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IMMIGRATION UPDATE: What is Washington Up To?
You may have just read that a deal has been struck on an immigration bill in the Senate.
I'm sure you will want to hear more about what's happening in DC on one of the most important issues on the table. So if you are in NYC there's a public forum on Tuesday that can help get you up to date.
Ahemm:
IMMIGRATION UPDATE: What is Washington Up To?
A public forum discussing salient issues in the immigration legislation currently being debated in the Senate, will be held at Baruch College on Tuesday, May 22 from 5 to 7 pm in the College's Newman Conference Center,14th floor at 55 Lexington Avenue (corner of 24th Street).Introductory remarks by Allan Wernick, Director, CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project. Panelists include Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition; Tamar Jacoby, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Cesar A. Perales, President, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Andrea J. Quarantillo. District Director, New York, NY.
Panel will be moderated by John Mollenkopf, Executive Director, Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center. RSVP requested: 646-660-6851 or spa_conferences@baruch.cuny.edu
Posted at 4:52 PM, May 17, 2007 in Immigration | Politics | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)
Comments
People who want to review a good outline of the Senate-Bush immigration proposal may want to read this post at Talk Left which features hot links to coverage and a Senate transcript. It seems to me that this deal is a step backward from last year's McCain-Kennedy (which was already not so good).
Posted by: Daniel Millstone | May 18, 2007 07:19 AM
If you're a glutton for punishment, the text of the compromise draft is here . This compromise does not look to me as though it will succeed. Opposition from immigrant communities, left, right and center gets clearer as people read what's actually been proposed. Does this mean that the status quo isn't so bad?
Posted by: Daniel Millstone | May 21, 2007 06:45 AM
I don't know???
Posted by: George W. Bush | May 22, 2007 03:49 PM
I am wondering why the obvious is not mentioned. The illegals broke our laws! Now they want us to reward them for doing so.
If someone broke into our homes no one would try to work out a deal to make them happy.
Whatever happened to common sense.
Posted by: Jill Smith-Tornabene | June 9, 2007 10:46 AM