Rick Snyder: Fix The ‘Dumb System’ For Immigration
WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) had two messages Friday about the need for immigration reform: the status quo is dumb, and not fixing it for political reasons would be even dumber. “To be blunt, we have a dumb system,” he said during remarks on immigration, using a phrase… Read More
Bloomberg, Business Community Rally Again for Immigration Reform
For at least eight years, the American business community has held high profile events pushing for comprehensive immigration reform. On Friday, at a press conference at the National Press Club in downtown Washington, D.C, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michigan governor Rick Snyder, and George W. Bush’s Commerce… Read More
For House Republicans, new momentum on immigration reform
Recent signals from House Republican leaders that they will pursue their own vision of immigration reform have presented the White House with an opening to achieve a major legislative deal this year that has eluded lawmakers for decades. Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) is expected to release a brief outline… Read More
House GOP Sets New Push to Overhaul Immigration
WASHINGTON—An effort by House lawmakers to overhaul immigration policy, which seemed all but dead for much of last year, is about to be revived and take center stage in Congress, with a new push by House Republican leaders and a fresh pitch by President Barack Obama in his State of… Read More
Immigration Reform: Outlook 2014
January 24, 2014 | 1:30PM | National Press Club Watch the discussion on immigration reform with Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, Former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President of Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits… Read More
United for Immigration Reform During the State of the Union
To show solidarity for immigration reform leading up to the State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 28th, Americans across the country are changing their social media profile images and sharing their personal messages of support with the hashtag #iamimmigration. Please consider changing your profile picture… Read More
Bloomberg to Press Republicans on Immigration Overhaul
Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York will be in Washington next Friday, along with members of the United States Chamber of Commerce and several prominent Republicans, to pressure Republican lawmakers to take up an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws before the end of the current Congress. The… Read More
2013 Highlights from the Partnership for a New American Economy
After decades of frustration, 2013 was a year filled with success for the immigration reform movement. The year brought passage of a comprehensive immigration bill in the Senate, five separate immigration bills passed out of committee in the House of Representatives, new voices from across the political spectrum added in… Read More
Federal Judge Enjoins Key Provisions of South Carolina’s Immigration Law
Washington, D.C.—The American Immigration Council welcomes today’s ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel, which temporarily enjoined three provisions of South Carolina Act 69 and found a fourth provision likely to be overturned in future proceedings. The ruling makes South Carolina the sixth state—after Arizona, Indiana, Georgia, Utah, and… Read More
Immigration advocates’ last-ditch pitch
Immigration reform forces’ last-ditch pitch for action before the end of the year: individual political self-interest. They’ve tried appeals to presidential politics, economic and tax calculations, rational argument, Christian and moral values, humanity, the American spirit. They’ve pushed the idea of giving Washington something positive to show for 2013. As… Read More
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