Senate Democrats, led by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), today reaffirmed their commitment to a common sense, comprehensive solution to illegal immigration by introducing the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011. The legislation, introduced by Senator Menendez along with fellow Senate Democratic co-sponsors Harry Reid (D-NV), Patrick Leahy (D-VT),...
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As a guide for law or legislation, the Southern Baptists' new resolution on illegal immigrants is virtually useless. It's vague, confusing and perhaps inherently contradictory. It wouldn't help Congress pick its way through the political thickets associated with addressing the plight of the undocumented.
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Newt Gingrich believes that Americans could solve the problem of illegal immigration in a practical and humane way "if we can get the politicians and the news media to just deal with it honestly." Bravo. When the former House speaker made those remarks during a recent GOP presidential...
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My colleagues just came back from Netroots Nation cheering the inclusion of immigration reform squarely on the progressive agenda. While they were geeking out in Minneapolis, the Southern Baptists were getting busy at their own convention in Phoenix, passing a resolution in support of immigration reform.
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We know about immigrant founders at large technology companies, such as Intel, Google and eBay. Less well known is how many immigrants and children of immigrants have founded other successful American companies.
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Last week's Postdoc Conference and Career Fair for science and technology researchers had all the staples common at a recruiting event. Potential employers sat at folding tables, panelists discussed entrepreneurial endeavors and editors offered resume writing tips.
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What a mess. That's the best way to describe the labyrinth of absurd and outdated laws and regulations that masquerade as America's immigration system. Americans have been forced to live with a system that hasn't been overhauled in decades and was created for a country that no longer exists.
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The resolution calls on the government to make border security a priority and to hold businesses accountable for their hiring. It also asks government officials to support "a just and compassionate path to legal status, with appropriate restitutionary measures, for those undocumented immigrants already living in our country."
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Jun 14, 2011
U.S. immigration policy has eclipsed the economy and jobs as the top issue for Hispanic voters, according to a national poll released Monday. Asked to name the most important issues facing Hispanics, 51% of respondents cited immigration. Another 35% said the economy and jobs, while 18% said education.
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As the Republican race for the party's presidential nomination begins and the 2012 cycle kicks off in earnest, the GOP's stance on immigration and its related (in)ability to compete for Latino voters will be major storylines.
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