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One of the good parts of the Senate immigration bill, dissected here, is that it should put an end to the litigation concerning aging out of children under immigration laws. If you are new to this, Congress passed the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) in 2001 to remedy the problem of children, who upon turning 21, were [...]

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After a week of painstaking research, hounding Senate staffers for answers, and gathering second-opinions from immigration lawyers, I’ve come to the conclusion that the legalization provision of the recently released Senate immigration bill,  Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, does not work. In fact, the proposed Senate legislation locks undocumented immigrants into [...]

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The Senate immigration bill dropped last night and after reading through the entirety of the legislation, I’ve done a synopsis of what I consider good, bad and ugly. If you are undocumented and/or directly impacted by this legislation, I encourage you to please send in your thoughts about its drawbacks and how it can be [...]

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Leahy Announces Witnesses For February 13 Hearing On Comprehensive Immigration Reform February 8, 2013 WASHINGTON  – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy Friday released a list of witnesses invited to appear at a February 13 hearing on comprehensive immigration reform. Next week’s hearing is the Senate’s first on immigration reform this Congress, and will occur [...]

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Here’s the text of the president’s speech at the Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. What do you think of what he had to say? More of the same or does he actually have some muscle behind his words?

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I’m the same-sex partner of a U.S. citizen, a daughter to lawful permanent residents, grand-daughter of a U.S. citizen, a sibling to a U.S. citizen, and so on. I’m about to graduate with a law degree from one of America’s best law schools. Least I forget, for two years now, the Justice Department under President [...]

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