Immigration Law
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.
The long-awaited push to fix the nation's immigration laws looks like it might be ready to reach Congress for a vote soon.
With more movement on the immigration reform issue in Washington than ever before, it appears that attitudes are softening among Americans when it comes to allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. legally.
Continuing his recent push to have Washington pass comprehensive immigration reform into law, President Obama told Univision Wednesday that he expects a bill on immigration overhaul to be ready by April.
While the Senate voted down an amendment that would prevent undocumented immigrants from getting health care as part of immigration reform, President Obama planned to push the immigration agenda during a naturalization ceremony Monday.
A deal on reforming immigration laws in a way that would provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in the nation is close to being completed.
After weeks of negotiations, the bipartisan U.S. Senate group appears to have reached an agreement on how to grant millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S legal status, a huge part of the deal for fixing the nation's immigration laws.
Two days after hundreds of detained immigrants held at detention facilities nationwide were released due to pending spending cuts, both Homeland Security Department and White House officials said they were not made aware of the decision to set those immigrants free.
President Obama received praise from two lead Republicans Tuesday after a highly anticipated meeting to talk about pending legislation to fix the nation's immigration laws, but was slammed by Republicans after his administration decided to release hundreds of undocumented immigrants due to pending sequester cuts.
Despite the leak of part of his immigration proposal in the press earlier this week, President Obama remains confident that the news of the bill drafted by the White House won't hurt the ongoing negotiations in Congress geared towards reforming the immigration system.
Controversy over Arizona's immigration laws sparked protests in Tucson yesterday after an immigration rights activist and a father of six were detained by authorities citing immigration violations.
As the debate on immigration reform continues, immigration agents now want to be part of President Obama's reform talks while opponents of so-called "amnesty" are ready to take their case to court.
As Evangelical leaders around the U.S. urge legislators in Washington D.C. to get a deal done on immigration reform, a familiar and influential face from the Bush administration era looks like she's making her own push to get a deal done on the controversial issue.
It looks as if U.S. representatives in the Republican Party--long opposed to providing a pathway to immigration for undocumented Republicans--may be ready to reconsider their position, which bodes well for pending immigration reform proposals on Capitol Hill.
