The conservative Heritage Foundation will doubtless not be pleased to find out that no one believes a word of its “study” that forecasted that the granting of citizenship to the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants will end up costing American taxpayers up to $6.3. However, what is perhaps most surprising is that this skepticism is […]
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Speaking at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies gala, which was held on May 8th, Vice President Joe Biden revealed that he hopes to have immigration reform done and dusted by the end of the summer season. Biden emphasized how important it was that the nation keeps its dignity as the decisions are
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The South Korean government hired the services of two veterans of the White House, a team of former Congressional staff members and an ex-CIA analyst in order to get a couple of paragraphs in the new immigration bill. They are not alone, with the government of Poland putting the squeeze on Vice President Joe Biden
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The Senate bill to overhaul the immigration laws in the United States would also help to lessen the financial strain in regards to the Social Security retirement program, according to government analysts in a report, released yesterday, that marks the latest exchange in the arguments over the impact of the legislation. Social Security Administration experts
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A third of Senate Judiciary Committee members voted yesterday to try to delay reform to the US immigration laws at the very first committee hurdle, implying that the legislation could be in for a tougher time trying to get through Congress than had been hoped would be the case by its bipartisan backers. Iowa Republican
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Immigration reform has taken the world of showbusiness in the United States by storm, with over 100 celebrities having signed a letter addressed to members of Congress and President Barack Obama urging them to pass into law an immigration bill that will offer a pathway to US citizenship for the approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants
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Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has played down concerns that the wide-ranging immigration bill could be defeated if it offers rights to gay immigrants as his committee gets ready to mark up the legislation today. Leahy told POLITICO, that regarding the issue of gay immigrants: “We’re going to have to face
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The overhaul of immigration laws in the United States has only just started, and lawmakers still have numerous hurdles they must face in order to successfully reform the country’s broken immigration system. With Senate members preparing to cast their vote on the legislation later this week, they are bracing themselves to be confronted with the
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This week the US Congress opened the first debate for six years, since 2007, on a bill to comprehensively reform the immigration laws in the country, testing whether labor and business groups will be able to hold together on what is a delicately crafted bill that is already being attacked by some quarters. For 11
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US immigration authorities are intending to give preferential treatment to visa seekers who are better educated and trained and are able to contribute to the country’s economy under a provision of the new bill being discussed in Congress that appears to have been given little attention. The bipartisan bill would rewrite the 50-year-old standards under
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One of the leading members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight responsible for the new immigration reform bill, Senator Marco Rubio, has begun to doubt that the legislation will be able to pass in a House of Representatives that is controlled by the Republican Party, but nonetheless says that he will work on the issue
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