being debated on the Senate Floor. They began yesterday by flooding the halls of Congress to ask their Senators to vote for a bill that will keep families together and...
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Nevada Senator Harry Reid spoke on the Senate floor today regarding border security and the importance of bipartisan immigration reform. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: (emphasis ours) Last night the United States Senate advanced a bipartisan immigration reform bill that will be good for national security and...
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NBC Latino: Senate votes yes to proceed with immigration bill – what’s next By Sandra Lilley Yahoo News: Rubio introduces amendment to toughen English requirement for immigrants By Liz Goodwin Huffington Post Latino Voices: Marco Rubio English Amendment Would Tighten Language Requirements In Immigration Reform NBC News: Aiming to...
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The critics of the Gang of Eight immigration reform bill incessantly – and mistakenly – claim that the proposed legislation doesn’t have enough teeth, doesn’t guarantee border security and won’t work to stop a new wave of unauthorized immigration. Well, today, they were schooled by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)....
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U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, member of the “Gang of Eight,” delivered the following remarks on the Senate Floor regarding comprehensive immigration reform. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: “As a member of the Senate bipartisan Gang of 8, I believe we come to this floor, if not...
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By Yoli Navas: Today, United We DREAM launched #operationbutterfly as three DREAMers headed to the border to reunite with their deported mothers. After long years of being separated by America’s broken immigration system, Evelyn Rivera, Renata Teodoro, and Carlos Padilla finally saw their mothers again, and used their joint...
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This afternoon, the Senate voted by a 82-15 margin to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the immigration bill, S. 744. Compared to the 2007 immigration debate, when the similar procedural vote only advanced by a 64-35 margin, today’s vote is a promising sign. It is expected...
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View the roll call here: YEAs —82 Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Baldwin (D-WI) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Blunt (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Chiesa (R-NJ) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE)...
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The day after Senator Kelly Ayotte’s (R-NH) endorsement of the immigration reform bill gave the effort a momentum boost, the Huffington Post reports that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is encouraging Republican Senators to hold back support for the bill until it takes on “a more conservative bent.” Elise Foley...
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