'Show Me Your Papers' Bill Could Make North Carolina The Next Arizona | ThinkProgress:
"North Carolina is set to vote on a piece of anti-immigration legislation on par with Arizona and Alabama’s racially-tinged laws that drew national attention and ire from immigration advocates. The Reasonable Enactment of Comprehensive Legislation Addressing Immigration Matters (RECLAIM) in North Carolina Act, or HB 786 would expand the scope of law enforcement officials with “reasonable suspicion” to authorize immigration status checks on anyone who has been lawfully stopped."
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The right side of history: Making immigration reform truly comprehensive - The Hill's Congress Blog
Where's the justice in denying some mixed status families protection and deny other families the same right.
The right side of history: Making immigration reform truly comprehensive - The Hill's Congress Blog:
"Now this same Congress is being called upon to consider a comprehensive immigration reform bill to address the evolving needs of immigrants and their loved ones in the United States. Once again, the question of LGBT inclusion in a fundamental policy in this country has come before Congress. With VAWA, Congress voted definitively for the principle that we could not leave anyone behind – that protection under VAWA had to include everyone who needed the protections of the bill. With immigration reform, Congress has the opportunity to affirm the principle that they cannot leave any family behind. However, right now, the immigration reform bill fails to affirm that principle: the current proposal is not truly “comprehensive” because it leaves LGBT families behind."
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The right side of history: Making immigration reform truly comprehensive - The Hill's Congress Blog:
"Now this same Congress is being called upon to consider a comprehensive immigration reform bill to address the evolving needs of immigrants and their loved ones in the United States. Once again, the question of LGBT inclusion in a fundamental policy in this country has come before Congress. With VAWA, Congress voted definitively for the principle that we could not leave anyone behind – that protection under VAWA had to include everyone who needed the protections of the bill. With immigration reform, Congress has the opportunity to affirm the principle that they cannot leave any family behind. However, right now, the immigration reform bill fails to affirm that principle: the current proposal is not truly “comprehensive” because it leaves LGBT families behind."
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MoraJamesLaw Immigration Blog
MoraJamesLaw Immigration Blog:
Mora James Law conecta con nuestros clientes y nuestra comunidad a través de los valores de Nebraska que viven y la diversidad de nuestro estado abogando por los derechos de Inmigración, Defensa Criminal y Derechos Civiles.
Para Español: (402) 570-6723.
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Mora James Law conecta con nuestros clientes y nuestra comunidad a través de los valores de Nebraska que viven y la diversidad de nuestro estado abogando por los derechos de Inmigración, Defensa Criminal y Derechos Civiles.
Para Español: (402) 570-6723.
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Senator warns 60 votes not secured for immigration reform – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
Senator warns 60 votes not secured for immigration reform – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs:
How extremely unfortunate that our leaders cannot see what the best option is for our country!
""At this moment we have not found 60 votes in the Senate," Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, said in an interview on the Spanish-language network Univision that was translated by CNN. "We still need more votes in the chamber.""
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How extremely unfortunate that our leaders cannot see what the best option is for our country!
""At this moment we have not found 60 votes in the Senate," Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, said in an interview on the Spanish-language network Univision that was translated by CNN. "We still need more votes in the chamber.""
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
When Ted Cruz Helped Craft Bush's Immigration Reform Plan - Beth Reinhard - The Atlantic
When Ted Cruz Helped Craft Bush's Immigration Reform Plan - Beth Reinhard - The Atlantic:
""I'm disappointed in Ted because he's a very bright, articulate lawyer with a substantial base of knowledge about immigration," said Houston lawyer Charles Foster, who advised the Bush campaign on immigration and said he worked closely with Cruz. "But instead of using that knowledge, he's acting like a typical politician and just talking about the border being out of control.""
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""I'm disappointed in Ted because he's a very bright, articulate lawyer with a substantial base of knowledge about immigration," said Houston lawyer Charles Foster, who advised the Bush campaign on immigration and said he worked closely with Cruz. "But instead of using that knowledge, he's acting like a typical politician and just talking about the border being out of control.""
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Immigrants Start Successful Businesses
11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy:
More than a quarter of technology and engineering firms started between 1995 and 2005 had a foreign-born owner, according to the Washington Post. One of the founders of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, is an immigrant from Taiwan.
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More than a quarter of technology and engineering firms started between 1995 and 2005 had a foreign-born owner, according to the Washington Post. One of the founders of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, is an immigrant from Taiwan.
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Reform Would Help Fix The Social Security Problem
11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy:
"Immigration reform would help bolster Social Security because more legal workers would mean more people contributing payroll taxes to its trust fund, according to an analysis from the Social Security administration. Undocumented workers already contribute $15 billion per year to Social Security."
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"Immigration reform would help bolster Social Security because more legal workers would mean more people contributing payroll taxes to its trust fund, according to an analysis from the Social Security administration. Undocumented workers already contribute $15 billion per year to Social Security."
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11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy
11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy:
"Expelling the approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States would cost $2.6 trillion over the next 10 years, according to CNBC. That's because it costs the government more than $8,000 to deport each person."
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"Expelling the approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States would cost $2.6 trillion over the next 10 years, according to CNBC. That's because it costs the government more than $8,000 to deport each person."
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11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy
11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy:
"Immigration reform would reduce the federal deficit by $2.5 trillion over the next 10 years, according to an April analysis by the American Action Forum, a conservative think tank."
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"Immigration reform would reduce the federal deficit by $2.5 trillion over the next 10 years, according to an April analysis by the American Action Forum, a conservative think tank."
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Senators Require Fingerprinting at 30 Airports - ABC News
Senators Require Fingerprinting at 30 Airports - ABC News:
"Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill."
And we (U.S. Citizens) will be next!!!!
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"Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill."
And we (U.S. Citizens) will be next!!!!
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Contact info on U.S. Senators of Senate Judiciary Committee for CIR
Phone numbers:
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Senator Cornyn: 202-224-2934
Senator Flake: 202-224-4521
Senator Sessions: 202-224-4124
Senator Graham: (202) 224-5972
Senator Cruz: (202) 224-5922
Senator Grassley: 202-224-3744
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Twitter:
Twitter, use #CIRmarkup, #SJC (senate judiciary
committee), #timeisnow, #p2c (path to citizenship).
You can also
tweet at Judiciary Committee members:
@SenatorLeahy, @SenFeinstein, @ChuckSchumer, @SenatorDurbin, @SenWhitehouse, @amyklobuchar, @alfranken, @ChrisCoons, @SenBlumenthal, @maziehirono, @ChuckGrassley, @OrrinHatch, @SenatorSessions, @LindseyGrahamSC, @JohnCornyn, @SenMikeLee, @tedcruz, @JeffFlake
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Tucked in Immigration Bill, Special Deals for Some - NYTimes.com
Tucked in Immigration Bill, Special Deals for Some - NYTimes.com:
"Ireland and South Korea extracted measures that set aside for their citizens a fixed number of the highly sought special visas for guest workers seeking to come to the United States. Poland got language that would allow it to join the list of nations whose citizens can travel to the United States as tourists without visas. And Canadians successfully pushed for a change that would permit its citizens who are 55 and older and not working to stay in the United States without visas for as much as 240 days each year, up from the current 182."
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"Ireland and South Korea extracted measures that set aside for their citizens a fixed number of the highly sought special visas for guest workers seeking to come to the United States. Poland got language that would allow it to join the list of nations whose citizens can travel to the United States as tourists without visas. And Canadians successfully pushed for a change that would permit its citizens who are 55 and older and not working to stay in the United States without visas for as much as 240 days each year, up from the current 182."
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Opinion: Gay rights, immigration reform on collision course - CNN.com
Opinion: Gay rights, immigration reform on collision course - CNN.com:
Where is TX Sen. Cruz's compassion for immigrants considering his own father was an immigrant!
"For example, one person gunning for the legislation is Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who has proposed an amendment that dismantles the pathway to U.S. citizenship. Cruz would welcome more legal immigrants by expanding the high-skilled temporary worker program. But the senator opposes giving illegal immigrants U.S. citizenship. The Cruz amendment says that "no person who has previously been willfully present in the United States while not in lawful status shall be eligible for United States citizenship.""
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Where is TX Sen. Cruz's compassion for immigrants considering his own father was an immigrant!
"For example, one person gunning for the legislation is Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who has proposed an amendment that dismantles the pathway to U.S. citizenship. Cruz would welcome more legal immigrants by expanding the high-skilled temporary worker program. But the senator opposes giving illegal immigrants U.S. citizenship. The Cruz amendment says that "no person who has previously been willfully present in the United States while not in lawful status shall be eligible for United States citizenship.""
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Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform | Threat Level | Wired.com
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform | Threat Level | Wired.com:
Is "Big Brother" looking for you as a US citizen????
"Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation...is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named “photo tool,” a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver’s license or other state-issued photo ID."
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Is "Big Brother" looking for you as a US citizen????
"Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation...is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named “photo tool,” a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver’s license or other state-issued photo ID."
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Other Immigration Reform: When a Husband Can't Sponsor His Spouse - Andrew Welsch - The Atlantic
The Other Immigration Reform: When a Husband Can't Sponsor His Spouse - Andrew Welsch - The Atlantic:
This issue of same sex marriage must be addressed in CIR or else we are still discriminating against mixed status families!
"For the estimated 32,000 same-sex couples in which one partner is a U.S. citizen and the other is not, finding ways to legally stay together in the United States has been a constant source of anxiety and uncertainty. If the Supreme Court doesn't strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, these couples are in trouble: Immigration reforms currently being considered in the Senate do not include a fix for bi-national families, if those families are same-sex."
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This issue of same sex marriage must be addressed in CIR or else we are still discriminating against mixed status families!
"For the estimated 32,000 same-sex couples in which one partner is a U.S. citizen and the other is not, finding ways to legally stay together in the United States has been a constant source of anxiety and uncertainty. If the Supreme Court doesn't strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, these couples are in trouble: Immigration reforms currently being considered in the Senate do not include a fix for bi-national families, if those families are same-sex."
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Nebraska Pro-Life Politicians Hypocritically Try To Block Prenatal Care While Banning Abortion
Nebraska Pro-Life Politicians Hypocritically Try To Block Prenatal Care While Banning Abortion:
"Suddenly, last year's health care law came into effect, and the unborn children of undocumented immigrants were eligible for benefits since they would be born American. The logic was stable, the money was available, and it would still not allow the undocumented immigrant carrying the child to be eligible for benefits — the perfect combination for a pro-life politician.
Some pro-lifers stood by it, calling the potential for a ban a "sick game" and accusing those against it of lacking a "moral compass."
"Simply put, no mother, whether she has legal presence or not, should ever have to ponder the possibility of aborting her wanted unborn baby because she cannot afford prenatal care," said Shirl Mora James, a Lincoln civil rights and immigration attorney.
The committee agreed with Mora James, saying it made fiscal and moral sense for babies who will be American citizens."
Vamos a defender a los no nacidos los bebés son ciudadanos estadounidenses y sus madres no tienen voz!
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"Suddenly, last year's health care law came into effect, and the unborn children of undocumented immigrants were eligible for benefits since they would be born American. The logic was stable, the money was available, and it would still not allow the undocumented immigrant carrying the child to be eligible for benefits — the perfect combination for a pro-life politician.
Some pro-lifers stood by it, calling the potential for a ban a "sick game" and accusing those against it of lacking a "moral compass."
"Simply put, no mother, whether she has legal presence or not, should ever have to ponder the possibility of aborting her wanted unborn baby because she cannot afford prenatal care," said Shirl Mora James, a Lincoln civil rights and immigration attorney.
The committee agreed with Mora James, saying it made fiscal and moral sense for babies who will be American citizens."
Vamos a defender a los no nacidos los bebés son ciudadanos estadounidenses y sus madres no tienen voz!
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Guatemalan inmate of Eloy Detention Center dies in apparent suicide
Guatemalan inmate of Eloy Detention Center dies in apparent suicide:
What kind of hopelessness or terror of her home-country caused this poor woman to concede that the concept of self-killing was the appropriated option for her while in ICE detention?
"A Guatemalan woman in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement died Sunday night of an apparent suicide, according to an agency press release. Elsa Guadalupe-Gonzales, 24, was found having hanged herself in her cell at the Eloy Detention Center."
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What kind of hopelessness or terror of her home-country caused this poor woman to concede that the concept of self-killing was the appropriated option for her while in ICE detention?
"A Guatemalan woman in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement died Sunday night of an apparent suicide, according to an agency press release. Elsa Guadalupe-Gonzales, 24, was found having hanged herself in her cell at the Eloy Detention Center."
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Marco Rubio: Gang of Eight’s immigration bill can’t pass the House - Seung Min Kim - POLITICO.com
Marco Rubio: Gang of Eight’s immigration bill can’t pass the House - Seung Min Kim - POLITICO.com:
Let's hope Rubio is wrong on his thinking about the House GOP blocking CIR because..."Elsewhere on Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) reiterated that the legislation can win the support of a majority of both parties."
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Let's hope Rubio is wrong on his thinking about the House GOP blocking CIR because..."Elsewhere on Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) reiterated that the legislation can win the support of a majority of both parties."
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