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Proponents of immigration reform celebrated a historic victory on Thursday when the Senate successfully passed a comprehensive reform bill by a clear majority. Groups and organizations representing people from all walks of life, all across the country, are speaking out and voicing their approval and support for the legislation.
Despite the earlier indications that the Republican Party was looking to come around on immigration reform, the party's stance has grown shakier as Congress prepares to debate the new immigration proposal this summer.
After stops and stalls late in the process, it appears that the bipartisan Senate panel working on immigration reform may be closer than ever to a deal to fix the nation's immigration laws.
With more movement on the immigration reform issue in Washington than ever before, it appears that attitudes are softening among Americans when it comes to allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. legally.
Continuing his recent push to have Washington pass comprehensive immigration reform into law, President Obama told Univision Wednesday that he expects a bill on immigration overhaul to be ready by April.
While the Senate voted down an amendment that would prevent undocumented immigrants from getting health care as part of immigration reform, President Obama planned to push the immigration agenda during a naturalization ceremony Monday.
Just as all seemed like smooth sailing on the immigration reform waters, the negotiations involving an immigration bill that would rework the nation's immigration laws seems like it has hit a snag with labor unions.
The bipartisan group of senators working on a deal for comprehensive immigration reform are nearing agreement on a deal that would grant undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. a pathway to citizenship that would take 13 years.
A deal on reforming immigration laws in a way that would provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in the nation is close to being completed.
"Working together" has been the theme of the "Gang Of Eight" bipartisan U.S. Senate panel who have been working round the clock to get a bill reforming the nation's immigration laws done.
One consequence of the immigration reform bill being crafted by the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” group of senators could be the adoption of a controversial work status verification system called E-Verify.
After weeks of negotiations, the bipartisan U.S. Senate group appears to have reached an agreement on how to grant millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S legal status, a huge part of the deal for fixing the nation's immigration laws.
The bipartisan group of senators working on crafting a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would offer a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country is working behind closed doors to meet a self-imposed end-of-the-month deadline.
A new poll indicates that nearly two-thirds of Latino voters want same-sex couples to be included as part of immigration reform in Washington.
President Obama received praise from two lead Republicans Tuesday after a highly anticipated meeting to talk about pending legislation to fix the nation's immigration laws, but was slammed by Republicans after his administration decided to release hundreds of undocumented immigrants due to pending sequester cuts.
