US Citizenship

Two leading Republicans have unveiled plans for much stricter controls on the border between the United States and Mexico before they will consider allowing undocumented immigrants to be granted permanent residency under the immigration reform bill that is currently being considered by the Senate. Second-ranking Senate Republican John Cornyn and possible 2016 presidential candidate Rand […]

One of the lawmakers who helped to negotiate the bipartisan bill designed to overhaul the immigration system in the United States predicted yesterday that the legislation would have passed the Senate by July 4th, although Republicans in the House of Representatives are warning that they intend to write their own variation on the legislation one

Two weeks before an expected Senate debate on the new immigration bill is set to take place, the leader of the Asian-American voting bloc in Congress wants to make certain that its priorities end up being reflected in whatever form of the bill that comes out of the debate. “I am focused like a laser

John Boehner, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said Thursday that his chamber would be charting its own path on the issue of immigration reform and not just consider the measure passed by the Senate, effectively quashing Democrat hopes that the landmark legislation could be quickly enacted. “While we applaud the progress made by

If the new immigration reform bill is passed by both the Senate and by the House of Representatives, immigrants who are seeking citizenship would be forced to pay any back taxes that they owe.  Although requiring back taxes appears to be a method of silencing critics who accuse the scheme of giving amnesty to lawmakers,