Jun 18
The Senate voted on four amendments to the immigration reform bill today, starting the ball rolling on what is likely to be a series of amendment votes over the next few days. The Senate rejected two votes requiring more enforcement at the border as a condition of implementing or completing a legalization program: Vitter 1228, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/06/18/how-the-senate-votes-on-amendments/
Jun 13
Today the House held a hearing on H.R. 2278, the “Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act” (the SAFE Act), which is designed, as its name suggests, to be a lopsided, enforcement-only bill that imposes additional criminal penalties, border security, and detention and deportation, while encouraging discredited policies such as self-deportation and state interference with immigration law. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/06/13/house-immigration-bill-promotes-old-model-immigration-solutions/
Jun 12
During The first full day of debate after the Senate approved a motion to proceed to S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, several Senators sought to make the debate all about border security. In the process, they proposed amendments that tie border security increases to the start of the legalization …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/06/12/border-security-amendments-to-delay-legalization-harm-immigration-bill-efforts/
Jun 11
S. 744, the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill, cleared another significant hurdle today when the Senate approved a motion to proceed to the legislation. The motion to proceed passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 84-15.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/06/11/senate-overwhelmingly-approves-motion-to-proceed-to-immigration-bill/
Jun 10
The Senate immigration reform debate has officially begun. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture on the motion to proceed Thursday on S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” the first step to having the full Senate debate the measure after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved it a few weeks …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/06/10/procedural-path-of-the-senate-immigration-bill/
Jun 03
Not surprisingly, the issue of border security is emerging as the biggest stumbling block to passage of the immigration reform bill now moving through the Senate. Conservative opponents of reform are refusing to support any measure that would grant legal status to unauthorized immigrants already in the country without first achieving that most nebulous of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/06/03/congressional-opponents-of-immigration-reform-demand-endless-increases-in-border-security/
May 31
Approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants could become eligible for legal status under S. 744, the immigration reform bill the Senate is considering, including millions of undocumented farmworkers. The importance of finding a way to create a legal workforce within the agriculture industry is critical, as undocumented farmworkers make up an estimated 53 percent of agriculture …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/31/how-the-immigration-reform-bill-could-help-undocumented-farmworkers-and-growers/
May 28
With the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote last week to pass S.744 on to the Senate floor, a new proposal for spurring immigrant entrepreneurship and innovation will be before Congress. Title IV, Subtitle H of the bill creates the INVEST visa (Investing in New Venture, Entrepreneurial Startups, and Technologies) for immigrant entrepreneurs. This new visa program …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/28/how-immigrant-entrepreneurs-fare-in-the-new-immigration-bill/
May 23
One year ago, with the presidential race in full swing and proponents of self-deportation making the headlines, it would have been difficult to predict the extraordinary vote that took place Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ten Democrats and three Republicans voted to pass S. 744 out of committee and send a comprehensive immigration bill …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/23/what-does-the-success-of-the-mark-up-tell-us-about-the-coming-full-senate-vote-on-immigration/
May 21
The Senate Judiciary Committee continues to consider amendments to Title II of the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act’’ (S.744) today. For many, Title II is the bill’s core as it deals with the legalization of the undocumented population already living here and lays out the rules concerning future immigration, among other issues.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/21/how-the-senate-bill-will-deter-future-waves-of-immigration/
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