Inform US Citizens

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• Jason Richwine, race & immigration
• House immigration group reaches agreement in principle
• Problems surface over Arizona’s 2007 immigration law
• Those with a path to a green card should not wait for reform
• Immigration reform and student visas
• Immigration reform will dramatically help the housing market
• CBP issues FAQs on I-94 admission number retrievals

• IT companies seek more concessions
• New approach to back immigration bill
• 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls may have to run immigration gauntlet
• Senators debate immigration bill amendment on foreign students
• A vague approach to border security should worry everyone
• At immigration hearings, Jeff Sessions stands alone
• Meet the anti-immigration reform All-Stars
• Immigration reform a boon for business
• AFL-CIO: Obama should halt deportations until immigration reformed

If you’re in or anywhere near Kansas City this Friday, come on out and show your support at a demonstration in support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR).  Event details below:

Friday, May 17, 2013

Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location: The Country Club Plaza
At the corner of Main Street & Emanuel Cleaver II
(By the large fountain at the end of Mill Creek Park)

• American immigration bill would give Canadian snowbirds  an extra two months a year in the U.S.
• 2016 Republicans might have to run immigration gauntlet in Iowa
• New approach to back immigration bill
• The heart of the immigration matter
• A volatile mix: Health care and immigration reform
• High-Tech pushes for more in immigration bill
• Facebook chief Zuckerberg’s immigration reform faces backlash
• Immigration advocates ask Obama to suspend some deportations 

• Immigration raid fuels fear in Central California
• Postville Agriprocessors still shaping the immigration debate
• Co-author of immigration study resigns from Heritage
• Obama might accept immigration bill without help for same-sex couples
• Rubio’s high stakes push for immigration reform
• Will Boehner allow an immigration vote?
• How does Charles Dickens matter on immigration?
• First steps to a better immigration bill
• Immigration’s odd couple
• Some countries lobby for more in race for visas
• Immigration reform is pro-growth
• DeMint’s debacle
• Are immigration reform backers struggling to find support in the Senate?

On Friday, I was lucky to be able to stand with a group of activists in front of Senator Roy Blunt’s Kansas City office in support of comprehensive immigration reform.

Endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in his last campaign, Mr. Blunt has yet to publicly state his support of comprehensive immigration reform, despite the chamber’s vocal support of the bill proposed by the so-call “gang of eight” in the U.S. senate.

With Senator Blunt’s silence on the issue, he has naturally become the target of more than one peaceful demonstration in the hope that he will come down in favor of the business, family and human rights benefits contained in the bill.

Friday’s demonstration was not the only opportunity to get involved in the dialogue surrounding comprehensive immigration reform in the Kansas City area.  Stay tuned for more opportunities in coming weeks, including another demonstration in the works for this Friday near the plaza.

Would you like to get involved?

Give Senator Blunt a call at (202) 224-5721, (816) 471-7141, (314) 725-4484, or (417) 877-7814, depending on where you live, or send him an e-mail letting him know how you feel about comprehensive immigration reform.