The Colorado ASSET legislation–a state tuition bill which would allow young immigrants living in Colorado to pay in-state tuition for college–has just passed an initial vote in the Senate with three Republican members supporting! Democrats hold enough of a majority in the Colorado Senate to not have needed any...
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Momentum is building each day for immigration reform, with a full-throated legislative debate set to start next month. Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the first in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Each week, a different and diverse group of speakers...
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This afternoon the Washington Post published an article “Immigrants, advocates grow impatient with Obama on pace of changes to laws“, which explores the frustration immigration advocates have for the Administration’s record-breaking deportations. From the article: The anger at President Obama’s deportation polices among some of his otherwise most ardent...
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Whatever Republicans think they’re doing to start to win back that 75% of the Latino vote they lost in the last election, it’s not working. While many in the GOP have moved toward more mainstream policies on immigration and have been willing to come to the table, others have opposed...
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Yesterday was a good day for immigration reform prospects, as the AFL/CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a set of shared principles that generated praise and optimism from observers ranging from White House press secretary Jay Carney to House Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA). However, House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) seems...
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It’s been a busy week in immigration, with a key business and labor group releasing their shared principles for immigration reform, Senators holding town halls in their home states, the launch of the new Alliance for Citizenship, and the leak of the White House immigration bill. To talk about...
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With multiple Congressional hearings already conducted, legislation from the president leaked, and major speeches given, the immigration fight this year is fully underway–and there are quite a number of people, from lawmakers to advocates, who are driving the cause. Ted Hesson at ABC-Univision News today has compiled a list...
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A new Pew Research Center/USA Today poll finds that more Americans support President Obama’s approach to a number of issues–including immigration–over the approach of Congressional Republicans. The poll also finds a clear majority of Hispanics approving of the President’s job performance overall, and his approach to immigration specifically. Meanwhile,...
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A major development on immigration reform today between labor and business: Today, US Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released this joint statement of shared principles today. Their joint statement reads: The United States will always be a nation of immigrants who have contributed...
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As we’ve said before, pro-citizenship and common sense immigration reform stances are the mainstream in the immigration debate—an argument bolstered by a range of national polling, including two new polls out today. According to separate surveys by both Bloomberg and the Pew Research Center, public support for immigration that includes a pathway to citizenship remains vast...
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