June 27, 2013 Also view Spanish-language version here The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S. 744) is a bipartisan bill with many excellent provisions, and others of concern. Following are highlights and “lowlights.” Highlights and “Lowlights” of the Bipartisan Senate Immigration Bill The Border...
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Cross-posted at the Hill: The first 100 days of President Obama’s second term has already delivered more progress on immigration reform than the 1,000-plus days of his first term. The first four years were dominated by Republican obstruction, Democrats’ inability to deliver on their pro-reform promises and the Obama...
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) today announced that his committee will introduce a series of immigration bills staring with a mandatory E-Verify bill and an expanded guest worker program for agribusiness. The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Rep. Goodlatte knows full...
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In the Senate Judiciary hearings on Friday, yesterday, and today, Gang of Hate members like Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) repeatedly spent time fearmongering and pushing his colleagues to delay immigration reform on account of the Boston bombings. That’s his latest tactic for trying to kill the Senate legislation, as...
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Apr 18, 2013
The Gang of Eight Senators wrote the bipartisan immigration bill introduced this week held a press conference this afternoon that underscored the bipartisan momentum on behalf of reform. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio...
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Watch the live-stream here: And follow the conversation on Twitter: Tweets about “#timeisnow”
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The Senate Gang of Eight, Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), will host a press conference this afternoon at 2:30 to discuss their newly introduced immigration legislation. The Gang...
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Early this morning the Senate Gang of 8 introduced their bipartisan immigration bill. The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, reacting to today’s news: We applaud the Senate Gang of 8’s efforts and are very optimistic that we are closer than...
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Early this morning, the Senate Gang of 8 introduced its highly anticipated immigration bill. On a press call today, a diverse group of national leaders from the Alliance for Citizenship (A4C) reacted to the new bill and shared their thoughts on what this means for the legislative debate ahead. Today’s bill introduction follows...
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