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Immigration Reform Is Alive and Well

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09-16-2013, 10:44 AM
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By Laura Vazquez, Senior Immigration Legislative Analyst, NCLR

A colleague recently came back to NCLR from maternity leave and asked me what is happening with immigration reform. "When I left there was momentum, and now the news reports say it's dead," she told me. I smiled warily. I'm used to explaining to people that the effort to pass immigration reform legislation is not dead. I have had to do it often, as reporters seem to love writing the obituary on immigration reform.

The accurate story is that advocates and leaders of immigration reform are building on the momentum created over the August recess and continuing to pressure leadership in the House of Representatives to have a vote on immigration reform this fall. This week there was a clear message sent by Latinos in Congress from both sides of the aisle that the time is now for a vote on immigration reform with a path to citizenship.

On the first day that House members were back in session following the August recess, Representative Cardenas (D-Calf.) circulated a letter to his colleagues explaining why immigration reform is important to our economic recovery. He stated in the letter, "As we begin to debate budgetary matters, it is important to remember the positive economic impacts our nation can expect with the modernization of our immigration system." That letter was followed by another circulated by Representative Joe Garcia (D-Fla.) explaining why immigration reform is good for the country's tourism industry.

While the press seems intent on reporting that the debate has been pushed aside, Representative Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) told a reporter for Roll Call that the House could address deficit reduction by passing immigration reform legislation. As he explained, according to the Congressional Budget Office the Senate immigration bill would reduce the deficit by $158 billion over ten years. Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) also circulated a letter to her colleagues explaining why immigration reform is important to women and families, including that becoming citizens boosts women's wages by an average of 17 percent. Representatives Hinojosa and Gutierrez circulated a letter urging the House to pass a real solution to fix our broken immigration system and opposing the "SAFE Act."

The week also included a press conference organized by the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute on a statement urging Congress to pass immigration reform. At a time when it is rare to see members from both parties working together, it was remarkable that the participants included Representatives Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) Cuellar (D-Texas), Sires (D-N.J.), and Valadao (R-Calif.). The bipartisan group of representatives stated that immigration reform is necessary, and despite the other issues that Congress must address, it cannot be pushed aside. The Latino lawmakers issued a statement urging Congress to act without further delay on immigration reform.

Latino elected officials are leading the charge in calling for the House of Representatives to come together to pass commonsense immigration reform that will boost our economy, establish a 21st-century immigration system, and allow undocumented immigrants to earn their citizenship by continuing the contributions they make to our country. This is a much more interesting story, and one that reflects what the country wants -- Congress working together to solve complex problems.
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I never thought it was dead. I think CIR will pass in the House in very late September.
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Havent you been saying the same thing over and over since May 2009?
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Being on life support is still technically alive...I don't know about that "being well" part...

...and memos still have to be circulated among the politicians to show them the benefits of immigration reform? I mean...really???

I have never seen a dead horse beat down so much like this.
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I think CIR will pass in late September of 3013....in Mexico....

and it calls for the deportation of Martians
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I think CIR will pass in late September of 3013....in Mexico....

and it calls for the deportation of Martians

If Martians start to immigrate to Mexico then they will do what white Europeans did in the U.S. when the immigrated "kill me all" and claim it there's .
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I think CIR will pass in late September of 3013....in Mexico....

and it calls for the deportation of Martians
I think Mars will develop life before we get documents.
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I think Mars will develop life before we get documents.
http://www.mars-one.com/en/

I signed up for it.
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I think Mars will develop life before we get documents.
or life on Earth will cease to exist before a CIR passes
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Havent you been saying the same thing over and over since May 2009?
Bahhahahaha she certainly has
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