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In this Sept. 12, 2014 photo, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill., answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Chicago. Durbin is running for re-election against Illinois State Sen. Jim Oberweis R-Sugar Grove, Ill., in the November general ... more >
The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate on Tuesday seemed to blame House Republicans opposition to a comprehensive immigration reform bill for the lack of trained doctors in African nations now struggling to contain a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus.
Sen. Richard Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said that the immigration bill which passed the Senate last year but has not been brought up for a vote in the House amid strong Republican resistance contained measures requiring some doctors to remain in their home countries in Africa before they could be recruited to practice in the U.S.
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Mr. Durbin suggested that, had the House GOP embraced the legislation, there would be more trained physicians in countries such as Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, where the Ebola outbreak now is spiraling out of control.
We included in the immigration reform bill, which passed the United States Senate, a provision which provided, in one respect, if you are medically trained in Africa and promise to serve in Africa for a period of time before going anywhere else, we would honor that and respect that and not allow people to be recruited into the United States if they still had an obligation to their country, he said at a Senate hearing on the Ebola outbreak Tuesday afternoon on Capitol Hill. And secondly, that doctors in the United States would be able to serve in these crisis situations overseas without jeopardizing their immigration status. That passed the Senate. That was in the immigration reform bill. It was never called for consideration in the House of Representatives.
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ASUNM voted down a resolution asking for the student government to support immigration reform in New Mexico.
The decision came Friday after a discussion about whether the resolution should be passed in its current state. After a vote of 3-16, the resolution failed in the Senate.
The resolution sought to gain ASUNM as a cosponsor in order to get representation from the University when it is sent to state and national leaders.
The resolution was introduced by the UNM Dream Team, a student club that supports immigration reform and provides assistance for immigrant students and their families.
It proposed that ASUNM support federal immigration reform to provide undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship and to call upon President Barack Obama, the New Mexico State Legislature and UNM President Bob Frank to take action.
Senators pushing the resolution believe ASUNM could make a difference in the immigration debate, Senate Representative Nadia Cabrera said.
Its not about fixing the immigration system, she said. We all know its broken and there is nothing we can do about it right now, but its about getting our voices out there.
Cabrera said she believes showing ASUNMs support for immigration reform and calling upon officials locally and nationally to take action could be powerful.
We are a part of a larger movement. There are already three other schools that have passed a resolution like this, she said. Maybe NMSU and other schools in the area will follow.
Other senators expressed concerns about the resolution.
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