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The push for comprehensive immigration reform begins. by justin
Posted on 11 Jan 2009 at 8:33pm So does the push back. Religious and labor leaders called upon Congress and President-elect Obama to pass a comprehensive immigration package this year and said that the U.S. economy could not be ...

New immigration site seeks to dispel anti-immigrant by justin
Posted on 18 Nov 2008 at 12:41pm myths and push for comprehensive immigration reform. See Immigration Impact for more.

Summary of Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 by justin
Posted on 17 May 2007 at 4:41pm (This information is from the internet so it may be of dubious reliability and I will correct it as needed but it’s better than nothing folks!) Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 Ti...

Senate immigration bill, including a new ?Z? visa & new ?Y? visa, passes in ... by justin
Posted on 17 May 2007 at 4:18pm A small group of senators, working with the White House, have come up with a 300+ page immigration “reform” bill that they say will tighten border security and will allow millions of undocumented i...

State of the Union 2007: Bush pushes immigration reform by justin
Posted on 23 Jan 2007 at 7:49pm In tonight’s State of the Union address President Bush again pushed for comprehensive immigration reform. With a Democratic Congress in Washington and with the spanking that the GOP received from H...

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Policy Update: The Past Year in Immigration Policy and Next Steps Posted on 5 Jan 2010 at 3:20pm

Congress is out for its end-of year recess.  The House will return the week of January 11 and the Senate will return the following week.

With the Senate having finally passed a health care reform b...

Gutierrez Proposal Sets a Marker for Reform Posted on 16 Dec 2009 at 10:03am

On December 15, Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced legislation to reform our immigration laws.  The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP...

Legislative Update for November 4, 2009 Posted on 4 Nov 2009 at 3:12pm

We have just passed the anniversary of the 2008 election—one that was marked by high expectations for change.  What we have learned in the interim, on the legislative front, is that there are still...

Legislative Update for October 1, 2009 Posted on 1 Oct 2009 at 12:25pm

Health Care: The Senate Finance Committee has been slogging through some 500 amendments on the health care bill.  As of this writing, there have been two amendments considered that relate to immigr...

Waiting for Bipartisanship Posted on 18 Sep 2009 at 7:51am

Watching the health care debate unfold in the Senate has been a little like being in a Samuel Beckett play.  The Finance Committee Chair has given in on a number of issues in order to attract Commi...

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Bender's Immigration Bulletin -- Immigration Law News

Dueling reforms for immigration courts "One day before an American Bar Association study called for an additional 100 immigration judges to handle current caseloads, the U.S. Department of Justice proposed funding for 28 new "immigratio...

Prospects for Immigration Reform Legislation "Yes, it will take serious bipartisan effort to fashion an immigration reform and system that works for all who have a seat at the table. But the longer the glass is perceived as half-empty, the lo...

Vasquez-Hernandez Practice Advisory Practice Advisory on Matter of Almanza-Arenas, Non-LPR Cancellation and Moral Turpitude: Vasquez-Hernandez Does Not Hurt the Cause in the Ninth Circuit, by Kathy Brady, ILRC, Feb. 2010.

Immigration filings down in circuit courts, up in district courts 2009 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.

Third Circuit - Social Group Analysis "On February 3rd the Third Circuit heard oral argument in the case of Valdaviezo-Galdamez v. Holder (case no 08-4564). This case was previously the subject of a precedent opinion in Valdaviezo-Gald...