President Obama has professed his support for progressive immigration policy throughout both of his campaigns, and activists are currently applying maximum pressure in hopes that he'll make good on those promises. As the comprehensive immigration reform bill languishes in the House, activists are...
Despite the major push this year by immigration activists supporting comprehensive immigration reform, it looks as though Congress will delay immigration reform until the end of the year or later. The delay is due to the events in Syria and the choice now facing Congress on whether to take milita...
The comprehensive immigration reform bill before the Senate now contemplates a vast increase in militarization of the border between Mexico and the United States. For the first time ever, the idea is to close up every inch of the 1,969-mile border and have a system of "persistent surveillance" to...
Amidst the controversial deliberations of the comprehensive immigration reform debate, one of the most tragic outcomes of America's border policy is often forgotten. Despite a dramatic decline in border apprehensions in recent years, indicating a correlating decline in people crossing the border ...
As the Senate debates potential amendments to its comprehensive immigration reform bill, the House of Representatives has been formulating one of its own. A bipartisan group of Representatives has reportedly come up with an "agreement in principle" on immigration reform, and that agreement is now...
The recently announced bipartisan Senate immigration bill on Comprehensive Immigration Reform is now being debated amongst Senate members, and has drawn a flood of proposed amendments. Of the 301 amendments, two-thirds are from Senate Republicans, the Washington Post reports. The most threatenin...
The long-awaited comprehensive immigration reform bill is currently being debated in Congress. But judging from the summary released by the Gang of Eight, it's shaping up to meet the demands of the technology sector through additional visas as well as provisions to prevent outsourcing and wage pr...
As could be expected, many initial reactions to last week's horrific bombings in Boston turned to the immigration debate once it became evident that the two suspects grew up in Chechnya. While some politicians reacted with measured thoughtfulness, others came forth with the usual sound and fury. ...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently spoke out in favor of progressive immigration reform, and others in his industry have echoed this opinion. Zuckerberg explained in an editorial in The Washington Post that he favors a "welcoming immigration policy" for both business and personal reasons. ...
It's official. The senate will hold its first hearing on comprehensive immigration reform next week, on April 17. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy announced the hearing, as confirmed by NBC news. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Reno will testify at the hearing. T...
Green Evans-Schroeder is focused on the aggressive defense of immigrants.
