BREAKING – Dems to unveil CIR Draft at new conference today

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Apr 292010
 
BREAKING - Dems to unveil CIR Draft at new conference today

CNN is reporting that Senator Chuck Shumer (D-NY) and other will hold a news conference at 5:30 pm today to unveil a draft of proposed legislation to deal with our broken immigration system. The 26 page document will outline proposed efforts to secure the border (whatever that means) as a precursor to the more. The news conference is a result of meetings yesterday between Senators and pro-reform stakeholders. More as it comes available UPDATE: “The 26-page draft obtained by CNN attempts to woo GOP senators in part by calling for ‘concrete benchmarks’ to secure the border before granting illegal immigrants the opportunity to gain legal status. Those benchmarks include: increasing the number border patrol officers and U.S. Immigration and Customs MORE

Snapshot of the CIR-ASAP Bill

 Posted by on 2009/12/16  2 Responses »
Dec 162009
 
Snapshot of the CIR-ASAP Bill

Summary of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP) provided by Reform Immigration for America This snapshot highlights key provisions of the CIR ASAP Act and will be supplemented in the coming weeks as the IPC conducts deeper analysis of the proposals contained in the Act. Title I. Border Security, Detention and Enforcement

New realities eroding border double standard

 Posted by on 2009/07/07  2 Responses »
Jul 072009
 
New realities eroding border double standard

WASHINGTON – At a recent meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, lawmakers implored Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to make sure new passport requirements don’t get in the way of French-Canadian grandparents crossing the U.S.-Canadian border to visit their grandchildren. There was no mention of how those new rules might hurt Mexican grandparents trying to cross the U.S.-Mexican border to visit their grandkids in Arizona, California, New Mexico or Texas. “There’s been very much a double standard in dealing with the two borders,” said Jim Kolbe, the former Republican congressman who represented the Tucson border area for more than 20 years and is considered an expert on immigration issues. He said Northern border residents would be “aghast” if the federal MORE

Ruben Navarrette Jr. – Feds hold the key to crack down on illegal immigration

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Feb 202009
 
Ruben Navarrette Jr. - Feds hold the key to crack down on illegal immigration

REMEMBER WHEN STATE and local officials couldn’t wait to get their 15 minutes of fame by cracking down on illegal immigration? Well, thank goodness, that trend might be coming to an end — in part because of the economic crisis. According to a recent article in USA Today, some of these saber-rattlers have lost their appetite, moved on to other issues, or simply confronted the economic reality that local enforcement measures cost money — something that is suddenly in short supply. Others figured out that one consequence of tackling the immigration issue locally is that you foster divisions and wind up — in the words of one local official quoted in the article — “pitting neighbor against neighbor.” Still others MORE

The Hour is Now for Pro Immigrant Advocates

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Dec 192008
 
The Hour is Now for Pro Immigrant Advocates

With Obama in office, a sympathetic Cabinet and more Democrats in Congress, supporters hope to revive a reform package next year. But the economic downturn sparks worry about protecting U.S. workers. Immigrant advocates said Thursday that long-stalled efforts to legalize millions of illegal migrants, crack down on employers who hire them and win more family visas would be revived next year and could possibly succeed in early 2010 following sizable Democratic gains powered by record turnouts of Latino voters in the November election. Frank Sharry of America’s Voice, a Washington-based immigrant advocacy organization, said that Democrats who favored a comprehensive reform approach beat Republicans advocating only border control and other enforcement measures in 20 of 22 congressional races in such MORE