E-Verify: Burdens Businesses and Displaces U.S. Workers
Washington D.C. – Today, the House Immigration Subcommittee held its second hearing of the new session. Ironically, the hearing was titled “E-Verify – Preserving Jobs for American Workers.” Some members of Congress persist in their belief that expanding E-Verify and making it mandatory is a magic-bullet solution to our immigration… Read More
Federal Court Upholds Immigrants’ Right To Reopen Cases From Outside the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Today, a federal appellate court chastised the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for preventing noncitizens from reopening their cases from outside the United States. This important ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit repudiates the government’s view that immigration judges and the… Read More
President Obama’s Plans for Winning the Future include Immigration Reform
Washington, D.C. – Last night in his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called on Republicans and Democrats to work together to “win the future” by taking on challenges that have been decades in the making—challenges like updating our current immigration laws to meet the needs of the… Read More
House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
Washington D.C. – Today, the newly named House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held its first hearing of the new session entitled, “ICE Worksite Enforcement – Up to the Job?” The name change seems to be a signal that Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith and Subcommittee Chairman Elton Gallegly… Read More
State Legislators Attack Fundamental Constitutional Values
Washington, D.C. – Today, State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI), a coalition of state legislators, revealed their plan to challenge the 14th Amendment and the Constitutional definition of citizenship. Claiming that they need to correct a “monumental misapplication of the 14th Amendment” and protect their states from the “illegal alien… Read More
News: Immigration Reform Group Adds 12 Arizona Leaders
Phoenix Business Journal: A dozen Arizona business leaders join the fight for sensible immigration reform. Read More. Read More
News: Cleveland Mayor Signs on In Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Cleveland Live: Mayor Frank Jackson becomes the first Midwest mayor to join the Partnership for a New American Economy. Read More. Read More
State Lawmakers from Critical States Speak Out in Favor of DREAM Act
Washington D.C. – Today, a group of state legislators from Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine, Texas, and Utah participated in a briefing to share their support for federal legislation know as the DREAM Act. The bi-partisan DREAM Act passed the House of Representatives and awaits a final vote in the Senate in… Read More
Press Release: Partnership Grows to Over 100 Members
Partnership Co-Chair Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Partnership for a New American Economy has now grown to over 100 mayors and CEOs, representing leading companies and major cities from across the country. Mayor Bloomberg spoke at the New York Stock Exchange at the annual meeting of the Partnership for… Read More
Press Release: Speech by Mayor Bloomberg on Immigration and National Economic Growth
Partnership Co-Chair Mayor Michael Bloomberg highlighted immigration reform as a key component of a national plan for economic growth and job creation. Mayor Bloomberg gave his remarks to assembled civic and business leaders at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in an event co-sponsored by the Association for a Better New York… Read More
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