There has been a persistent myth in the immigration debate that the anti-reform side is large, powerful, and organized. However, the 2013 immigration debate is revealing that assessment is profoundly untrue. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: The Senate Judiciary Committee markup confirms what we already knew...
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Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the immigration legislation by a bipartisan vote (13-5). The vote concludes the committee markup process in the Senate and signifies the clearing of the first official legislative hurdle for immigration reform’s passage in 2013 (see here for a list of “good and bad”...
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Having worked through a majority of its amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee is in the final stages of marking up the bipartisan immigration reform bill. According to Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who led the process thoughtfully and fairly, the markup is likely to finish today. The biggest...
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May 17, 2013
State of Play on Senate Bill Mark-up; Preview Next Week’s Focus on Legal Immigration, and the Roadmap to Citizenship; House Immigration Agreement; CAP Economic Benefits of Immigration Report Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the twelfth in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration...
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As the Senate Judiciary Committee completes its second week of markup and we head into the final week of committee consideration, the heart of the legislation remains intact. And, despite the sideshows and attempts by the far right to derail the effort entirely, the bipartisan center continues to hold...
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The news that a bipartisan working group in the House of Representatives has reached an agreement in principle on immigration legislation, alongside the continued steady legislative progress on the Senate’s immigration bill, underscores our optimism about immigration reform’s prospects in 2013. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s...
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With Serious Legislative Work Underway, Jeff Sessions, Steve King, & Anti-Reform Organizations Become a Sideshow Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee cast a near-unanimous vote against an amendment from Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to restrict future legal immigration. It underscores the growing irrelevance and isolation of the anti-immigrant movement in this year’s debate. According to Frank...
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NEW RESOURCE: Review of key amendments filed in Senate Judiciary Committee from America’s Voice This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee cast a near-unanimous vote against an amendment from Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to unduly restrict future legal immigration into the country over the next decade. Sessions was the only...
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