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While some of President Obama’s most outspoken critics are working overtime to expose details of the various scandals plaguing his administration these days, it seems there are games afoot on Capitol Hill — specifically, the little-noticed advancement of the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform proposal. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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Watch the other hand: Immigration reform advances under cover of scandals
Posted by admin on May 25th, 2013
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No Comments »Srinivasan confirmation vote Thursday could hold key for filibuster reform in July
Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: confirmation, Could, Filibuster, hold, in July, reform, Srinivasan, Thursday, vote No Comments »What’s next for the immigration reform bill?
Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2013
It’s been a good week for proponents of immigration reform. The sweeping bill that seeks to legalize most of the country’s 11 million unauthorized immigrants was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday night, after five full days of debate and amendments that did little to significantly change the original compromise. So, what’s next [...]
This Indie Rocker-Turned-Congressman Is Ready to Make His Name on Immigration Reform
Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2013
With a district that essentially includes both Texas and Mexico, there aren’t a lot of lawmakers more interested in immigration reform than freshman Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat. The city of El Paso (in his district) and Ciudad Juarez (in Mexico) are so inextricably linked that O’Rourke says he basically sees them both as one [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Immigration, Indie, Name, Ready, reform, RockerTurnedCongressman, this No Comments »Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration reform on 13-5 vote
Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Approves, committee, Immigration, Judiciary, reform, Senate, vote No Comments »Immigration reform bill largely untouched going into fifth day of debate
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
A bipartisan group of senators begin a fifth full day of debating changes to the immigration reform bill Tuesday. So far, the so-called mark-up process has left the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws—which would legalize most of the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants—largely untouched. On Tuesday, the senators will address some of the [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Bill, Debate, Fifth, Going, Immigration, Into, largely, reform, untouched No Comments »Immigration reform bill largely untouched going into fifth day of debate
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
A bipartisan group of senators begin their fifth full day of debating changes to the immigration reform bill Tuesday. So far, the so-called mark up process has left the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws–which would legalize most of the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants–largely untouched. On Tuesday, the senators will address some of [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Bill, Debate, Fifth, Going, Immigration, Into, largely, reform, untouched No Comments »Despite Rubio’s wooing, radio hosts protest immigration reform bill
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
Conservative radio talk show hosts have signed a letter opposing the sweeping immigration reform bill in the Senate, bucking tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio’s attempts to win their support for the bill, which combines enhanced border security with a legalization program for the nation’s unauthorized immigrants. Rubio, a member of the “gang of eight” [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Bill, Despite, hosts, Immigration, protest, Radio, reform, Rubio's, Wooing No Comments »USCIS union president fights immigration reform bill
Posted by admin on May 20th, 2013
The president of a union that represents 12,000 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) employees announced his opposition to the immigration reform bill in the Senate on Monday morning. “The legislation will provide legal status to millions of visa overstays while failing to provide for necessary in-person interviews,” union president Kenneth Palinkas said in [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Bill, fights, Immigration, President, reform, union, USCIS No Comments »Senators reject biometric visas in immigration reform
Posted by admin on May 14th, 2013
A bipartisan group of senators voted against adding a biometric system to the sweeping immigration reform bill that would ensure people on tourist, student and other temporary visas leave the country when they are supposed to. The failed amendment was one of the most controversial additions to the bill considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee [...]
