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The bipartisan U.S. Senate panel's proposed bill that would bring about comprehensive immigration reform survived its first major test Thursday during its first day of consideration before the Senate Judiciary Committee, one that was largely split on the bill.
While the debate on immigration reform in Washington rages on, Vice President Joe Biden called for legislators to get a bill passed on immigration reform by the end of the summer.
The last time that a major groundswell of opposition took place regarding a widesweeping bill designed to fix the nation's immigration laws, the bill was defeated soundly by the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate of 2007.
In the backdrop of hundreds of thousands of protesters across the U.S. protesting on Wednesday during May Day as they called for immigration reform, a new report released this month says that more people are entering the U.S. illegally.
There are some mixed messages being sent from key Washington legislators regarding the chances that the compromise bill on immigration proposed by the "Gang of Eight" bipartisan senate panel will pass into law.
As the debate in Washington continues on the bipartisan U.S. Senate bill aiming to bring about comprehensive immigration reform, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives could be looking to bring a compromise bill of their own to the House floor for debate.
What was starting out as a strong road in favor of immigration reform has now started to deteriorate into lines in the sand being drawn on the issue, with conservative Republicans on one side and pro-immigration advocates on the other.
As legislators debate what to do with the proposed immigration bill in light of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects revealed to be immigrants, agricultural and farm workers along with gay rights groups are pushing their own agendas when it comes to passing immigration reform.
The unveiled legislation promising sweeping changes to the nation's immigration system Tuesday has the support of President Obama, but while the major judiciary hearings on the bill are just getting underway, opponents of the bill have wasted no time taking their shots at the new legislation.
With his panel's highly anticipated immigration bill rumored to be unveiled Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to the airwaves on Sunday to defend the bill.
Thousands of immigrants and human rights activists are converging Wednesday for a rally in Washington to push for Congress to pass immigration reform into law.
With immigration reform taking center stage in Washington these days, thousands of immigrants intent to head to Washington on Wednesday to rally support for getting a bill on immigration done as soon as possible.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who governs over one of the most crucial border states as the immigration reform debate continues in Washington, is no fan of changing immigration policy without securing the borders first.
As the immigration reform debate rages on in Washington, the Associated Press, one of the largest news organizations in the world, has decided to stop using the word "illegal" when it comes to describing undocumented immigrants.
Real estate tycoon Donald Trump is no fan of the GOP's efforts to work on immigration reform, and he has not been shy about letting his feelings known.
