Speaker Boehner Ignores the Costs of Doing Nothing
Washington D.C. – Yesterday, Speaker of the House John Boehner reassured the far-right wing of the Republican Party and anti-immigrant activists that he would never agree to a conference to hammer out an agreement on a House immigration bill and S. 744, the Senate’s bipartisan immigration bill that passed in… Read More
American Immigration Council Files BALCA Brief Challenging Unfair DOL Process
Yesterday, the American Immigration Council, in collaboration with AILA, filed an amicus brief in an en banc case pending before the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA), an administrative body at the Department of Labor (DOL) that reviews denials of PERM labor certifications. The case involves a regulation… Read More
Poll indicates support for immigration reform
A new poll being released later Thursday could send a warning to politicians nationwide: Oppose immigration reform at your peril. The results from the survey, sponsored by a trio of GOP-friendly groups and provided to POLITICO in advance, indicate that voters will be warmer toward politicians who favor immigration reform,… Read More
Press Release: With 2014 Elections in Focus, New Polls Show Majority of Americans Will Hold Elected Officials Accountable if they Oppose Immigration Reform
Americans Nationally and in 12 Key Battleground States Are Three Times More Likely to Penalize Than to Support Opponents of Reform 71 Percent of Americans Favor Immigration Reform With the focus of the political world now shifted toward the… Read More
Immigration Advocacy Groups Urge Supreme Court to Interpret Child Status Protection Act Broadly
Washington, D.C.—This week, the American Immigration Council filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to rule in favor of young adults who, due to long delays caused by visa backlogs, lost the opportunity to obtain their “green cards” before they turned 21. The brief was… Read More
Court Approves Settlement in National Class Action Lawsuit on Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers
Washington, DC – On Monday, November 4, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones ordered the final approval of a nationwide class action settlement agreement. The settlement will help ensure that asylum seekers, who have fled persecution in their home countries, are not unlawfully prevented from working and supporting their… Read More
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The Partnership for a New American Economy represents a broad coalition of business leaders and mayors from across the country making the case for smart, comprehensive immigration reform. If you would like to support the work of the Partnership for a New American Economy Research Fund, a registered 501(c)3 organizations,… Read More
Press Release: More than 600 Conservative Leaders Urge Congressional Action on Immigration Reform
Leaders Bring National Consensus on Immigration Reform to Halls of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today on Capitol Hill, more than 600 conservative leaders from nearly 40 states across the country are delivering a unified message to more than 100 members of Congress: The House of Representatives needs to… Read More
Evangelical Pastors, Marriott CEO United on Immigration
Evangelical pastors, corporate leaders, elected Republican officials and small-government activists arrive in Washington next week to lobby lawmakers to revamp U.S. immigration policies before year’s end. The “conservative fly-in” will involve about 600 people and include personal meetings with at least 80 Republican members of Congress, said Ali Noorani, an… Read More
Some Oklahoma business owners to press for immigration reform
WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama called on the House to pass immigration reform, some Oklahoma business owners and prominent Republicans announced Thursday that they’re heading to Capitol Hill next week to press the same message with lawmakers. In remarks at the White House, the president said the Senate had already… Read More
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