Immigration News
Immigration Bill 'Could Create DMZ' Like Korea
Immigration reform has taken a big step to becoming law, but some experts worry that the emphasis on border security could create a demilitarized zone like the one between North and South Korea.
House immigration group resolves dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) — House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could confront voters' questions on the issue.
Rand Paul's beef with immigration reform bill: the E-Verify system
The Senate immigration reform bill will have a prominent challenger when it comes up for a final vote in June: Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky.
Immigration reform is stuck in House, but 'gang' is resolute
Bipartisan immigration reformers in the House haven’t yet managed to clinch a deal, missing their self-imposed deadline, but neither has the group called it quits.
3 Things Blocking Immigration Reform in the House
After a Senate committee passed the Gang of Eight immigration bill this week, audience members at the hearing chanted, "Sí se puede." That might not be the case once it's the House's turn to take up immigration reform.
Key senators tightly control immigration debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii never had a chance to win a relatively modest change to far-reaching immigration legislation.
5 things you should know about immigration reform
Advocates for comprehensive immigration reform won their first major legislative victory this week when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" plan.
Immigration heads to Senate
After clearing the first hurdle in some of the most delicate legislative jockeying in recent memory, advocates of a comprehensive immigration reform bill are already looking to the next stage of the legislation’s progress as it heads toward a high-profile airing in the full Senate.
Sessions takes on Senate immigration gang
What's wrong with the "Gang of Eight" comprehensive immigration reform bill?
Immigration advocates steel for Senate slog
After clearing the first hurdle in some of the most delicate legislative jockeying in recent memory, advocates of a comprehensive immigration reform bill are already looking to the next stage of the legislation’s progress as it heads toward a high-profile airing in the full Senate.