President Barack Obama claims that immigration reform is being delayed by internal politics in the Republican Party. On Friday the President declared that the House of Representatives, which is controlled by the Republicans, would actually pass the immigration reform package created by the Gang of Eight, but that Congress is being prevented from sending him […]
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Employers in Miami, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and Washington are assisting immigrants to get US citizenship via the National Immigration Forum, which is based in Washington, Fox News says. Hotels, a clothing factory and health clinics are among the firms that are offering one-site help from immigration advocates. The source claims that the efforts that
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Advocates for immigration reform in the United States continue to be optimistic that the House of Representatives, which is controlled by the Republican Party, will be able to come to a deal in regards to legislation. The Arizona Republic says that Congress is out for this month’s recess and is set to return on September
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Moderate Democrats who have been working together to try to build support for comprehensive immigration reform from Republicans delivered an ultimatum last Friday to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner: introduce an immigration bill by September 30th or they will introduce one of their own. “(We) are frustrated that there was not a bipartisan immigration
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If the campaign for immigration reform sputters to a halt in Congress, supporters are urging President Obama to act on his own in order to assist the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the country, according to immigration advocates and lawmakers. House Democratic aides, immigration law experts and even some senators are speculating that if
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In spite of the Republican Party’s strategy of attempting to come up with piecemeal immigration reform, Senator John McCain yesterday predicted that a comprehensive reform bill can still pass the House of Representatives, and warned of dire consequences for his party if it does not. At a forum hosted by the Economic Party Institute and
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In the nearly 100 years since her birth in Iran, Khatoun Khoykani has survived world wars and revolutions and now, 15 years after making a move to the United States, the 99-year-old has added another unlikely feat to her resume – becoming a US citizen. Khoykani was one of 3,700 people who attended the Los
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Carol Cook has been living in the US for 14 years now and has finally become a citizen. The Chicago Tribune says that Cook, who originally came from the United Kingdom, is the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s principal violinist and actually performed the national anthem during her own naturalization ceremony. “It was quite a big
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Hundreds of business groups and Republican Party donors called for action in regards to immigration reform yesterday, trying to increase the pressure on the House of Representatives as lawmakers get set to exit Washington for their five-week summer recess. Two separate letters have been released, one of which has been signed by over 400 top
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Supporters of immigration reform are beginning to worry that they are starting to lose the message war on the issue and say that a full-on campaign from business groups and other advocates that have ties to Republicans in the House of Representatives is needed in order to turn things around. With action in the House
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The deepening gloom surrounding the hope of immigration reform in the United States being achieved has been added to by President Barack Obama voicing his doubts that there seems to be no sign that the House of Representatives, which is controlled by the Republican Party, intends to advance new legislation on the issue any time
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