immigration reform
Sotomayor Could Buy Obama Time on Immigration
By Rick Pedraza -- Newsmax.com
Inside Obama's Hispanic strategy
Buying Time on Immigration
About 400 join immigration rally in Greeley
Greenspan Backs Increase in Foreign Skilled Workers
Don't punish illegal-immigrant kids who want to be good Americans
Obama Pushes for Amnesty This Year
In his press conference recognizing his 100th day in office Pres. Barack Obama reaffirmed plans to push amnesty this year. Obama said, "I see the process moving this first year. And I’m going to be moving it as quickly as I can."
Arena: The year for immigration reform?
“No year is ever a good year to seek immigration reform. Immigration reform makes Social Security reform look like a walk in the park. The Obama administration should concentrate on health care and energy legislation this year and not waste capital on this most difficult of all subjects.”
Cesar Conda, Republican strategist, former Romney and Cheney adviser
“Obama should focus on creating
Timing Immigration Reform
By T. Alexander Aleinikoff -- Washington Post
Greenspan to testify at Schumer's immigration hearing
Immigration compromise merely a drop in the ocean of immigration reform
GOP cools on a hot-button issue
According to TheHill.com, a congressional newspaper that publishes when Congress is in session, "Romney believes that one way to attract more minorities to the GOP is to pass immigration reform before the next election, saying the issue becomes demagogued by both parties on the campaign trail." The article also quotes Romney as saying, "We have a natural affinity with Hispanic-American voters, Asian-American voters."http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editori
Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority
NAE's Cautious Look at Immigration Reform
Bush Calls on Republican Party to Be Inclusive
Minnesota Catholics to Observe 'Immigration Sunday'
The Minnesota Catholic Conference has called for an "Immigration Sunday" on January 4. The date commemorates the two-year anniversary of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a meat packing plant in Worthington.
Napolitano Offers Obama Pragmatic Take on Immigration
Reid Expects Passage of Amnesty
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he expects little resistance to a comprehensive immigration reform package during the next session of Congress. Although Reid said it's likely not to happen during President-elect Barack Obama's first 100 days, it probably could happen by spring.
Immigration advocates demand reform from Obama presidency
Still, with job losses continuing across the country, the timing of such efforts could backfire on advocates, said Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, a Washington group seeking to curb immigration.
"I would think it would not be good for them to have a big loss at the beginning of an Obama administration," he said. "These are almost the worst possible conditions for them to push for this."
Reps. Herseth and Goodlatte introduce H.R. 1430
On March 9, 2007, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-SD) introduced H.R. 1430 -- The Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2007 – which, if enacted, would eliminate the visa
Barbara Jordan's Legal Immigration Recommendations
The Immigration Act of 1990 mandated the creation of a bipartisan
commission to examine the impacts of immigration on the United States
and to make recommendations for future policy. The Commission, chaired
by the late Barbara Jordan, issued its final report in 1997, but Barbara
Jordan held a press conference in 1995 releasing the Commission's
recommendations on legal immigration. The Jordan Commission called for
an end to Chain Migration, the end of the Visa Lottery, and an annual