Today the Senate cleared an important procedural hurdle. The cloture vote on the amendment sponsored by Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and John Hoeven (R-ND) passed, by a 67-27 margin. A vote on passage of this amendment is now set to take place on Wednesday, followed by another crucial cloture...
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We’ve been writing about Kris Kobach for a long time. Kobach is (by day) the Kansas Secretary of State. But by night (and, apparently, also by day), he’s the architect who wrote the extremely anti-immigrant laws in Arizona and Alabama. He was Mitt Romney’s immigration adviser and a chief...
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Victory in the Senate Expected this Week, Challenge to the House Comes into Focus Today, the Senate begins a series of votes that will determine whether immigration reform will moves toward final passage. Should it pass as expected, the spotlight will turn to the House of Representatives to act...
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CBS News: Border security option may help immigration reform By Ken Malloy Washington Post: GOP’s divide on immigration best explained by two senators named Jeff By Ed O’Keefe Bloomberg: Immigration Bill Will Pass in Senate If Changes Avoided By Kathleen Hunter and Laura Litvan Arizona Republic: A crucial week...
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Immigration Keynote Panel Saturday, June 22, 2013 9 AM — 10: 15 AM PST Exhibit Hall 2, Netroots Nation, San Jose CA Featuring: Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Markos Moulitsas Mandeep Chahal, DREAMer Luis Blue, SEIU Chuck Rocha, Latino PAC Ryan Grim, Huffington Post (moderator) Dolores...
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Jun 21, 2013
House and Senate State of Play, Corker-Hoeven Amendment, CBO Report Today, America’s Voice Education Fund alongside other immigration advocates and policy experts held the seventeenth in a series of weekly “Office Hours” press briefings. Moderated by Frank Sharry, Executive Director at America’s Voice Education Fund, today’s call featured Eliseo...
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By Yoli Navas: This week, Spanish language media has been following the movement of the Senate debate on a bipartisan immigration reform bill as well as the SAFE Act, which was approved the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. Below are a few highlights: Noticiero Univision: La Reforma...
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What gives, Darrell Issa?? In February of this year, the conservative Congressman from California had laudable words to say about immigration reform and citizenship, saying: I think all of us Republicans know that we don’t want a class of residents that will never be offered an opportunity for citizenship. We’re...
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As the Gang of 8 immigration bill heads toward a final vote next week in the Senate, Charlie Cook at the Cook Report has an excellent reminder of why Republicans should play ball. They’re in serious demographic danger as a party, and they need to expand their tent. It’s unknowable...
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One-by-one, the major arguments and excuses used by opponents of immigration reform to justify their opposition are being demolished. From the fiscal and economic arguments against immigration reform that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring of the Senate’s immigration bill eviscerated, to the “not enough border security” excuse, answered...
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