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Senate Amendment Limits Dangerous Deportation Practice
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 15 2013, 9:50AM
The Senate Juditiary Committee agreed to amend the immigration reform bill to limit practices that send deportees to dangerous spots on the border and separate family members who migrate together.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Advocates To Obama: Stop Deporting Future Citizens
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 13 2013, 1:32PM
Immigration reform advocates are calling on President Obama to stop deportations of people who would become eligible for a path to citizenship under the Senate immigration bill.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Day One Of Immigration Amendments: Enforcement Is Never Enough For Republicans
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 10 2013, 9:54AM
As it’s amended the immigration reform bill will move to the right. How far is yet to be seen.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Margaret Cho, Alice Walker and 100 More Artists Call for Humane Immigration Reform
by Julianne Hing on May 8 2013, 1:05PM
Their statement comes just as the Senate takes up its immigration bill.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Senate Battle Lines Drawn on Immigration Bill
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 8 2013, 11:15AM
Senators in the Judiciary Committee introduced hundreds of amendments to the comprehensive immigration bill yesterday. They could dramatically alter the bill.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
How the Sierra Club Learned to Love Immigration
by Brentin Mock on May 8 2013, 6:00AM
A racist fringe of the nation’s oldest and largest environmental group lost its battle over immigration. An inside look at the power struggle.
Topics: Environment, History
New York Times Recycles Same ‘Racist Undertones’ It Covers
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 7 2013, 3:15PM
The paper of record’s A1 story could have been about how public policy pushes workers of color to the margins. Instead, it’s about an imagined battle between blacks and Latinos.
Topics: Economy, Immigration, Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Another Flat-Earth Argument About Immigration’s Economic Drain
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 7 2013, 9:00AM
The conservative think tank released a report yesterday to convince lawmakers that immigration reform costs too much. Its claims are mostly false, but they’ve worked before.
Topics: Economy, Immigration, Immigration Reform
Is Facebook’s Push for Immigration Reform More Sinister Than It Seems?
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 1 2013, 2:11PM
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg recently started a group to back immigration reform. But his real goal may be to secure a source of low-wage workers for businesses like his.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Sierra Club Officially Endorses Immigration Reform
by Jorge Rivas on April 25 2013, 3:14PM
The environmental organization now supports immigration reform.
Topics: Environment, Immigration, /NOW Blog
Will the Courts Block Deferred Action? Keep Calm and Apply For DACA
by Jorge Rivas on April 24 2013, 7:03PM
Experts say rest assured, “DACA is alive and well.”
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
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Hospitals Caught ‘Deporting’ Sick, Undocumented Immigrants [Video]
by Jorge Rivas on April 24 2013, 10:55AM
Hospitals trying to curb costs have chartered flights to send sick, uninsured, undocumented immigrants back to their home countries.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
On Immigration, Points Of Conflict Crystallize As Senators Plunge Into Debate
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 23 2013, 3:05PM
The immigration bill introduced by a group of Senators last week was the subject of a third Judiciary Committee hearing today where the outlines of the hard policy fight ahead came squarely into view.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Sen. Durbin Schools Anti-Immigration Leader, Reminds Him Voters Rejected Self Deportation
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 22 2013, 4:01PM
Anti-immigration leader Kris Kobach argued for “self deportation” today at a Senate committee hearing but Sen. Dick Durban shut him down.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Boston Rattles Immigration Reform Hearings
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 22 2013, 2:25PM
Senators on all sides of immigration negotiations are getting testy about how Boston should or should not matter.
Topics: Immigration, Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Can Low-Income Immigrants Afford Citizenship?
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 19 2013, 4:21PM
Immigration reform promises millions a path to citizenship, but will some be left out because it’s too expensive?
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Expands ‘Alternatives’ to Detention
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 19 2013, 2:24PM
The Gang of Eight Senate immigration bill would take small but important steps to reform the immigration detention system.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Sen. Grassley Conflates Immigration Reform With Boston Violence
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 19 2013, 11:34AM
Senate Republicans begin to speculate about whether Boston attacks should shape the immigration reform effort.
Topics: Immigration Reform, National Security, /NOW Blog
Modest Racial Profiling Protections In Senate Immigration Bill
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 18 2013, 3:53PM
The Senate immigration bill includes small but important checks on racial profiling by immigration agents.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
No Obamacare or Safety Net While on Senate’s Path to Citizenship
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 18 2013, 11:57AM
That’s a long wait for a disproportionately poor population—that will continue paying taxes for benefits they can’t access.
Topics: Health, Immigration, Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
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