Jun 17
A year ago, President Obama announced the DACA program from the steps of the White House Rose Garden. The announcement marked a victory for thousands of undocumented immigrant youth whose courage and activism inspired the Administration to take action. Since that day, over half a million young immigrants have come forward under DACA to seek …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/06/17/happy-birthday-daca/
May 22
After three weeks and hours of debate over five days, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” on a bipartisan 13-5 vote, with GOP Senators Lindsey Graham (SC), Orrin Hatch (UT), and Jeff Flake (AZ) voting with the Democrats. Advocates in the hearing room burst into …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/22/senate-judiciary-committee-reaches-agreement-on-immigration-reform-bill/
May 21
Today, on a bipartisan vote of 13 to 5, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, out of the committee and on to the Senate floor for a full vote in the coming days. The Senate committee mark-up spanned three weeks and covered …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/21/senate-judiciary-committee-votes-to-pass-immigration-bill-on-to-full-senate/
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/
May 20
Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee began its fourth day—and likely last week—of the immigration reform bill’s mark-up. After spending most of the day finishing the Title 3 (interior enforcement) amendments, the senators began on the last part of the bill, Title 2 (legalization), which includes the path to citizenship. They considered 50 amendments and approved …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/20/day-4-of-senate-immigration-mark-up-goes-late-into-night/
May 14
On the second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s mark-up of S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” the senators tackled most of the amendments to Title IV after finishing debate on a few border security amendments. The fourth section addresses the majority of non-immigrant temporary visas including those for high …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/14/day-two-of-senate-immigration-mark-up-continues-with-temporary-employment-visas/
May 07
President Obama spent three days last week traveling to Mexico as well as Costa Rica—his first second-term trip to Latin America. Mexico is the United States’ third largest trading partner, behind Canada and China, in terms of total goods, and the U.S. is Mexico’s largest trading partner. In addition, the largest share of immigrants who …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/07/president-obama-trip-to-latin-america-highlights-important-mutual-economic-and-security-ties/
May 02
Tens of thousands of people across the country—from New York to Vermont to California and Arizona—gathered at rallies and marches yesterday to demand immigration reform. Immigrants and advocates joined with labor groups, lawmakers, and other organizations for the May Day, also known as International Worker’s Day, demonstrations in dozens of cities. And their message was …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/02/immigration-activists-take-to-the-streets-in-may-day-rallies-around-the-nation/
Apr 29
In a stark change from the harmful measures that swept across states in previous years, 2013 has started out as a good year for immigration reform at the state level. Lawmakers continue to push for pro-immigrant policies to help immigrants already living in the U.S., while the Georgia legislature’s passage of an anti-immigrant bill stands …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/29/states-move-forward-to-allow-undocumented-immigrants-to-drive-legally/
Apr 26
By Sonal Ambegaokar, Health Policy Attorney at the National Immigration Law Center To date, policy discussions regarding immigrants and health care and other benefits primarily focus on negative stereotypes and myths. As a result, the default policy solution to any issue involving immigrants and benefits is to simply deny the benefits, even when the immigrants …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/26/can-we-afford-to-not-include-11-million-people-in-health-care-reform/
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