June 16, 2012 President Obama announced Friday that his administration will cease deportations of certain illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children.
February 11, 2011 The House Federal & State Affairs Committee voted in favor of legislation to end in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants Thursday. Kansas’s four Catholic bishops submitted a joint statement to the Committee urging legislators to show compassion to young adults who in many cases were brought to Kansas at an early age …
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February 21, 2011 Today the Kansas House is expected to consider legislation that would end in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants. The Kansas bishops submitted a joint statement to legislators expressing their concern that this legislation would fall heavily upon the children of illegal immigrants, some of whom have been here almost their entire lives …
December 21, 2010 A vote by the US Senate to approve the “DREAM Act” failed to garner the 60 votes necessary to overcome a filibuster. The vote on Saturday failed 55-41.
December 9, 2010 The US House of Representatives passed a version the of the DREAM Act Wednesday, which would legalize the status of children of illegal immigrants for 5 years if they arrived in the US before turning 16, have lived here for five years or more, and have a high school degree or its …
July 9, 2010 The US Department of Justice has filed suit against the state of Arizona over its controversial new immigration law.
May 5, 2010 After having cast doubt earlier in the week on the near-term prospects of immigration reform, the president changed course and asked Congress to begin work this year.
May 4, 2010 The amendment, aimed at denying the in-state tuition benefit to the children of illegal immigrants, was offered during debate on the state budget and failed 50-70: Yeas 50; Nays 70; Absent or not voting: 5. Yeas: Aurand, A. Brown, Brunk, Burgess, Carlson, Crum, DeGraaf, Donohoe, Faber, Gordon, Grange, Hayzlett, Hermanson, M. Holmes, …
April 28, 2010 The President indicated that Congress may not be ready to act on yet another controversial question after the enormous amount of time, energy, and political capital spent on the health care legislation.
April 26, 2010 Arizona has passed the nation’s strictest immigration law, which instructs police officers to determine the immigration status of individuals suspected of being in the country illegally.
