by Jeremy Jennings | May 1, 2013 | Immigration Law Blog
Senate Bill 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, has been introduced and is being debated in the U.S. Senate. The 844-page bill is a result of the work of the bipartisan “Gang of 8”–four Democrats and...
by Jeremy Jennings | Apr 20, 2013 | Immigration Law Blog
It’s been a pretty remarkable year in immigration politics. A year ago, the Republican primaries pushed Mitt Romney to advocate “self-deportation” as his principal strategy to the immigration issue–a strategy endorsing Arizona and Alabama-type...
by Jeremy Jennings | Apr 7, 2013 | Immigration Law Blog
Immigration reform has been all over the news since Obama’s re-election. Groups in both chambers of Congress report that they are very close to releasing immigration bills. Remember that the introduction of a bill is the starting point of the process. Each...
by Jeremy Jennings | Nov 9, 2012 | Immigration Law Blog
The just-concluded national election has breathed new life to the issue of immigration reform. The political reality of the size of Latino turnout (10% of the electorate) and the fact that they overwhelmingly voted Democratic has caused many Republicans to revisit...
by Jeremy Jennings | Apr 30, 2010 | Immigration Law Blog
On April 29, 2010, Democratic Senators Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Leahy, Feinstein, and Menendez announced the Practical Answers for Immigration Reform (“REPAIR”) proposal, a 26‐page “framework of concrete bipartisan ideas” for immigration reform. Intended as...
