MONDAY | MAY 20, 2013
Ill. Attorney General Joins Opposition to Private Prison
Illinois state Attorney General Lisa Madigan has joined the call for the federal government to end negotiations with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) regarding a plan to build a prison in the city of Joliet. Community and religious groups, as well as members of the state’s Congressional delegation, are voicing strong concern that [...] 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Religious leaders said on May 8 that adding a gay rights proposal to immigration legislation could risk their support for the bill, setting up a potential Senate showdown. “We’re extremely hopeful that this bill will remain an immigration bill and not get tangled up with the issue of gay rights,” said Richard [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An analysis by the Social Security Administration says a bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would boost the retirement program’s trust fund by adding millions of taxpayers to the economy. The finding comes in a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who requested the analysis, from Stephen C. Gross, chief actuary [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. without documents, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives and immigration groups [...]
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An attorney for the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center says he’s not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request to revive portions of Alabama’s immigration law. Supreme Court justices on April 29 upheld a federal appeals court ruling that blocked parts of the law. SPLC attorney Sam Brooke [...]
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. The men had health insurance from jobs at one of the nation’s largest [...]
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I am a 28-year-old immigrant who now has the life opportunities of an 18-year-old American-born citizen. I have been undocumented for 22 years, and as such, traditional American milestones have eluded me. In this country, the milestone of turning 18 is about becoming an adult, and gaining a whole new set privileges and responsibilities. When [...]
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Some brimmed with hope. Several said improvements are needed. Many were pleased that lawmakers had filed a formal blueprint. Reactions to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill dominated conversations on April 17, when it was introduced. The bill — formally known as the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013″ — marks the legislative [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — To some conservatives, it’s amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it’s unnecessarily punitive. The Senate’s new bipartisan immigration bill, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013,” drew criticism from the right and from the left Tuesday — convincing members of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” that wrote it that they’re on the [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. immigration system would undergo dramatic changes under a bipartisan Senate bill that puts a new focus on prospective immigrants’ merit and employment potential, while seeking to end undocumented immigration once and for all by creating legal avenues for workers to come here. The bill would put the 11 million [...]
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