Sentences with phrase «for immigration reform»
He also called for immigration reform and vowed action on two Republican priorities, tax reform and deficit reduction.
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Here are some other highlights from that report, which also shows strong Republican support for immigration reform.
The issue of family unity has been a major concern for faith groups lobbying for immigration reform.
And in the intervening years, the need for immigration reform has only gotten more extreme.
Lawmakers are meeting this week to try to develop a bipartisan plan for immigration reform.
The time for immigration reform is now: The tech industry is pushing hard for comprehensive immigration reform to get wider access to foreign talent.
The business case for immigration reform is clear and compelling.
Examples are days of prayer and fasting for immigration reform, food banks, and programs to assist immigrants.
A national collaboration of 27 organizations that help legal service providers and allies in the faith and labor movements prepare for immigration reform and administrative relief implementation.
What is also nice to see is that the actions of many churches, regardless of their views on immigration, already show a growing support for immigration reform and immigrant assistance.
Many farmers across the East End of Long Island are hoping their congressman will push for immigration reform in order to stabilize the local agricultural industry's workforce and allow them to hire enough workers.
Mr. Figueroa, friendly with both the mayor and the governor, has become an outspoken advocate for immigration reform and wage hikes for fast - food workers.
Bloomberg compared the weight of the gay marriage issue to the national fight for immigration reform.
Marchers kick off a 21 - day march calling for immigration reform in Sacramento, Calif. on Monday.
Dozens of Hispanic New Yorkers, many still dressed in work clothes, packed into the Jackson Heights, Queens headquarters of activist group Make the Road New York this evening to watch President Barack Obama's announcement of his executive order for immigration reform on a single flatscreen TV.
Speaking at a Queens viewing event for President Barack Obama's announcement of a new executive order for immigration reform, Mr. Peralta said that he believed Mr. Cuomo will include the bill — which would grant state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants attending college in New York — in the spending plan he will present to the legislature next year.
Craig Regelbrugge, Senior Vice President AmericanHort and National Co-chair of the Ag Coalition for Immigration Reform — Latest on the Politics of Immigration Reform in Washington, D.C.
Organizers for the «Camino Americano: March for Immigration Reform» were spotted Monday setting up a stage and equipment on the National Mall for the rally which will take place on Tuesday.
While stepped - up corporate spending on lobbyists seemed a logical next step, though, the parallel effort to push for immigration reform using the personal clout of the tech industry's star CEOs is far more daring and, potentially, risky.
In order to emphasize Republican efforts to focus on border security as the spear point for immigration reform rather than a path to citizenship — efforts Obama says he will veto.
But enough noise leaked out from behind the closed doors to make clear what was happening, and it was this: the «long, slow death» that hardline Republicans promised for immigration reform has begun.
At the event, the 29 - year - old billionaire said he was compelled to push for immigration reform after volunteering with students at a Menlo Park school.
Companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft spend many millions of dollars lobbying government each year, but their cries for immigration reform long have failed to penetrate the partisan divide on Capitol Hill.
Today is an «Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action for Immigration Reform» in Washington, D.C., with many evangelical luminaries, and even more evangelical activists, hosting advocacy worship services and lobbying Congress for immigration legislation that would legalize the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S..
It is billed as an unprecedented national push showing a «unified evangelical voice echoing a biblical vision for immigration reform that respects the rule of law, reunites families and upholds human dignity.»
Washington (CNN)- A leader of an evangelical Christian organization pushing for immigration reform said that while the group needs to read the whole bill filed Wednesday in the U.S. Senate before fully endorsing it, the legislation doesn't constitute amnesty «in any dictionary in the English language.»
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles, said Wednesday, announcing the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops» support for the Evangelical Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform.
Finally, most partisans on the Left applauded President Obama when he, unable to convince Congress to pass legislation for immigration reform, simply issued an executive order called the Dream Act.
Trump has laid out demands for immigration reform, refused to certify the Iran deal and moved to withdraw payments to health - insurance companies under ObamaCare.
President Trump, speaking to a group of Hispanic business owners on Wednesday, touted his tax cuts, made a pitch for immigration reform and slammed Democrats for not doing more to...
POLITICO's senior policy reporter David Nather, deputy White House editor Rebecca Sinderbrand and reporter Alex Isenstadt join senior White House reporter Glenn Thrush for a discussion on Spitzer and Weiner comebacks, Obamacare delay and the battle for immigration reform.
Yesterday's result pushed the WFP to Row E of the ballot for the next four years, behind the Green Party — and, worse, handed Republicans a state Senate majority, squashing the chances for immigration reform or an increase in the minimum wage.
WASHINGTON (CNN)- Rep. Luis Gutierrez and 10 other people demonstrating for immigration reform were arrested Tuesday outside the White House, the U.S. Park Police and a spokesman for the congressman said.
While there's not a clear parallel between that bill's failure and the road ahead for immigration reform, the episode does underline the exceedingly tough task House Speaker John Boehner, R - Ohio, faces as he attempts to guide immigration legislation through the House.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D, NY18) laid out his conditional support for immigration reform during a constituent tele - town hall session Monday night.
At 11:45 a.m., Democratic NYC mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio speaks at a rally for immigration reform with community leaders and activists, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
Supporters for immigration reform from the group Campaign for Citizenship say a prayer prior to the start of the reform bill's markup before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The new ads are the first sign of a reboot of the Democratic State Committee that includes the formation of several issue - based subcommittees: New Yorkers for Economic Growth, New Yorkers for Gun Safety, New Yorkers for Immigration Reform and New Yorkers for Education Reform.
«That's just not true,» she said, noting that the union helped undocumented members get legal status in the early 1960s, and has lobbied for immigration reform since the 1980s.
Katko repeated his campaign promise to try to find a bipartisan solution for immigration reform.
Schneideman is also praised in the statements for his support for immigration reform via the DREAM act, which supports immigrant high school students.
That philosophy has led Cecilia Muñoz to the role of point woman, as domestic policy council director, for President Obama's dramatic recent executive initiatives for immigration reform (among many other policy issues).
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have taken opposite roads on their quest for immigration reform.
With the focus on shortages of construction labor in certain areas of the nation and an impending end game on Capitol Hill for immigration reform, NAHB recently examined the share of the building workforce comprised of immigrants.