Immigration Reform

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 31 days ago
RealClearPolitics.com - Four months ago a promising young man named Jamiel Shaw was gunned down in Los Angeles by a criminal alien who was freed from prison only the day before. Community members were shocked and saddened by another victim claimed to gang violence. Thousands turned out to say goodbye during the student-athlete's funeral. But weeks later an investigation revealed Shaw's assailant was no ordinary gang member. Pedro Espinoza, it turns out, was instead a violent criminal alien released from prison (and not turned over the Federal government) on March 1st, exactly one day before he murdered the seventeen year-old Shaw. Sorrow turned to anger, and a demand for action. ...

Source: news.aol.com --- 5 days ago
Filed under: Barack Obama , John McCain , 2008 President , Immigration Over the weekend both John McCain and Barack Obama delivered speeches to an Hispanic group in Washington and their messages were remarkably similar. Each candidate called for "comprehensive" Reform to current U.S. Immigration policies and push for a temporary worker program. McCain called the issue his "top priority yesterday, today, and tomorrow." Not to be outdone, Obama vowed that Immigration Reform would be "one of my priorities on my first day" in the White House. It was enough to make Tom Tancredo see red. McCain and Obama both backed measures that were blocked by hardline Republicans in Congress that would have given undocumented foreign workers a path toward citizenship. Where the two candidates diverge is on border security. McCain has shifted his focus and now says securing the border should be the first priority, though he hasn't given any details on what that would mean exactly or how it would be achieved. Eventually they're both going to have to get a lot more specific. The weekend's speeches were a first glimpse in how each candidate will be going after Latino voters. Expect to see much more along those lines in the months to come.   Permalink  |  Email this  |  Linking Blogs  |  Comments ...

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Summarizes major provisions, and the pros and cons of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced on May 9, 2007. The bill was drafted in cooperation with the White House, and co-authored by a bipartisan group of 12 senators. ...

Source: www.chicagotribune.com --- 7 days ago
Candidates differ on priority for pledge WASHINGTON—Republican candidate John McCain promised on Saturday that he would make Immigration Reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for illegal residents "my top priority" if elected president. ...

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What's the chance for Immigration Reform with a Barack Obama or John McCain presidency? My quick answer: The post-election Congress will pass the DREAM Act for undocumented students and the AgJobs agricultural worker bill. ...

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com --- 31 days ago
Four months ago a promising young man named Jamiel Shaw was gunned down in Los Angeles by a criminal alien who was freed from prison only the day before. Community members were shocked and saddened by another victim claimed to gang violence. Thousands turned out to say goodbye during the student-athlete's funeral. But weeks later an investigation revealed Shaw's assailant was no ordinary gang member. Pedro Espinoza, it turns out, was instead a violent criminal alien released from prison (and not turned over the Federal government) on March 1st, exactly one day before he murdered the seventeen year-old Shaw. Sorrow turned to anger, and a demand for action. This tragic case highlights a new role that local law enforcement is playing, one for which they are poorly resourced or equipped. At a time when illegal Immigration has turned every community into a border town, local law enforcement has become the nation's real border fence. We must recognize that they are playing this role by necessity, if not by choice, and resource them appropriately. The cop on the beat has a new threat in the form of criminal aliens. That threat can be easily and justifiably deported if correctly identified. The problem is that most local law enforcement officers, the men and women who find themselves on the front line of the Immigration problem, don't have the resources or are actually banned from enforcing the country's existing Immigration laws. ...

Source: www.swamppolitics.com --- 8 days ago
by Mike Dorning John McCain declared today that comprehensive Immigration Reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for the nation's estimated 12 million illegal aliens would be his "top priority" as president. "It will be my top priority yesterday, today and tomorrow," McCain declared at a forum this morning before the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. McCain and rival Barack Obama are engaged in a struggle for the nation's Hispanic vote, which both campaigns have identified as a constituency open to inroads from their candidate. Obama is set to address the Latino group this morning after McCain. Obama performed weakly among Latinos during the primary season but is currently leading among Hispanic voters in the polls. McCain has had a long relationship with Latino groups as a senator representing heavily Hispanic Arizona and as a champion in Congress of Immigration Reform. Immigration Reform and particularly citizenship for illegal aliens has been deeply unpopular with the Republican party's conservative base. McCain stuck by his support of Immigration Reform during the Republican primaries but generally emphasized other facets more popular with conservatives, such as strengthening security of the nation's borders. In front of the Latino group, McCain stressed both his willingness to take on his own party on Immigration and the pathway to full citgizenship for illegal aliens. "It wasn't very popular--lets have some ...

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Source: www.cnsnews.com --- 6 days ago
(CNSNews.com) - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the Republican presidential candidate, told the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials on Saturday that comprehensive Immigration Reform is his "top priority -- yesterday, today and tomorrow." ...

Source: www.mysanantonio.com --- 34 days ago
Sweeping Immigration Reform legislation will be approved by the U.S. House by this time next year, no matter who is elected president in November, U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, predicted here Friday. ...

Source: mediamatters.org --- 4 days ago
In a July 2 report on National Public Radio's (NPR) Morning Edition , national political correspondent Mara Liasson said that Sen. John McCain "has made a career of taking heat from his own party for working with liberal Democrats like [Sen.] Russ Feingold [WI] on campaign finance Reform or [Sen.] Ted Kennedy [MA] on Immigration. These bipartisan efforts are both the source of his maverick reputation and the cause of his ongoing problems with the Republican Party's conservative base." However, Liasson did not note that in the course of seeking the Republican nomination for president, McCain reversed his position on a key component of comprehensive Immigration Reform. McCain now says that "we've got to secure the borders first" -- a position at odds with his prior assertion that border security could not be disaggregated from other aspects of comprehensive Immigration Reform. McCain further stated during the January 30 Republican presidential debate that he would not vote for the bill he co-sponsored with Kennedy if it came to a vote on the Senate floor. A November 4, 2007, Associated Press article about McCain's change in position noted that his "high-profile support" for the McCain-Kennedy bill "hurt him politically" and quoted McCain stating: "I understand why you would call it a, quote, shift. ... I say it is a lesson learned about what the American people's priorities are. And their priority is to secure the borders." Media Ma ...

Source: www.overheardinnewyork.com --- 21 days ago
(in front of the steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Tourist : Excuse me, do you know where The Met is? Pissed off local woman : Walk seven blocks that way, take a left and walk four blocks. (tourist walks away) Pissed off local woman to friend : The next time someone asks me that, I'm giving them directions to the Bronx. --82nd & 5th Overheard by: olivia Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-06-15 ...

Source: www.eastvalleytribune.com --- 21 days ago
Another group of Valley religious leaders is speaking out about Immigration issues and calling for an end to the "hateful rhetoric" they say is being directed to those in this country without legal documents. ...

Source: www.kcrw.com --- 23 days ago
Congress has dropped the ball on illegal Immigration, leading states and cities to enact new laws and round up immigrants on their own. We hear about the impact on local business. When immigrants are driven out, where do they go? Will the issue take center stage in the presidential campaign? Also, Iowa residents flee as flood waters rise, and Guantánamo prisoners get legal rights. ...

Source: www.democrats.org --- 16 days ago
John McCain claims he can be trusted on Immigration Reform and believes that our current Immigration system illustrates "an ailing Washington culture in need of Reform to regain the trust of Americans." But the reality is on Immigration it's hard to know where Senator McCain really stands. McCain's record on Immigration Reform has been anything but consistent during the course of his campaign. Not only is McCain trying to have it both ways, calling for enforcement first and comprehensive Immigration Reform at the same time, he acknowledged he would not vote for the very Immigration bill that he had cosponsored in the past. [johnmccain.com, accessed 6/17/08] John McCain's backtracking on Immigration Reform may have saved him in the Republican primary, but it won't help with voters who want a candidate they can trust. Maybe that's why McCain has not gained support among Hispanics, among whom a Gallup summary of polls show Senator McCain trailing Barack Obama 29 to 62 percent. [ Los Angeles Times , 6/6/08] Immigration Reform: WHERE DOES MCCAIN REALLY STAND? 2006: McCain Championed The McCain-Kennedy Earned Legalization Immigration Bill. McCain campaigned for the McCain-Kennedy bill which was described by as "the most generous of the bills now before Congress." The legislation "would legalize as many as 11 million undocumented immigrants" and "grant temporary work permits to illegal immigrants and then after waiting six years and paying a ...