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Grover Norquist, a national conservative leader with a big streak of renegade in him, is coming to Lincoln to promote immigration reform, which he supports primarily on economic grounds.

Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform, an advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Ronald Reagans request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state and local levels.

His conservative credentials include his membership on the boards of the National Rifle Association of America and the American Conservative Union.

His most famous quote is: "My goal is to cut government in half in 25 years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."

Newt Gingrich called Norquist the person who I regard as the most innovative, creative, courageous and entrepreneurial leader of the anti-tax efforts and of conservative grassroots activism in America. ... He has truly made a difference and truly changed American history.

But Norquist parts ways with many conservatives on the issue of immigration.

In an essay he wrote in 2013 for The Guardian, Norquist wrote, "People are an asset, not a liability. The United States is the most immigrant-friendly nation in the world and the richest country in the world. This is not a coincidence. Those voices that would make us less immigrant-friendly would make us less successful, less prosperous and certainly less American."

He endorsed immigration reform legislation that would allow 11 million undocumented immigrants to earn legal status by submitting to a background check to weed out those with felony convictions, and paying taxes and a fine.

"This legislation would greatly strengthen the American economy," he wrote in The Guardian.

Norquist was invited to speak at an invitation-only reception and dinner Feb. 2 at Lincoln Station by a coalition of businesses, people, lawyers and interest groups: the Nebraska Restaurant Association, the Nebraska Retail Federation, Nebraska Cattlemen Association, League of Women Voters of Lancaster County, Prairie Fire -- The Progressive Voice of the Great Plains, Brown Immigration Law LLC of Lincoln and Justice for Our Neighbors of Nebraska, a nonprofit in Omaha.

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PASCO,WA-Nearly 800 people gathered at St. Patrick's Catholic Parish in Pasco Sunday evening to learn more about President Obama's Deferred Action Programs and who qualifies.

Nearly 4.4 million people in the country can get work permits and become legal citizens. An estimated 90,000 people in this region are applicable.

Catholic Charities sponsored Sunday's information session. Local immigration attorneys told people who qualifies and who does not.

Attorney Tom Roach said it was important to have these talks now so people can get documents together.

"Now is the time to start getting that stuff rather than waiting for 4.4 million people trying to get the same documents at the same place, at the same time. Now is the time to get started," said Roach.

After the information session, attorneys answered additional questions from people.

They explained what the Deferred Action Programs are, the requirements, and how to qualify.

For more information or if you have questions about upcoming dates, contact Roach & Bishop Attorneys at Law in Pasco.

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House Republicans took aim at President Barack Obama's immigration policy Friday with a budget proposal that would fund the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees border checkpoints, but block the White House's recent executive action benefiting some illegal immigrants. The plan, which is scheduled to be voted on by the House next week, is unlikely to get approval from the more moderate Senate.

The funding measure is the latest message of discontent from House Republicans directed at the White House regarding Obama's recent immigration reform proposals that seek to extend benefits to 5 million immigrants without legal status. Last year, Republicans and Democrats approved a federal budget that funded the Department of Homeland Security only through February instead of through the fiscal year because GOP leaders said they were unhappy with Obama's executive actions on immigration.

The House will soon take action aimed at stopping the presidents unilateral action when it comes to immigration, SpeakerJohn Boehnerof Ohio said, according to the New York Times. I said wed fight it tooth and nail when we had new majorities in the House and Senate, and I meant it.

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said lawmakers would not play politics with the Department of Homeland Security's purse. At the end of the day, were going to fund the department, hesaidWednesday. Obama has threatened to veto any legislation seeking to underminehis immigration action.

Obama unveiled his latest immigration proposal in November. He previously had extended legal benefits to young immigrants who illegally entered the country as children. The latest measure is aimed at helping their parents and other immigrants not covered by earlier policies.

The House budget proposal would not fund any of those measures, according to Politico. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., helped craft the funding plan.

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