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President Obama scolded congress in a speech on Thursday just hours after lawmakers voted to reopen the government and barely avoided a national default.
Even with the nation still gripped in a fiscal crisis with Congress still arguing over the debt ceiling, President Obama told the nation Tuesday that he would push for a vote on immigration reform.
On Thursday, the Democratic National Committee launched a campaign to make Spanish calls to Latino voters that criticize Republicans for their role in the government shutdown.
The state of Arizona could be cracking down on voters who can't prove they are citizens in future elections thanks to a new law planned by state officials.
On a big weekend for immigration reform, rallies were held across the U.S. by activists and protestors calling on Congress to pass immigration legislation while California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a series of bills protecting undocumented immigrants from certain legal repercussions.
The House bill still offers to uphold two of the Senate bill's cornerstone provisions, a pathway to citizenship and increased border security, except the proposal offers differing alternatives as to how to get there.
More than 8 million Americans, mostly poor blacks and low-wage workers, will be left uninsured under the new health care law due to states opting out of Medicaid expansion.
Determined to keep immigration reform alive, a group of House Democrats are expected to introduce an immigration bill of their own on Wednesday.
The government shutdown due to a congressional impasse in new budget negotiations has forced the furlough of about 400,000 federal employees, and thousands more are forced to work without pay.
With time running out on the year and before a looming government shutdown, immigration reform advocates are continuing to stay the course as they plan for nationwide demonstrations on Oct. 5 calling for the passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
Just in case you haven't been following national politics as of late, then please be advised that our federal government will more than likely shutdown Tuesday if Congress does not pass a spending bill by midnight.
Although congress is currently immersed in the looming government shutdown and a partisan brawl over the Affordable Care act, a few Republicans have remained vigilant in working on immigration reform legislation beneath the radar.
In a unanimous vote, the U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to clear a key procedural hurdle toward passing a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown. The vote occurred after Republican Sen. Ted Cruz staged a filibuster-styled speech marathon in effort to defund President Obama's health care law.
With the clock ticking and the deadline to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year slowly nearing, it may take House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to reignite life back into this faltering issue and keep the debate going.
The House of Representatives approved last week a cut of five percent in the budget for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) a program which benefits over 47 million Americans--including many Hispanics
