The fight for immigration reform has continued to pick up allies from almost every corner of society in the United States, and now a different group with a long history of activism has stepped up to join the fight. Feminist organizations have begun framing immigration reform in the guise of a women’s rights issue and […]
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Supporters of immigration reform who are still furious over the failure to have legislation enacted in 2013 were given a ray of hope on Tuesday when John Boehner, the House of Representatives Speaker, announced the hiring of long-term immigration specialist Becky Tallent to help him. “The speaker remains hopeful that we can enact step-by-step, common
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On Friday President Obama and his wife Michelle Obama visited protestors who are in the midst of fasting in a bid to try to put pressure on Congress to pass an immigration reform bill. Organizers Dae Joong Yoon and Eliseo Median were praised by the Obamas and the rest of the fasters were thanked for
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When House Bill 56, one of the harshest immigration laws ever seen in the United States, was passed by the state of Alabama two years ago – back in 2011, local businesses, immigrant’s rights activists and even the federal government was in uproar. This week, on Tuesday November 26th, the Northern District of Alabama’s US
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced that they have given their E-Verify system a major enhancement in order to significantly cut down on the number of identity frauds that can be successfully achieved. The enhancement was revealed in a statement that was released on November 18th by the director of USCIS,
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Self-declared undocumented immigrant, immigration rights activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas has made a documentary all about his own experiences and has now successfully sold the rights to the film, Documented, to CNN. The documentary tells the story of how Vargas was brought to the United States when he was a child from
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President Barack Obama declared on Tuesday that he is fine with the idea of the House of Representatives passing immigration reform in a piecemeal fashion so long as everything contained in the bill does eventually pass. Obama has implored Republicans in the House to pass legislation on comprehensive immigration reform but Republicans have been reticent
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Despite Republicans in the House of Representatives stating that comprehensive immigration reform will not be happening this year, Senator Charles Schumer said last Thursday that he still thinks such reform is achievable in 2013. Schumer was one of the Gang of Eight Senators whose reform bill was passed by the Senate back in June, but
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The Obama administration is to allow some of the relatives of military members who are living in the United States illegally to stay in the country, a new policy directive that was issued on Friday states. This is the latest in a series of policy changes to immigration that President Barack Obama has made since
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The leader of the House of Representatives declared yesterday that there will be no formal, compromise talks held with the Senate on the comprehensive immigration bill that was passed by them back in June, a further signal from the leadership of the Republican Party that the issue is dead for 2013. Republican House Speaker John
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With just one year left prior to the midterm elections, advocates for immigration reform hoping to kickstart debate on Capitol Hill intended to target a group of the Republican lawmakers that they believe are the most likely to encounter political fallout should Congress fail to pass reform legislation. A new campaign is to marry the
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