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 Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: The anti-immigrant movement thought that their efforts to define and...
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Burnt Orange: John Cornyn’s Hypocrisy on Immigration Reform By Katherine Haenschen SENATE JUDICIARY MARKUP DAY 2 COVERAGE Washington Post: Senators protect fragile compromise on H-1B visas, fend off immigration bill amendments By JD Harrison Politico: On tech visas, Orrin Hatch holds some cards By Seung Min Kim and Carrie...
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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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Liveblogging the CIR Markup, Day 2: 2:07 PM: By the way, during the earlier discussion of Sessions’ amendment 1, Sen. Sessions repeated the conservative claim that immigration reform will hurt African-American workers. Peter Curstenow testified before our committee, a member of the civil rights commission along with Abigail Thurstrom a...
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UPDATE: Here’s Jamelle Bouie at the Washington Post today, writing about this story and how it relates to immigration reform: Pantoja’s departure from the Republican Party is instructive. Not only does it illustrate the dynamic of the last four years — where Latino voters responded to negative Republican rhetoric...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is up to his old tricks on immigration. Today, he issued a new video highlighting the depths of his hypocrisy when it comes to getting serious about reforming our broken system. Below is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund,...
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Though it can be difficult to recognize pivotal moments during the middle of a debate, last week featured several major developments that significantly strengthened the prospects of immigration reform. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund: When immigration reform legislation is signed into law and...
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New York Times: In Immigration Bill Talks, House Group Raises Voice By Ashley Parker Daily Beast: Immigration’s Odd Couple: Two Puerto Rican Congressmen Forge a Deal By Sandra McElwaine The Hill: Issa tapped for major role on immigration By Jennifer Martinez The Hill: Senate Judiciary panel to debate high-skilled...
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This morning we wrote about how this Sunday–Mothers’ Day–is the fifth anniversary of Postville, Iowa, a brutal immigration raid that led to hundreds of deportations, untold numbers of separated families, and one devastated community. Today, advocates and allies in Iowa are commemorating the Iowa raid, sending letters to their...
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Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the eleventh in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Moderated by Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director at America’s Voice Education Fund, the call featured Marielena Hincapié, Executive Director, National Immigration Law Center; Pramila Jayapal, Co-Chair of the We Belong...
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