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Senate committee approves comprehensive immigration reform bill
The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for millions. “It passes!” committee chairman Senator Patrick Leahy exalted moments after the vote, which followed days of marathon…
‘Gang of 8′ immigration proposal includes 5-year citizenship process for DREAMers
Undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. would have a 13-year process toward citizenship, but younger immigrants could apply to become citizens in as little as five years as part of the immigration proposal designed by the Senate’s “Gang of 8″ and released late Tuesday. Reuters reported that young immigrants…
Chuck Schumer: Senate close to finalizing ‘pathway to citizenship’ for immigrants
Eight US senators crafting an overhaul of immigration policy are on the verge of finalizing a deal that could bring 11 million undocumented migrants out of the shadows, one of the lawmakers said Thursday. Senator Chuck Schumer, the leading Democrat in the bipartisan Gang of Eight, said the plan, which…
Supreme Court denies U.S. citizenship to American’s son
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that a man who was born in Mexico of a Mexican mother and an American father is not entitled to US citizenship, even though the law discriminates on the basis of gender. Without comment, the top US court upheld a 2008 decision…
Newest wrinkle in having it both ways
Of the many things the crabby white people that make up the teabagger movement feel entitled to, having it both ways is perhaps the most maddening. Everyone’s favorite version of this is, “Get government hands off my Medicare!”, i.e. believing both that social spending is wrong and supporting it if…
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