Basically, these groups are policy-oriented and advocates, connected with unions, corporate interests and Democrats, but without relationship with immigrants. After the 2006 immigrants movements, the lack of leadership created a vacuum rapidly filled by those Washington-based groups, who claimed the representation of immigrants. This represented a crucial moment on the immigration struggle: instead of the energy and pressure coming from the bottom, now it comes from the top. While they kept pressure on Congress for immigration reform, the demands switched, becoming more market-oriented and less immigrant-oriented. They first talk about border control to please conservatives. When they realized it wouldnt work, they abandoned this language. Not only that, they also approved high fines for illegals, even for farmworkers, showing a complete ignorance about these workers reality. Later RIFA was created a project for immigration reform comprised by many of these groups and unions. RIFA promotes immigrations reform without specific demands. With the message coming from the top, demands are unclear and opportunistic. Call your representative and tell him/her you want immigration reform. But what type of immigration reform? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev.
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Biden said that he was "extremely disappointed that Speaker of the House of Representatives announced yesterday that he will not allow the process to work, he will not allow the House to play by fair play, the American way, and let Congress actually vote their conscience to fix a broken system," calling it a "step backward in the history of the country." Making his case in front of 104 naturalized citizens and their families at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Biden encouraged the new citizens to help the other 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. "Don't pull up the ladder behind you when you come on board ... there are millions of people who are already acting as decent Americans that deserve a chance, that deserve a path, to earn their way ... so reach back, help as you move on, and don't be afraid." With immigration reform talks at a standstill and the fate of undocumented immigrants hanging in the balance, it is unclear what President Obama could do if the bill dies. In 2012, the President stopped the deportation of undocumented minors under a deferred action program. The House is in session 14 days between now and the end of the year, and the third-ranking House Republican, GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy, says there simply isn't enough time for the bill to be considered.
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Immigration overhaul dead in the House?
Jeff Denham, R-Calif., to gauge the interest of House Republicans on taking up the contentious issue. Denham was the first Republican to co-sponsor a Democratic immigration bill that provides a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 12 million undocumented immigrants. Now Denham is asking for signatures from his GOP colleagues on a letter of support for immigration overhaul and is initially targeting a group of 40-45 Republicans who he believes could sign on. "The speaker basically said, 'Show me how much support there is to bring this up,'" Denham said Thursday. "So we're circulating the letter to show him how many members are pushing hard to get immigration to the floor." Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that helped defeat a similar immigration effort in 2007 and is fighting hard against this year's efforts, said Boehner and other Republican leaders are still looking for ways to pass some kind of immigration overhaul. He said they feel a political need to do so to win over the ever-growing Hispanic electorate. "I have no question in my mind that Boehner and (Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.) still believe the storyline that politically you have to do something and you have to pass some kind of amnesty," Beck said.
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Immigration reform outlook
Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform; Jay Timmons, president and chief executive of the National Association of Manufacturers; Bishop John C. Wester, bishop of Salt Lake City; and Greg Zoeller, the attorney general of Indiana (R) will be holding a press conference to push for further action on immigration reform. As for Speaker John Boehner, those familiar with his thinking tell Right Turn that he still supportstaking updiscrete immigration issues (border security, internal enforcement, visas, undocumented etc.) for debate and passage. This has been his position for some time. Whether the Senate will be willing to break up its bill into separate legislative chunks (passed in succession) is an open question, but Boehner is not going to engage on one massive bill. As for the prospects of those separate bills getting through this year, House leadership is realistic that months have now been chewed up on the shutdown and Obamacare. Boehner and other Republicans nevertheless maintain that whether taken up in December or inmigracion after the first of the year, something will come out of the House. Politico quoted Boehner yesterday as saying, Ive made it clear since the day after the election that its time to get this done. His spokesman clarified, according to the report, that he was referring to his taking up reform with a collection of bills, not a sweeping comprehensive bill like the Senate passed in June. From my vantage point, there really isnt time in the next month and a half to get immigration done. But immigration reform opponents are mistaken if they think the issue is dead as ofDecember 31.Immigration reformis still doable, albeit not in as sweeping a fashion as the Senate bill attempted.
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No reason not to do immigration reform: Barack Obama
15, 2013) The editorial "The moment for reform" [Nov. 10] supports immigration "reform" and a legal "path to citizenship." As Yogi Berra said, this is deja vu all over again. In 1986, Congress approved an immigration reform bill that was supposed to have been a "one time" amnesty for immigrants here illegally. We now know how long one time is. In return, we were promised strict border controls to prevent further illegal immigration, tough fines against hiring these immigrants and enhanced enforcement of immigration rules. None of that has come to pass. Since that promise of strict enforcement, an estimated 11 million people have entered this country illegally. Why should we believe the promises of enforcement of new immigration reform laws would be kept at all? Allowing yet another amnesty, no matter what you call it, will only encourage more illegal immigration, further lower the wages of blue-collar Americans, and make our schools and emergency rooms even more overcrowded.
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Letter: Fooled again on immigration reform?
We've got the business community entirely behind immigration reform. So you've got a bunch of constituencies that traditionally have leaned much more heavily towards Republicans who are behind this," he said in response to a question. "So if people are looking for an excuse not to do the right thing on immigration reform, they can always find an excuse. You know, we've run out of time or, you know, this is hard or, you know, the list goes on and on," he said, taking a dig at the Republican leadership. "But my working assumption is people should want to do the right thing," Obama added. "When you've got an issue that would strengthen borders, make sure that the legal immigration system works the way it's supposed to, that would go after employers who are doing the wrong thing when it comes to hiring undocumented workers and would allow folks who are here illegally to get right with the law and pay a fine and learn English and get to the back of the line but, you know, ultimately join fully our American community, when you've got a law that makes sense, you shouldn't be looking for an excuse not to do it. "And I'm going to keep on pushing to make sure it gets done," Obama said.
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Obama Relying More on Immigration Rule Changes
Then in mid-2012, he announced a plan to offer young immigrants in the country illegally a reprieve from deportation and work permits for at least two years. Now, as it appears less likely that Congress will change immigration laws, the White House is chipping away at the edges with relative minor procedural changes. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told managers in August how to deal with immigrant parents or legal guardians of young children. The memoranda said that before someone is deported, ICE officials should consider whether he or she is the primary caregiver for a minor child, has a direct interest in a family court or welfare proceeding or is the parent or guardian to children who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. The administration has also allowed immigrant spouses and children of U.S. citizens to stay in the United States in some cases. Other rule changes gave more flexibility to the Homeland Security Department's use of immigration holds for people in local jails. House Republicans have long criticized the administrative changes. Obama has repeatedly said immigration reform is a top priority of his administration.
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