immigration reform news
There are some mixed messages being sent from key Washington legislators regarding the chances that the compromise bill on immigration proposed by the "Gang of Eight" bipartisan senate panel will pass into law.
As the debate in Washington continues on the bipartisan U.S. Senate bill aiming to bring about comprehensive immigration reform, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives could be looking to bring a compromise bill of their own to the House floor for debate.
What was starting out as a strong road in favor of immigration reform has now started to deteriorate into lines in the sand being drawn on the issue, with conservative Republicans on one side and pro-immigration advocates on the other.
With the debate over the proposed immigration reform bill continuing with renewed vigor on Capitol Hill thanks to the Boston Marathon terror suspects, members of the bipartisan U.S. Senate say that the bill would make terrorism harder instead of easier thanks to the provisions in the bill.
President Obama spoke at a dedication of The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas Thursday to not only speak about the legacy of former President Bush, but to push for an issue that both men targeted as a major goal of their second term--immigration reform.
As legislators debate what to do with the proposed immigration bill in light of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects revealed to be immigrants, agricultural and farm workers along with gay rights groups are pushing their own agendas when it comes to passing immigration reform.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has gone all in on the bill that would reform the nation's immigration laws, defending the bill this week against both reports from Politico suggesting the bill would benefit Democrats and a push from legislators to delay the bill due to two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings being immigrants.
In the backdrop of the aftermath of the arrest of one of two immigrants suspected of the Boston Marathon bombings, the first Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the proposed immigration reform bill Monday was filled with arguments from both sides on whether the bill should be passed at this time.
The past week of mayhem in Massachusetts thanks to two immigrant suspects accused of the Boston Marathon bombings has added fuel to the fire of the debate for immigration reform just as the bipartisan Senate panel's compromise bill has reached Congress for debate.
With the highly-awaited bill promising comprehensive reform to the nation's immigration laws, one of the most high-profile Republicans and advocates for the bill is starting to make his public campaign to push for the bill's passage.
The road to passing the new immigration reform bill into law will undoubtedly be filled with heated debate from both sides, but advocates of the bill's passage could be getting support from crucial and unlikely sources.
The unveiled legislation promising sweeping changes to the nation's immigration system Tuesday has the support of President Obama, but while the major judiciary hearings on the bill are just getting underway, opponents of the bill have wasted no time taking their shots at the new legislation.
With his panel's highly anticipated immigration bill rumored to be unveiled Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to the airwaves on Sunday to defend the bill.
Thousands of immigrants and human rights activists are converging Wednesday for a rally in Washington to push for Congress to pass immigration reform into law.
With immigration reform taking center stage in Washington these days, thousands of immigrants intent to head to Washington on Wednesday to rally support for getting a bill on immigration done as soon as possible.
