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House Considers Additional Immigration Legislation
June 8, 2006 The U.S. House of Representatives considered several pieces of immigration legislation yesterday in connection with H.R. 5441, the Homeland Security Appropriations Act. Chief among the measures was an amendment offered by Nathan Deal (R-GA) that would...
Tax Measure Delaying Conference on Immigration Reform Bill
June 7, 2006 The start of the joint House / Senate conference that is necessary to attempt a reconciliation between H.R.4437 and S.2611 is being delayed by House members relying on a perceived constitutional technicality. The technicality involves a requirement in...
East TN Reps Solidly Opposed to Comprehensive Immigration Reform
June 6, 2006 Immigration advocates that have recently been lobbying Tennessee's U.S. senators had better turn their full attention to Tennessee's members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Of Tennessee's nine elected Representatives (four Republican, five...
Tennessee’s 1st Hispanic Political Action Committee Formed
June 6, 2006 In light of my two previous posts discussing Tennessee politicians' view of immigration, it is fitting to report this news from The Tennessean that what is probably the state's first Hispanic political action committee ("PAC") has recently been formed in...
Immigration and Tennessee’s U.S. Senate Race
June 5, 2006 The immigration debate is playing an increasing role in the race for Bill Frist's U.S. Senate seat in this fall's election. None of the four candidates could be said to be in the pro-immigrant camp. Harld Ford Jr. (Democrat) fails to even mention...
The New Immigration Question Part 2: Playing Defense
June 2, 2006 Yesterday I wrote about what appears to be a growing movement of immigration advocates who are withdrawing support of S.2611, the Hagel-Martinez Immigration Compromise bill. This movement points to serious problems in the Senate bill and argues that the...
