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LGBT groups slam same-sex couples’ exclusion from immigration reform
While some immigration rights advocates cheered the passage of a new immigration reform bill on Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, LGBT groups are angry over Democrats’ refusing to pursue an amendment guaranteeing undocumented immigrants same-sex couples the right to petition for family visas. “Instead of eliminating years of exclusion…
Lawmakers reach deal on ‘pathway to citizenship’ for undocumented immigrants
Republicans appear to reach deal with Hispanic caucus as one activist says ‘that’s like Israelis and Palestinians making peace’ Hopes that America’s 11 million undocumented migrants might be granted a pathway to US citizenship have risen significantly after a bipartisan group of politicians in the House of Representatives reached a…
New studies say immigration reform is too late to fix one long-term U.S. challenge
Immigration reform too late to fix one big problem, studies say (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View A Mexican worker holds workers petition forms as he lines up outside the US Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico, before his working visa interview in 2007. Two studies say the flow…
Sen. Leahy pushes for LGBT equality in comprehensive immigration bill
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced Tuesday that he planned to file an amendments to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill that would expand the rights of LGBT individuals. “For immigration reform to be truly comprehensive, it must include protections for all families,” he said in a statement. “We must end the…
Think tank sparks conservative in-fighting with contested immigration report
A US political battle raged Monday over the cost of Senate-proposed immigration reform, with a conservative think-tank warning the plan to legalize 11 million undocumented workers would soar to $6.3 trillion. The Heritage Foundation, in a report released shortly before amendments are proposed to the bipartisan bill, said legalized immigrants’…
DeMint complains that ‘unlawful immigrants’ could live ‘another 50 years’
Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint on Monday said that he opposed a bipartisan plan for comprehensive immigration reform because “unlawful immigrants” could live “another 50 years” and take advantage of government benefits that they earned by paying taxes. At a press conference on Monday, the Heritage Foundation released a report…
Skills may soon determine who gets Green Cards
For years, millions of immigrant applicants hoped they would be lucky enough to win the US green card lottery. Under reform being considered in Congress, they may soon be asking: “Am I skilled enough?” By 2017, according to a proposed revamp of laws governing admission to the United States, permanent…
Sen. Sessions struggles to explain Biblical basis of his anti-immigration views
Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama on Monday attempted to explain why his views on immigration were not at odds with his professed religious beliefs. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform, Dr. David Fleming of the Champion Forest Baptist Church in Texas noted that Leviticus 19:33-34 calls…
Coulter: Boston suspect’s widow ‘ought to be in prison for wearing a hijab’
Appearing on Fox News Republican talk show “Hannity” Monday night, right-wing columnist Ann Coulter said she’s sad that not only does she think the Boston bombing should shut down the nation’s immigration reform debate, she would like to see the alleged bomber’s widow in jail too, not for committing a…
Rep. Raul Grijalva blasts Republicans for using Boston bombings to stall immigration reform
Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona slammed Senate Republicans on Monday for using the Boston Marathon bombing to fight against comprehensive immigration reform. “To prey on the raw emotions of the American people right now, after this tragedy in Boston, to prey on their insecurities and justifiable anger, to try…
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