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Yesterday, Senator Rob Wyden of Oregon sponsored an amendment to the Senate immigration reform bill. The current bill sacrifices environmental protection and the safety of border communities for the sake of a pathway to citizenship. But this is ugly, divisive politics. The hyper militarization of the border is not only […]
June 19, 2013 CONTACT: Maggie Kao, maggie.kao@sierraclub.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Ron Wyden (OR) filed an amendment (Amendment 1318) to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill that would provide more flexibility for border security, save more than a billion dollars in taxpayer money, and reinstate the rule of law […]
In a surprising and welcome move this week, the national board of the Sierra Club voted on Wednesday to support comprehensive immigration reform. The move unifies the Sierra Club and the already powerful immigrant rights movement, bringing hefty political clout to the support of a pathway to citizenship for the […]
Does Washington really “get” the border? As we on the southwest border watch our leaders in Washington D.C. debate the complexities of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we often feel that Washington is out of touch with the everyday realities of California. To cross the border at San Ysidro to go buy […]
Today, the U.S. Senators charged with developing the new immigration legislation released a bipartison framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The leadership group, nicknamed the “Gang of 8,” includes Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), John McCain (R-AZ) Dick Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Robert Menendez (D-NY), Mark Rubio (R-FL), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Jeff Flake […]
