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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...

FindLaw Weekly Newsletters ? Immigration Law by justin
Posted on 29 Dec 2006 at 5:55pm          * Ticoalu v. Gonzales    * Ochoa-Amaya v. Gonzales    * Gonzales-Gonzales v. Weber     U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals  Ticoalu v. G...

If the Democrats take back the House expect immigration relief. In fact, star... by justin
Posted on 28 Oct 2006 at 8:57pm The midterm elections are extraordinarily important this time around. For a variety of reasons, not the least of which being immigration reform, it is very important that the Democrats win the Hous...

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Policy Update: With Reform Stuck, Advocates Gear Up for Washington March Posted on 4 Mar 2010 at 10:31am

Since the last update, there has been no concrete action on immigration reform legislation.  The leadership in Congress has been pre-occupied with figuring out the meaning of the Republican victory...

Policy Update: Budget and Appropriations Posted on 4 Mar 2010 at 10:21am

The Administration submitted its budget for Fiscal Year 2011 in February, and Congress has begun to hold hearings on the Administration’s request. 

Some budget highlights:

U.S. Citizenship and Immi...

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...

Legislative Update for September 18, 2009 Posted on 18 Sep 2009 at 7:43am

Gutierrez signals intent to introduce reform legislation: At a gathering of advocates in Washington for the Unity in Motion Citizenship Day activities coordinated by the National Korean American Se...

Immigration Reform Moves a Notch Posted on 24 Aug 2009 at 6:27pm

On August 20, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and staff from the White House, DHS, and the Justice Department met with stakeholders from immigration advocacy organizations, faith groups, businesses,...

Detention Reforms Proposed in Congress, Announced by DHS Posted on 7 Aug 2009 at 12:31pm

On July 30, Senators Menendez (D-NJ), Gillibrand (D-NY), and Kennedy (D-MA) introduced the Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act, S. 1549.  The bill would establish screening m...

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FIRM News Conference on Immigration Reform "Community leaders from around the nation held a news conference to express their objections to the immigration enforcement policies of the Obama administration. They talked about what they see as ...

Fourth Circuit on TPS for kids "Petitioners, who were minor children, contend that the BIA erred in affirming the ruling of an Immigration Judge (the "IJ") that they were ineligible for TPS because they could not satisfy the eli...

Ninth Circuit on disfavored group analysis "We hold that the BIA erred in failing to apply disfavored group analysis to petitioners’ withholding claim because the record compels a finding that Christians in Indonesia are a disfavored grou...

Ninth Circuit on due process, reentry, reinstatement "The original removal order could not justify a conviction for illegal reentry because the government affirmatively and prejudicially misled Arias-Ordonez as to his statutory right after his remova...

No card, no job "Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric identification card all American wor...

Sen. Schumer’s Immigration Reform Is a National ID "Once in place, watch for this national ID to regulate access to financial services, housing, medical care and prescriptions—and, of course, serve as an internal passport." Jim Harper, Mar. 9, 2010.

Starving for Reform "Inmates in a South Texas detention facility began a series of staggered hunger strikes in January, hoping for better conditions and fewer transfers, as advocates pleaded for the federal government...

Gubernatorial pardon ends deportation threat for immigrant "Gov. David A. Paterson announced on Saturday that he had pardoned a man whose rise from poverty and street crime in Chinatown to success as an information technology executive was about to end in ...

Nancy Morawetz on What to Do When a Supreme Court Expert Calls "It is increasingly common for immigration lawyers who lose circuit cases to get calls from lawyers offering a deal that is too good to be true. The callers say that at absolutely no cost to you or...

Immigration Detainers: A Comprehensive Look "In order to better understand immigration detainers’ function and impact, the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) provides the following Fact Check to shed much needed light on this often misunderst...