Immigration Backers Fear Back Burner
Backers of comprehensive immigration reform are scrambling to keep their priority issue in the forefront of the Congressional agenda as Democratic leaders remain focused on other competing items.
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Recovery's Missing Ingredient: New Jobs
With many forecasters projecting unemployment to remain above 10 percent next year and not return to pre-recession levels of roughly 5 percent for years after that, Obama is likely to be confronted with defending the effectiveness of his economic policies as the nation endures its worst employment situation in a generation.
Unemployment at highest level in 25 years
The turmoil ravaging General Motors and Chrysler generated big jumps in joblessness last month throughout the Midwest, sending Michigan's unemployment rate above 14 percent and pushing three nearby states into double digits.
Immigration reform to get a quiet kickoff
Reporting from Washington — Lawmakers will gather at the White House next week for a working session on immigration reform, a meeting that has been highly anticipated by Latino leaders eager for President Obama to honor his campaign promise to put millions of undocumented workers on a "pathway to citizenship." But many Democrats are now concluding that they may well not have the muscle to pass such a controversial measure -- at least not immediately, and possibly not until after the 2010 midterm election.
Obama is vague on immigration reform timeline
"Together, we must build a future where the promise of America is kept for a new generation," Obama said. "We also know that keeping this promise means upholding America's tradition as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. Those things aren't contradictory; they're complementary.
78% in poll say no to illegal immigrant students act
Readers overwhelmingly oppose a bill that would provide students who are in the country illegally a pathway to residency among other rights that are now granted to resident students.
Calif. Looks to Immigrant Inmates to Save Costs
With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state's prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.
President Obama "Committed" to Comprehensive Immigration Reform
During a speech at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast President Obama assured the audience that he was committed to comprehensive immigration reform.
Frederick Douglass on Cheap Labor
This blog features an article by Frederick Douglass from the August 17, 1871 issue of his newspaper, "The New National Era." America had its cheap labor lobby back in 1871, and it has one today in the form of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ImmigrationWorks, and Bill Gates himself testifying before Congress for more H-1B visas. Frederick Douglass attacked the cheap-labor lobby's "fair-seeming phrases" immediately in the first sentence. We all know that today's cheap labor lobby has similar "fair-seeming phrases" that I will not repeat here since they are all over the mainstream media. The issues that deeply concerned Frederick Douglass in 1871 are very relevant today.
Sen. Schumer Pushes for National ID Card
Senate Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Schumer said he will push for a national worker identification card as part of any immigration overhaul. The card would include biometric data like fingerprints, and he said it will make it easier for employers to identify undocumented workers.
