This absolutely could happen. Eagle Act could be the Christmas miracle for immigrants this year in Congress.
The House votes this evening on the green card backlog's meticulously crafted country caps bill that passed in the last last Congress 365 to 65 before Dick Durbin and Rick Scott blocked the final passage of Eagle Act in the Senate.
In July, Durbin told me he no longer supports Eagle Act, but there was Hill chatter yesterday that...
2022-12-07 15:58:42 +0000 UTC
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House Vote “Imminent” For Eagle Act
Three aides to top House Democrats tell me that the Eagle Act is expected to get a floor vote when members return to Capitol Hill after Thanksgiving.
“We’re working on it,” said a senior aide in House Democratic leadership. “I can’t say exactly when, but a vote on the Eagle Act is imminent.”
The news comes after months of uncertainty over the fate of the bill that, if passed, would remove 7% per-country c...
2022-11-17 23:56:36 +0000 UTC
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Good morning! Yesterday was SUPER busy on the immigration beat at the Capitol as immigrant rights advocates turned up en force to pitch their relief proposals in the lame duck.
The day began with the House and Senate holding competing immigrant rights press conferences across the Capitol parking lot from each other in the 11 o'clock hour.
House-side, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) lead a press conference about the Farm Work...
2022-11-17 14:25:07 +0000 UTC
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Good evening! Another late bulletin tonight after a long day of news gathering, so let's get right to it —
There were rumors abound on Capitol Hill today as a universe of immigrant rights advocates pitched lawmakers on a wide range of relief proposals.
Punchbowl broke the news this morning that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD...
2022-11-16 03:44:29 +0000 UTC
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Good evening! Late bulletin tonight after a long day of news gathering, so let's get to it: the incoming class of House freshman includes several migrant (and migrant-adjacent) members … Secretary Mayorkas returns to Congress on Tuesday for hearings before the House Homeland Security Committee … and Senator Durbin is asked by reporters about immigration in the lame duck and country caps … this is your Monday immigration news bulletin…
Two New Congressional Immi...
2022-11-15 02:38:20 +0000 UTC
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Good afternoon! Citizens from mixed-status families make their case to Congress; LAT & Politico report DHS drama as Magnus refuses Mayorkas’ order to resign or be fired; and laid off Meta workers tell Buzzfeed that Zuckerberg’s promised “immigration support” is unresponsive.
Escobar Bill Faces Uncertain Future in House
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) has been asking House leadership for months to bring the 2022-11-11 20:29:20 +0000 UTC
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Good afternoon! Another huge backlog of migrants in “legal limbo” grows; big tech layoffs hit visa migrants (also in legal limbo) particularly hard; as a universe of immigrant relief advocates (many of them in legal limbo, too) plan returns to Capitol Hill to lobby for their causes. This is your Thursday immigration bulletin…
“Asylum System is Collapsing”
We’ll start with new reporting from CBS News immigration ace Camilo Monto...
2022-11-10 22:17:50 +0000 UTC
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Election night defied dire warnings of a “red tsunami” with some notable wins and losses on the immigration beat.
In the Rio Grande Valley in Texas -- the epicenter of the border rhetoric that dominated midterm election politics -- Democrats prevailed in two of three races Senator Ted Cruz hoped to sweep as a statement piece about t...
2022-11-09 22:45:13 +0000 UTC
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is expected to ascend to the House Speakership if Republicans win back the lower chamber of Congress in tonight’s midterm election.
The California Republican is making no bones about what his first priority would be as House Speaker: “The first thing you’ll see is a bill to control the border first,” said McCarthy in an interview with CNN reporter Melanie Zanona on Sunday.
Zanona asked McCarthy spec...
2022-11-08 21:43:15 +0000 UTC
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Good afternoon! Backlog immigrants posted a new video in support of Senator Mike Lee, as two Latina immigrants campaign as disruptors for Congress in Texas and Pennsylvania. Here’s your Monday immigration bulletin -
Immigrants for Lee
Green card backlog immigrants are hopeful that Senator Mike Lee will finally return to the legislation he helped negotiate in ...
2022-11-07 22:29:38 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday! DHS says Pelosi attacker is deportable; Grijalva + 27 House Dems send letter to Mayorkas about attorney access to migrants in ICE detention; insights into immigration messaging during the election from Data for Progress; and some Beltway context to the Define American report on North Carolina immigration news coverage...
DHS Deems DePape Deportable
The assassinati...
2022-11-04 19:01:19 +0000 UTC
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Happy Wednesday! Jobs report highlights immigrant labor needs; Define American’s new report on immigration news coverage in North Carolina; and some housekeeping items.
Immigrants, Would Get The Jobs Done
The Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report thi...
2022-11-02 18:32:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey fam! Happy Monday. I’m working on some magazine pieces this afternoon so I am putting out today's bulletin a lil' earlier than usual ... FOR TODAY — filmmaker Daniela Cantillo has a new documentary focused on documented dreamers; advocates tell me Gillibrand has declined to cosponsor registry; Dem lawmakers hold press call to recap Latin America ...
2022-10-31 18:01:59 +0000 UTC
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Rep. Cardenas of Los Angeles introduces a House bill focused on transparency in USCIS wait times; NYT reports the stateside semiconductor industry is slowing down despite the CHIPS Act; and Senator Wyden of Oregon posts an unredacted report on a controversial DHS operation in Portland. Happy Friday!
Carde...
2022-10-28 18:55:12 +0000 UTC
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Good afternoon! Voters head to the polls in less than two weeks to choose who will represent them in the 118th Congress of the United States. Today we’ll take a look at the stymied state of STEM PhD relief in Congress, plus the tight Pennsylvania Senate race in this bulletin’s first election spotlight. Thanks for reading!
STEM PhD Migrants Stymied in ...
2022-10-26 20:11:42 +0000 UTC
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Good afternoon and Happy Diwali to those who celebrate! Bay Area backloggers marched to end per-country caps over the weekend as East Harlem Latinas continue to push Senators to support the immigration registry bill. Here’s your Monday immigration bulletin -
Backlog Immigrants March to Lofgren’s House
Eagle Act advocates marched to Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)’s home o...
2022-10-24 20:01:38 +0000 UTC
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The Capitol workforce is a deeply immigrant beat. Where member and staffer diversity has been elusive for generations in Congress, support workers - like cafeteria, custodial, and law enforcement - are rife with perspectives of color, including many immigrants, like in the Senate cafeteria where this week there’s news…
Senate Cafeteria Workers Ratify New Contract
The Senate cafeteri...
2022-10-21 19:25:48 +0000 UTC
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Hello readers! Republicans are predicted to take at least the House back at the polls next month. Let's take a quick look at what that means for immigrants.
Less than three weeks from now, voters will head to the polls to vote in a midterm election that is less a referendum on immigration policy and more an opportunity for politicians to scapegoat migrants from all over the world with a simple ...
2022-10-19 20:24:04 +0000 UTC
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Hello, readers! Here’s your Monday afternoon immigration news bulletin, delivered an hour early —
Eagle Act Rally Planned for Bay Area
Advocates for green card backlog relief are planning a rally in support of the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022 (Eagle Act) on Sunday in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2022-10-17 19:48:29 +0000 UTC
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Hello readers! This Friday bulletin comes to you a couple hours early so that I can get started on my weekend oil paintings. Lmk what you think!
Age Out Protections Face Another Senate Hurdle
The latest bipartisan manager’s amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the Senate did not include age out protections for 200,000 documented dreamers.
This comes as a blow to advocates for 2022-10-14 19:15:20 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Pablo Reports, my bulletin of immigration news reports on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5 PM Eastern from Washington, D.C.
Here, you’ll get the latest immigration news you can’t find anywhere else posted for free on the open Internet, with the Patreon support of subscribers like you.
There is a void in immigration reporting for an immigrant audience - a community that is underserved in the halls of power in Washington.
Pablo Reports is here to fill that ...
2022-10-12 21:02:52 +0000 UTC
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