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• Napolitano Reiterates Need For Comprehensive Immigration Reform

  CaribWorldNews , WASHINGTON , DC, Fri. May 7, 2009 : Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, this week reiterated the need for comprehensive immigration reform that addresses all aspects of the immigration problem. Napolitano,…

• Making the Case: 7 Reasons Why Congress Should Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform this Year

  Today in the Senate, Senator Schumer is holding an important hearing: "Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2009, Can We Do it and How?" At NDN , we believe the answer to whether Congress can pass reform…

• Obama Backs off Pledge of Swift Immigration Reform

  President Obama Wednesday backed off a campaign promise to make immigration reform a priority of his first term, saying work on the issue has begun but his agenda is already stretched. “We want to move…

• Timing Immigration Reform

  By T. Alexander Aleinikoff Thursday, April 23, 2009 The Obama administration recently signaled interest in beginning a discussion on comprehensive immigration reform before year's end. It might seem that a severe economic downtown is not…

• Obama: Comprehensive immigration reform needed

  Thu Mar 19, 11:00 am ET COSTA MESA , Calif. – President Barack Obama says the United States is a nation of immigrants but the country must have control over its borders. Speaking at a…

• Citing Census, Hispanics Urge Immigration Reform

  WASHINGTON – Saying traditional census outreach will not be enough, Hispanic groups on Wednesday urged the Obama administration to follow through now on its pledge to pass immigration reform or risk an undercount of millions…

• House Democrats Ready to Give Immigration Bill Another Shot

  House Democrats are laying the groundwork for another major immigration debate later this year, despite the risk that it could prove politically destructive for their party. Moving broad legislation that would put millions of illegal…

• Obama to Address Immigration Reform in Coming Months

  WASHINGTON ( AFP) – President Barack Obama will present plans for immigration reform this year, Hispanic lawmakers said Wednesday after strategic talks at the White House. Obama "was clear and eloquent and determinate to let…

• Will the Economic Meltdown Push Fixing a Broken Immigration System to the Back Burner?

  On the campaign trail last year, Barack Obama promised to make comprehensive immigration reform ( CIR) "a top priority in my first year as president." Stressing the importance of "finally bring[ing] undocumented immigrants out of…

• Pelosi: End Raids Splitting Immigrant Families

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined hundreds of families Saturday evening at a church in San Francisco's Mission District demanding an end to the immigration raids and deportations that separate parents from children across the United…