With the Senate having already passed an immigration reform bill this year, all eyes are now on the House of Representatives to see whether or not such a bill will be able to reach the desk of President Obama in 2013, and Catholic leaders have been doing their bit to ensure comprehensive immigration reform does […]
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Activists in the state of California began a remarkable journey to march as many as 285 miles from Sacramento to Bakersfield in order to support immigration reform. Eleven individuals marched for a total of two weeks on foot and were joined by two new activists along the way, NBC Latino reports. The march came to
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A directive has been issued by the Obama administration that states that federal authorities need to give special consideration to parents when it comes to deciding whether or not to deport them. The policy also allows some deportees to be able to come to the United States in order to attend court hearings in regards
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Over 70 immigrants and their supporters including the Democrat candidate for Mayor, Adrian Mapp, and Assemblyman Jerry Green, gathered together at the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church located on Watchung Avenue in Plainfield in order to commemorate Labor Day while simultaneously demanding that a pathway to citizenship be provided to the 11 million undocumented immigrants that
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A diverse and sizeable crowd that included the likes of three US Congressmen from Florida packed into the Duncan Theatre auditorium located at the Lake Worth campus of Palm Beach State College on August 28th for the purpose of attending the community-wide Immigration Reform Town Hall meeting. The evening assembly intended to promote immigration reform,
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Republicans in the House of Representatives are struggling to come to a decision in regards to the kind of pathway to US citizenship that should be given to the 11 million undocumented immigrants that are already living in the country illegally, with a small but growing number of members wanting to provide one – so
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The new Irish Ambassador to the United States, Anne Anderson, puts economic ties between Ireland and the US and immigration reform as being her major priorities as she takes over her new position. Anderson told the Irish Times that the relationship between Ireland and the United States has long been dynamic, vibrant and unique but
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The ruling made by the Supreme Court earlier in the summer that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act as being unconstitutional has opened a number of new doors for same-sex couples in the United States. The legislation being overturned is seen as an enormous victory for the lesbian and gay communities and same-sex couples
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On the 50th anniversary of the iconic “I have a dream” speech made by Martin Luther King, advocates for immigration rights for same-sex couples made use of the Washington DC celebration as a forum within which to initiate change. The Washington Times says that activists intend to honor the civil rights movement from 1963 by
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After serving for five years in the Senate and perhaps nearing the close of his political career, John McCain wants immigration reform to be his legacy’s crowning achievement, while Jeff Flake, a newcomer to the upper chamber, having spent 12 years in the House of Representatives, believes that reform is vital to keeping the Republican
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Texas Representative Ted Poe might just have found reassurance that he and his conservative stable mates would not be committing political suicide by supporting immigration reform via a roundtable discussion at a restaurant with five business executives, who made it clear that they are in favor of a robust guest worker program since there are
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