Tag Archives: S.744
The Road to Comprehensive Immigration Reform: 2013 in Review
Comprehensive immigration reform is one of the most polemic issues facing the U.S. government and the U.S. population at large. Activists have called for a substantial overhaul of the current immigration system and to replace it with a more equitable and progressive system. Most importantly, advocates are demanding a pathway to legal status and eventually […]
Public Voices of the GOP & the Hispanic Vote: An Update
After Republican defeat in the race for the White House not even a year ago, Romney adviser Ron Kaufman said, “We need to make sure that we’re not perceived as intolerant…[t]he bottom line is we were perceived to be intolerant on some issues. And tone-deaf on others” (Associated Press). I wrote extensively about the importance […]
Reform Rundown: the American Congress and Immigration
Back in May, I wrote “The Quick and Dirty of the American Immigration Bill,” which summarized the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S.744). Since then, S.744 passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with about a third of the 301 proposed amendments attached to it. These amendments made positive changes to S.744 […]
The Quick and Dirty of the American Immigration Bill (S.744)
The momentum of the post 2012 election season has brought us to this point: an actual bipartisan bill coming out of the American Congressional system. If that wasn’t shocking enough in the context of the past decade of filibusters and stubborn partisanship resulting in letting things like the sequester happen, this bipartisan bill is an […]
