A landmark bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system cleared its first major hurdle Tuesday when the legislation was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. – 2013/05/21.
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A Step Closer to Immigration Reform – Truthdig
Senators on a key panel continued slogging through a lengthy list of proposed amendments to a comprehensive immigration reform bill Tuesday, even as the legislation's opponents reminded congressional leaders that they'll …
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Two Republicans who helped craft a plan to overhaul the immigration system resisted major changes to their bill offered by a GOP colleague as the Senate Judiciary Committee considered the legislation on Tuesday.
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Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama and a determined opponent of immigration overhaul, said on Friday that the legislation is “dangerous” for American workers, and he vowed to work to slow the bill's progress.
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Overview As Congress debates a bill to overhaul the nation's immigration policy, much of the public has yet to form an opinion about the legislation. About.
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Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who's supporting immigration legislation put forward by a small group of senators called the Gang of Eight. The group recently released a draft of the legislation. Now bloggers have seized on the bill to ..
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With Monday's Boston Marathon bombings dominating the nation's attention, reaction to a new comprehensive immigration reform bill was muted in Washington as activists quietly reviewed the legislation and proponents …
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Senator Marco Rubio took another beating for his support for immigration reform legislation in the Senate this morning, this time from Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. Rubio defended his position on the legislation saying …
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Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio hit the Sunday news show circuit to sell his comprehensive immigration bill, promising that the legislation would not offer “amnesty” to the 11 million undocumented workers already living ..
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RUBIO: Immigration Reform Is 'Not Amnesty' – Business Insider
At the same time advocates are marketing the immigration bill as gay rights legislation, gay couples just got axed from the legislation.
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Immigration is so gay — or not
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