The Democrats\u2019 strategy for achieving immigration reform is coming into view: promise the tech industry what it wants in exchange for help lobbying for a comprehensive solution. That message was on display yet again on Wednesday when Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank addressed a gathering of tech chief executives here,” Politico reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The call-in campaign [to Sen. Rubio by evangelical groups]demonstrates an intensifying push by evangelical Christians, a key part of the Republican Party base, in favor of revamping immigration laws in ways most Republicans have until recently rejected,” says Bloomberg News<\/a>.<\/p>\n “While some evangelical leaders have long favored an immigration revision, it\u2019s only now — in the wake of the 2012 elections that spotlighted Republicans\u2019 weakness with Hispanic voters — that they are stepping up their activism.”<\/p>\n “In a world with no competing priorities, H-1B reform would pass easily. But for two political reasons, the change is being held up in Congress,” says Nextgov.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Senate lawmakers who are most involved with immigration legislation–the so-called Gang of Eight–would prefer to see\u00a0a comprehensive deal. That’s also the position President Obama has taken. The trick lies in corralling enough Republicans to support a total-package process, as opposed to striking a set of smaller agreements. Carving out skilled immigration might lead to an easy bipartisan win, but it would give ammunition to piecemealers and\u00a0risk fracturing the Gang of Eight.”<\/p>\n “An undercover investigation of immigration services businesses, prompted after citizen complaints, has resulted in several of those businesses facing fines and license revocations,” NBCChicago.com says<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Miguel Campos, an investigator with Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, said 24 of the 54 firms doing business as immigration service providers in the city were not in compliance with state and city ordinances that, among other things, strictly prohibits them from dispensing legal advice.”<\/p>\n Ann Coulter: Emptying the (Immigration) Prisons an Old Trick<\/p>\n “On Wednesday\u2019s broadcast of Fox News Channel\u2019s ‘Hannity,’ commentator Ann Coulter explained why it is important for conservatives to not give in to the temptation of ceding tough\u00a0immigration laws\u00a0for promises of border security,” says the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n “‘I actually do think enforcement first, thus let\u2019s start with enforcement,’ Coulter said. ‘And I love how the media have sort of convinced Americans that building a wall on the border, \u2018Well, that\u2019s crazy — it\u2019s like sending a man to Mars. We can\u2019t do that.\u2019 Why is this treated as something so outside of the bounds of rationality?'”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" White House Seeks Tech Lobby Help on Amnesty The Democrats\u2019 strategy for achieving immigration reform is coming into view: promise the tech industry what it wants in exchange for help lobbying for a comprehensive solution. That message was on display yet again on Wednesday when Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank addressed a gathering of tech<\/p>\nEvangelical Groups Try Religious Appeals on Amnesty<\/h3>\n
Democrats\u00a0Dilemma on High-Skilled Immigration<\/h3>\n
Half of Chicago Immigration Advice Centers Illegally Practice Law<\/h3>\n