The Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill which was introduced in the Senate in April 2013 would make significant changes in the existing family-based immigration preference system. The number of family-based preference green cards would fall from 226,000 to 161,000 annually. However, by expanding the immediate relative category, the bill would increase family-based immigration. In addition, all […]
Comprehensive immigration reform in 2013/2014 is dead. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) declared that the House of Representatives would not pass an immigration bill that could wind up in a House-Senate Conference Committee. The Senate passed a bipartisan Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (S.744) in late June 2013. However, no CIR bill has emerged […]
On March 13, 2009, the Hispanic Caucus in the House of Representatives sponsored an event in Los Angeles to start the drive for Comprehensive Reform in 2009. The event was sponsored by Representatives Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Lucile Roybal-Allard (D-CA), and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) from the Hispanic Caucus and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) […]
This evening, I watched a debate on television between a proponent and an opponent of comprehensive immigration reform aka CIR. The proponent emphasized that we need CIR not for the benefit of the undocumented, but because it would stimulate the American economy. The opponent said that this amounted to “open borders” and that our immigration system was already […]
