The American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona challenging Arizona’s new law requiring police to demand “papers” from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be in the [...]
As the Arizona immigration law has heated up the discussion about immigration reform, here are some videos from various news outlets discussing the topic.
Politics of Immigration Reform
Council on Foreign Relations Michael Gerson and CBSnews.com’s Stephanie Condon discuss the political implications over immigration reform.
Roundtable: Immigration Debate
George Will, Matthew Dowd, Katrina vanden Huevel, Bill Maher, and Rev. [...]
It’s all over the news today: Republican Senator Scott Brown told reporters that President Obama had called him to give a “heads up” that the White House will be taking on immigration reform within a month’s time.
There are numerous news organizations reporting on this topic and dissecting the “pros” and “cons.”
The Atlantic Wire [...]
Chances are dim, but advocates will still push for immigration reform. This is the headline in today’s Washington Post.
During his Presidential State of the Union televised addressed on January 27, 2010, which lasted approximately 70 minutes, President Obama uttered only the following about immigration: “We should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system. [...]
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, says it is unlikely that comprehensive immigration reform will be fully taken up by Congress in 2010. According to Rep. Cuellar, reform is more likely to be tackled in 2011, not in 2010. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Here is the text of H.R. 4321, referred to as the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009″ (CIR ASAP), which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on December 15, 2009.
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On December 15, 2009, Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL), introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, entitled Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009. Click here to read the comments Rep. Gutierrez, chair of the CHC Immigration Task Force, made at a press conference introducing the bill.
While the [...]
On Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) will introduce new legislation, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (“CIR ASAP”), to the U.S. House of Representatives. Gutierrez will be joined by members of many different faiths and backgrounds, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, Asian Pacific [...]
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