Analysis: House immigration legislation won’t look anything like Senate’s reform plan
Date: July 7, 2013
The Houston Chronicle
Congress returns next week from a hot July 4 recess and faces another scorcher: immigration reform.
Following an overwhelming 2-to-1 vote in the Senate for comprehensive reform that includes a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants, the House will now decide how to proceed.
The tact taken in the Republican-led House will be far different than what was witnessed in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is calling a closed-door caucus with Republicans on July 10 to determine whether to take up the Senate bill, or take up separate bills dealing with immigration that are passed by House committees.
…
Click here to read more.
Related Posts
Statement of NAE Executive Director Jeremy Robbins on Haitian TPS Designation
Statement from New American Economy on the Biden Administration Revising the Refugee Admissions Cap
Statement from NAE Executive Director Jeremy Robbins on the Introduction of The Bipartisan Border Solutions Act