Under a new bill proposed by Republican lawmakers, it would be illegal for state or local governments not to adopt or enforce federal immigration laws. Immigration advocates say the vagueness with which the bill, H.B. 1266, is written could destroy…
Current court structure within DOJ creates ‘inherent conflict,’ head of judges’ union says. House Democrats will hear testimony Thursday on the prospect of making the immigration court system — now housed within the Justice Department — independent. The hearing by…
They’re urging Senate Democrats to ignore rulings against immigration provisions. Immigration advocates have taken three strikes, but they don’t believe they’re out. Instead, they plan to ignore the umpire. After the Senate parliamentarian shot down Democrats’ third effort to include…
Democrats are trying to regroup on immigration changes in their sweeping tax and social spending bill, even as key proposals face enormous obstacles and the overall package teeters on collapse. “We haven’t given up,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) said…
Senator Joe Manchin told reporters Tuesday morning that Build Back Better talks have stalled once again in the Senate. Despite reports that negotiations on the Build Back Better Act, President Biden’s signature legislation containing immigration provisions, could be back on…
A recent report shows that if pending immigration bills in Congress were passed, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants in the Houston area could benefit and become legal residents or citizens, improving their quality of life. The Center for Migration…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is open to reengaging on the climate and child care provisions in President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda if the White House removes the enhanced child tax credit from the $1.75 trillion package — or dramatically…
Proposal would have provided work permits, deportation protections to millions. The arbiter of Senate rules found that Democrats’ plan to provide temporary protections for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally can’t be passed as a component of party lawmakers’ roughly…
The massive social spending and climate bill that passed the U.S. House last month included some significant immigration reform provisions, though progressive Democrats were disappointed that it didn’t provide for a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, as…
The immigration provisions in the reconciliation bill are getting a so-called Byrd bath to determine whether they are eligible. Democrats made their case Wednesday for including temporary immigration protections in their social spending bill — setting the stage for a…
