'Show Me Your Papers' Bill Could Make North Carolina The Next Arizona | ThinkProgress

'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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