Category Archives: Immigration
Senate Immigration Reform Panel Considers DREAMers, Boston and High Tech Visas
Originally published in Politic365 on May 21, 2013. The Senate Judiciary Committee continued the markup process of the immigration reform bill Monday, considering among other things domestic violence victims, financial aid for DREAMers, whether the Boston bombingheld any weight over student visa … Continue reading
Immigration Bill Bombarded by 300 Amendments: LGBT, Biometric Data, Tech…
Originally published in Politic365 on May 8, 2013. Senators piled on more than 300 amendments to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013Tuesday after a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting. Ranging from LGBT rights for immigrants to biometric data to employment for … Continue reading
Paul Ryan’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Makes Him an Odd Reform Advocate
Originally published in Politic365 on May 3, 2013. Self deportation, anchor babies, catch and release, illegal — these are not the words you expect to hear from the mouth of an immigration reform advocate, but they are examples of some … Continue reading
Deportations Grow as Immigration Reform Debate Takes Shape
Originally published in Politic365 on Apri 25, 2013. Although an immigration reform proposal has been introduced into the U.S. Senate, deportations of immigrants who may be eligible for the 13 year-long pathway to citizenship promised by the bill continue to be removed … Continue reading
Senate Immigration Reform Bill Hinges on Border Security, Fees, Biometric Data
Originally appeared in Politic365 on April 16, 2013. Details of the “Gang of 8”-negotiated immigration reform measure were released late Monday. The group planned a big press conference to discuss the details of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization … Continue reading
Immigration Reform Focuses on Enforcement: Both Democrats and Republicans
Originally appeared in Politic365 on April 12, 2013. A group of Democratic congressmen released immigration reform principles Thursday with the idea that they be a contrast to the bipartisan “Gang of 8” bill expected to drop in the Senate next … Continue reading
Border Security May Suffer Due To Sequester Cuts
Originally appeared in Politic365 on March 4, 2013. Effects of sequestration on Texas, and the border specifically, are becoming real this week in the aftermath of the sequester-mandated budget cuts that affected many areas of government. In Texas, specifically, this means … Continue reading
Wasteful Spending: Immigrant Detainees Released Due to Sequestration
Originally appeared in Politic365 on February 26, 2013. On Monday rumors began to spread on social media that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was releasing immigrant detainees from centers in New Jersey, Louisiana, California, Texas and Florida. Initially it was difficult to ascertain the veracity … Continue reading
Immigration Reform Is About Path To Residency, Not Citizenship
Originally appeared in Politic365 on February 18, 2013. The conversation taking place about immigration reform and the so-called “path to citizenship” is a misnomer, according to the president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Douglas Stump. What’s being discussed is not actually … Continue reading
How Will The Myth Of The ‘Secure’ Border Affect Immigration Reform?
Originally published in Politic365 on February 7, 2013. As immigration reform talks begin to dominate the conversation in Congress, the inevitable conversation about border security has as well. But what always seems to get lost in this conversation is the … Continue reading