by Jeremy Jennings | May 25, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
May 25, 2006 Yesterday afternoon the Senate considered several amendments to S.2611, the Hagel-Martinez Immigration Compromise bill. Among the results were: Increasing the amount of fees required by the legalization program by $500.00, raising the total amount of...
by Jeremy Jennings | May 24, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
May 24, 2006 The Senate yesterday passed the Grassley (R-IA) Amendment by a vote of 58-40 that will require electronic verification of the immigration status of all new hires, beginning 18 months after the program is funded by Congress. Employers who hired...
by Jeremy Jennings | May 24, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
May 24, 2006 I just want to remind readers that no new immigration reform laws have been passed into law. The bills and amendments I’ve previously discussed are all important parts of the debate about what an immigration reform law should look like and steps in...
by Jeremy Jennings | May 23, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
May 23, 2006 Senator Feinstein’s (D-CA) “Orange Card” amendment failed by roughly a 2-1 differential today in the Senate. The Orange Card amendment would have eliminated S.2611’s three-tiered approach to immigration reform based on an...
by Jeremy Jennings | May 22, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
May 22, 2006 With the unyielding rhetoric coming from conservative members of the U.S. House of Representatives it is easy to wonder if passage of a Senate immigration bill even matters. After all, even if the Senate bill passes it still has to be reconciled with the...
