GOP makes repressive amendment to immigration bill
The amendment would prevent any of the immigrants legalized under S 744 from achieving permanent legal status until certain requirements are met.
The fast against firings
While the Senate debates the immigration bill, labor and community activists in northern California charge that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency continues to require local employers to fire hundreds of workers, saying they have no immigration papers.
Boehner says he’ll block whatever Senate GOP can’t kill
Boehner's statement is important because it gives his 234-member caucus a virtual veto over what Congress does, regardless of the Senate.
Immigration: The multiple dangers of the “SAFE” Act
The SAFE Act has harsh features including criminalizing, at the misdemeanor level, the mere act of being in the country without authorization.
GOP votes to prevent "dreamers" from getting a break
On June 13, the House of Representatives voted on a mostly partisan line to prevent the Obama administration from giving undocumented immigrants brought here as children a break.
Immigration debate begins in Senate as calls to end deportations grow
President Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the U.S. without documents a chance at citizenship.
"Nuns on the Bus" tour nation for immigration reform
Sister Simone Campbell was upbeat on the possibility of meaningful immigration reform.
Protesters to Obama: "400,000, not one more deportation"
CHICAGO - Twelve undocumented Chicagoans were arrested May 29 as they blocked rush hour traffic to demand that President Obama stop deportations.
Health care may be problem in House immigration bill
Getting an immigration bill out of the House may be harder than the Senate, mostly because the Republican tea partiers dominate there, and according to media reports, a major stumbling block may be access to health care.
Senate judiciary committee approves immigration bill
The bill was supported by a bipartisan group of eight senators (the "Gang of Eight").
