“With chances dim, advocates push for immigration bill”
As President Obama vows to refocus Democrats’ attention on jobs and the economy, advocates for overhauling the nation’s immigration laws say they are still gearing up for a battle in the Senate in coming weeks, despite fading hopes for victory. Click here to read this entire article…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/31/AR2010013102081.html?wpisrc=newsletter
“Running for the hills on immigration”
San Diego, California (CNN) — Thirty-seven words. In this week’s State of the Union address — which was more than 7,000 words long and lasted longer than an hour — all President Obama devoted to the issue of immigration reform was 37 measly words.
Here they are: “And we should continue the work of fixing our [...]
“Changes to immigrant-detention system coming, official says”
“The head of U.S. immigration enforcement on Monday announced plans for an overhaul of the government’s controversial detention system for people who face deportation. The moves described by John T. Morton, assistant secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, address oversight, medical care and tracking of detainees at facilities in Arizona and [...]
