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59% of Voters Oppose Increasing the Number of Green Cards for New Immigrants
A poll conducted by Pulse Opinion Research shows that 59% of likely voters oppose increasing green cards while only 28% support an increase.
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Marco Rubio returns on immigration reform
By Seung Min Kim in Politico
King hits House leaders on immigration reform
Steve King hits the road on immigration
TEA PARTY TO HOLD IMMIGRATION TOWN HALL IN VIRGINIA
57.5 Million Working-Age Americans Not Working in Second Quarter of 2013
New anaylsis from the Center for Immigration Studies has determined that 57.5 million native-born Americans between the ages of 16 and 65 were not working during the second quarter of 2013. That figure is up 17 million from the second quarter of 2000. Proponents of the Schumer-Obama amnesty bill (S.744), however, claim that there are not enough workers currently living in the United States.
Sen. Harry Reid: Conference with House would be a 'win' for Schumer-Obama Amnesty Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said last week that if the House and Senate went to conference over the Schumer-Obama amnesty bill, S.744, that the bill would ultimately pass. Two House Committee's have already approved several immigration-related pieces of legislation. Should the full House pass any one of the bills, the Senate could take up the bill, substitute it with S.744, and send it back to the House. In lieu of passing the bill, the House could opt to go to conference.
Obama Administration: Non-Citizens Qualify for Obamacare
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Insurance Oversight Director Gary Cohen told members of Congress last Thursday at a House Ways and Means Committee that anyone "lawfully present" inside the United States would qualify for Obamacare subsidies even if they are not citizens.