Yesterday Lindsey Graham, Republican Senator from South Carolina, stood up for a comprehensive fix to our badly damaged immigration system. Graham has been crafting bipartisan legislation with Senator Schumer for some time now, and details of the bill are expected soon.
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While some pundits are preparing to declare comprehensive immigration reform dead for this year, the fact is that plans to move forward on immigration reform are still very much in motion. Though President Obama's State of the Union address gave only a brief mention of his support for...
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Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reiterated their commitment to passing comprehensive immigration reform. After the President's low-fidelity mention of immigration reform in the State of the Union address last night, the Senators' clearly articulated commitment and bipartisan framework to...
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January has seen Catholic nuns, Methodist bishops and Islamic Shura Council directors -- to name a few -- speak out for immigration reform. That's alongside a pair of clergy summits attended by over a hundred faith leaders apiece, and the beginnings of an avalanche of postcards from people of...
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This morning, Rep. Luis Gutierrez posted this response to the President's State of the Union address last night: "Last night, President Obama spoke for seventy minutes on the State of our Union. About two of those minutes focused on one of the greatest challenges facing it. The President talked...
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President Obama was right to focus on the economy and jobs in his State of the Union address tonight, because the economic downturn is a concern of every American. He was also right to talk about immigration reform for a simple reason: immigration reform will make our economy...
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According to the White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, immigration is a topic likely to be mentioned during tomorrow's State of the Union address, the first of Obama's presidency. Via USA Today: "White House press secretary Robert Gibbs confirmed a few more subjects that may surface in the State...
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"On Saturday, nearly 1,000 advocates gathered in Van Nuys, CA to march for immigration reform! The marchers left the Van Nuys City Hall and marched 1.2 miles to the Church on the Way, where they attended a panel discussion of experts and advocates." Saturday's event follows several weeks of...
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The folks over at DreamActSeries just uploaded this video yesterday, of Jessica Alba making comments on immigration that seem just as relevant today... "There's no denying that it's something that needs to be solved. There needs to be a mutual, beneficial agreement." Watch it.
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Jan 23, 2010
Sometimes conventional wisdom is wrong.
That's how it is with the assumption that Republican Scott Brown's victory over Democrat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate race means that there will be no immigration reform this year.
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