The Advocate – Immigration Reform – Video
The Advocate - Immigration Reform
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Linda Chavez on immigration reform – Video
Linda Chavez on immigration reform
Linda Chavez, a former Reagan administration official and president of the Beocming American Institue, argues for overhauling the immigration laws in the U.S. She argues that her ideas to assimilat...
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Rauner to push Repubs to act on immigration reform
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Bruce Rauner says a push from the governor on members of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform could motivate them to act on the issue.
Rauner says he's in favor on a comprehensive reform bill that includes a pathway to citizenship for those who are now illegal immigrants, though he hasn't specified what sort of pathway he would support. If he's elected governor, he promises he'll talk with members of Congress to try and get immigration legislation moving in Washington.
I know many of our representatives in Congress. I am very close and work closely with U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.). I've worked with (Sen.) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and we know each other quite well, Rauner said. I will push our congressional delegation to push for comprehensive immigration reform.
Both Kirk and Durbin voted for the 2013 Senate immigration reform bill which has never been brought up for a vote in the House.
Immigration Reform Creeps Into Grimm/Recchia Race
Rep. Michael Grimm and Domenic Recchia are battling to represent Staten Island in Congress, but at least one topic on the campaign trail stretches beyond the district's borders: immigration reform and unaccompanied minors. NY1's Courtney Gross filed the following report.
The only border in the 11th congressional district is with New Jersey. Nonetheless, immigration reform is creeping into this race for Congress.
"Before we start talking about legalization and citizenship, really close the border," said Rep. Michael Grimm.
Grimm says close the borders. His Democratic challenger, Domenic Recchia, supports a path to citizenship.
"We need a path to citizenship. We need to secure our borders, but we need an immigration bill and we need it passed now," Recchia said.
Take the crisis over unaccompanied minors crossing the border, and positions are not quite as clear.
"When the mayor and the speaker of the City Council say that we should take these poor children from Central America that took that horrible trek across Mexico into our border, that we should house them here in New York City, that, to me, is a slap in the face of everyone here," Grimm stated.
Grimm is clearly against providing services to these children, which is what the de Blasio administration announced it would do last month.
"As bad as I feel that these families in Central America are living in poverty, I have to first, though, take care of my own," he said.
As for Recchia, on Wednesday, he declined to weigh in on whether these children should take refuge in the five boroughs.
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Tory candidate in Rochester says government's immigration policy not 'sensible'
He is widely expected to announce a crack down on migrants coming to the UK from within Europe in the coming months.
Mr Cameron today said there is "more that we need to do" to curb migration but declined to offer further details.
He is in Rochester today with several Cabinet ministers on his first of at least five visits to the by-election.
The contest was triggered by defection of Mark Reckless, the town's Tory MP, to Ukip.
Mr Reckless made a similar demand in his defection speech ten days ago, saying: "Does anyone left or right genuinely support an immigration system where we turn away the best and brightest from our Commonwealth, people with links and family here, in order to make room for unskilled immigration from southern and eastern Europe?"
Mr Reckless said seeking the immigration reform he wanted had become incompatible with membership of the Tory Party.
"I promise to cut immigration while treating people fairly and humanely. I cannot keep that promise as a Conservative. I can keep it as UKIP," he said.
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, last weekend urged the Prime Minister to introduce such a scheme to win back Ukip voters.
However, with freedom of movement a sacrosanct principle for most in Brussels, delivering such a policy would almost certainly be impossible while remaining a member of the EU.
Mrs Firth, a former barrister and stay-at-home mother of three children, made the remarks at a hustings in Rochester last night alongside her rival, Kelly Tolhurst.
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Tory candidate in Rochester says government's immigration policy not 'sensible'