Oh My Gov!

WASHINGTON - A key House committee chairman says a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee falls far short of what is needed to end the problem of illegal immigration. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte also ...and more »

Immigration reform proponents on both sides of the aisle are cautiously optimistic about the legislation's chances following its passage out of a key Senate committee Tuesday. The willingness of the bipartisan group of lawmakers who negotiated the bill's ...and more »

Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, sparked a debate over giving equal immigration rights to same-sex couples. "I don't want to be the senator who asks people to choose between the love of their life and the love of their country," he said insisting that he is ...and more »

The Border Security Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 moves to the full Senate after extensive amendments were considered. The technology industry is expected to be a significant beneficiary if the new law is finally approved.and more »

Austin's iTexico CEO, Anurag Kumar, will be a featured panelist of the March for Innovation Conference discussing innovation & entrepreneurship-focused immigration reform and live streamed nationally from Austin, TX. Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 ...and more »

Third, perhaps the most significant reason that trade and immigration create wealth for Americans is because some individuals have a comparative advantage in production of certain goods. The 19th century economist David Ricardo first explained how this ...

In this April 10, 2013, file photo. a protester for immigration reform holds a sign in during a rally at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Absent a magic potion or explosive economic growth, it was all but inevitable President Barack Obama would have to break ...and more »

Washington, DC - President Barack Obama: "I congratulate the Senate Judiciary Committee on completing its work on S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. Thanks to the leadership of Chairman Leahy and a ...and more »

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte rattled off several criticisms of the Senate Gang of Eight bill on Wednesday, saying the legislation will ultimately not stem the flow of illegal immigration into the United States. Those remarks from Goodlatte ...and more »

If the Senate passes immigration reform, it will add three million new homeowners, who were once undocumented immigrants, to the U.S. real estate market and lead to a housing recovery, according to Hispanic Real Estate Leaders. As the Senate readies for ...

Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy.and more »

The bill was introduced by Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch in March to help reduce costs and delays at the border by modernizing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), two ...and more »

ROME — Italians, worn down by a record-length recession, are getting poorer and gloomier about their life prospects, and more than a third of them say immigrants are stealing jobs from them, an official survey revealed yesterday. Italy is the euro zone's ...and more »

As previously reported, a bipartisan group of eight Senators Gang of Eight) introduced the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013” (S.744) in April 2013. The bill would allow legalization for the estimated 11 million ...and more »

Washington, May 22: The 'killer provision' of ban on client site placement for H1-B workers, which may prove to be detrimental to the interests of major Indian IT companies, remains in place despite a last-minute deal reached between key Senators on certain ...and more »

The Senate Judiciary Committee, after five days of deliberations, passed out the "Gang of 8" comprehensive immigration reform bill on Tuesday, but without protections for same-sex couples. That means a partner of the same sex could be denied a visa to ...and more »

Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, has been aggressively campaigning to promote their governments move on offering startup entrepreneurs a new visa. The new "startup visa" was launched by the government ...and more »

NEWARK — Newark Mayor and likely U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker will take to his preferred mode of communication today at 3 p.m. to hold a "Twitter town hall" on immigration reform. Booker will take questions from the twitterverse with the hashtags ...and more »

On May 21, the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded debate on the “Gang of 8” immigration reform proposal, passing the amended legislation onto the full Senate for consideration. A significant component of the bill is a set of “border security triggers” that ...and more »

In today's On the News segment: The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a so-called comprehensive immigration plan; yesterday, the US House of Representatives voted to provide support for veterans; Obama won't let the GOP fast-track the ...and more »

Millions living under the shadows across the Atlantic in the Mainland and many more who want to make its green pastures their dreamland for good had endlessly campaigned for an open immigration and visa policy. The bill that the US Senate committee ...and more »

And just after 7pm May 21, the veteran Democrat Senator, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, withdrew proposed amendments to grant bi-national same-sex couples equal standing under the law for immigration purposes, The Washington Blade reports. Currently, gay ...and more »

() – The immigration bill that emerged from the Judiciary Committee yesterday has Sally Kohn wondering—and not for the first time—if the "modern Democratic Party's strategy is secretly being bankrolled by Eli Lilly as a ploy to sell Prozac to liberals," ...and more »

The immigration reform bill in the Senate barreled through the process of adding amendments with the major outline of the plan still untouched. But there were some relatively small-scale adjustments to the legislation that could make a big difference for ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13 to 5 on Tuesday to approve a sweeping immigration reform bill after five days of debate over dozens of amendments. A compromise was reached on two sticking points in the debate - the question of H-1B visas for ...and more »