Senate Holds First Comprehensive Immigration Hearing Feb 13, 2013
With each passing week, Congress is gaining more momentum to transform discussions on Comprehensive Immigration Reform into an actual CIR package from which members can vote. Today, just one day after...
View ArticleSenate Tackles Issue of Women, Families, and Deportation in Immigration Hearings
This week, the Senate held a couple of hearings to address the needs of women and families and to review how to reform our current method of detaining immigrants for removal proceedings. Whether it’s a...
View ArticleThe Senate’s Immigration Reform Bill – A Compromise But Is Anyone Happy?
If you look up the word “compromise” on Google, this is the result you will get: Com·pro·mise (‘kämprǝ mīz/): noun An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making...
View ArticleNew Perspectives Revealed in Immigration Senate Hearings on S.744
It’s been one week since the Senate’s immigration bill (now known as S.744) was officially released and the news circuit is still aflutter tripping over itself to provide coverage on the voluminous...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary Committee Completes S.744 Markup – Votes 13-5 in Support
In early May, the Senate Judiciary Committee members filed 301 amendments to S.744. It was an arduous long couple of weeks of debate during the Senate Judiciary Committee meetings to mark up the bill....
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