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House GOP plans no immigration vote in 2013
House Republican leadership has no plans to vote on any immigration reform legislation before the end the year. The House has just 19 days in session before the end of 2013, and there are a number of reasons why immigration reform is stalled this year. Following the fiscal battles last… Read More
Immigration Reform Not Dead Yet, Advocates Insist
WASHINGTON — Immigration reform advocates said they’re annoyed at the glut of news articles in the past week suggesting comprehensive reform is dead. They insist reform can still happen in the House, and they’ll fight until it does. “We’re not giving up,” Greisa Martinez, an organizer with undocumented immigrant advocacy… Read More
Republicans After Shutdown Seen Losing Again on Immigration
Shortly after the U.S. government shutdown ended, President Barack Obama declared that he wanted immigration legislation back on Congress’s agenda, with the goal of passage by year’s end. Some fellow Democrats are in no hurry. Their concern: a compromise with Republicans might take the edge off an issue that tops… Read More
Some GOP Donors Step Up Immigration Push
WASHINGTON—Some big-money Republican donors, frustrated by their party’s handling of the standoff over the debt ceiling and government shutdown, are stepping up their warnings to GOP leaders that they risk long-term damage to the party if they fail to pass immigration legislation. Some donors say they are withholding political contributions… Read More
Immigration reform groups resume fight
With the brutal fiscal fight now in Capitol Hill’s rearview mirror, immigration reform advocates from across the spectrum are ramping up the pressure on lawmakers to pass a far-reaching overhaul this year. The more aggressive wing of the immigration reform community is launching a “week of escalation” that will target… Read More
Conservative Activists Will Descend On Washington To Push For Immigration Reform
They’re calling it a “fly-in.” From all around the United States, some 300 conservative leaders from various religious denominations, the agricultural industry, law enforcement and business sector are planning to travel to Washington on Oct. 28 to press Republican lawmakers to work on a comprehensive immigration bill, reported USA Today. Read More
Conservative ‘fly-in’ aims to sell House GOP on immigration
WASHINGTON — During a rally on the National Mall last week, thousands of immigrants, union workers, civil rights activists and Democratic leaders called on the Republican-controlled House to pass a bill to revamp the nation’s immigration system. But a much smaller group heading to Capitol Hill later this month may… Read More
More than 100 College and University Leaders Call for Immigration Reform
Leaders from more than 100 colleges and universities across the country urged their Congressional state delegations to support sensible immigration reform that will strengthen America’s economy. The nation’s institutions of higher education have long been magnets for bright, young minds from around the world. Leaders in academia depend on immigrant… Read More
Press Release: New Report Shows That Immigration Revitalizes Communities by Preserving Thousands of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs and Increasing Housing Wealth
Analysis of U.S. Census and American Community Survey Data Shows 46 U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Are Created or Preserved for Every 1,000 Immigrants Living in a County Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and The Partnership for a New… Read More
Immigration and the Revival of American Cities
A new report from the Americas Society/Council of the Americas and Partnership for a New American Economy looks at how immigration helps revitalize communities across the United States through the creation or preservation of manufacturing jobs, the increase in housing wealth, and heightened civic engagement. The… Read More
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