Jul 31, 2009
Most agree we need a better, reality-based system for the full spectrum of jobs, among other reforms. We will not get there by demonizing employers or immigrants. We could try demonizing Congress, which ignored this for so long it will be painful to treat no matter what we do....
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Jul 30, 2009
Activists marched in Los Angeles and picketed Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's appearance in New York, angered over the administration's recent embrace of an electronic verification system for employers and a program that allows local police to enforce immigration laws.
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Jul 28, 2009
With the Democrats in firm control of Congress and the White House, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is serving as point person for immigration reform and is showing no indication of wasting time.
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That's good because the issues surrounding making changes to the country's immigration policies have been identified and debated...
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Over the weekend, Senator Jon Kyl stated: "To try to do immigration reform this year would be an impossibility." He listed all the items on Congress' "already crammed" agenda to prove his point. But one item he mentioned on that agenda is the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme...
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Jul 25, 2009
Solving our current immigration crisis is akin to a legislative Rubik's cube - you can't solve the problem unless you are thinking about all sides of the cube simultaneously. Puzzlers also know that if at first you don't succeed, you keep moving forward, learning from past mistakes.
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Jul 24, 2009
President Obama recently held a White House meeting on immigration and Sen. Charles M. Schumer, D-N.Y., is talking about the principles for comprehensive immigration reform, a signal that they are serious about starting the congressional debate on reforming the nation's laws. For those who expect this debate to be...
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Some of the nation's top cops on Wednesday called upon Congress to promptly adopt an immigration reform measure, saying local law enforcement agencies across America are struggling to deal with crime and confusion caused by a broken system.
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Over one hundred leading law enforcement officials gathered in Phoenix this week to discuss how the current federal immigration policy impacts community policing at the local level. At the National Summit on Local Immigration Policies, hosted by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), these chiefs concluded that the...
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Jul 23, 2009
Some of the nation's top police officers on Wednesday called upon Congress to promptly adopt an immigration-reform measure, saying local law-enforcement agencies across America are struggling to deal with crime and confusion caused by a broken system
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In another sign that momentum is building towards comprehensive immigration reform, President Obama, in remarks last Friday before Spanish language media outlets reasserted his commitment to immigration reform, saying it is
Something we want to move forward on...we're going to have to keep the pressure for...
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