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Mark Zuckerberg Supports Immigration Reform

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, joined other leaders to advocate for the passage of immigration reform. He stresses the imporatance of this bill for him and many other tech companies not only in Silicon Valley.

To read more about immigration reform, please read Carla Marinucci’s article below:

Zuckerberg Speaks Out for Immigration Reform

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took his first step on the national political stage Monday night when he joined publicly with tech leaders, civil rights activists and undocumented immigrants to call for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration policies – an issue he said touches not just Silicon Valley but “the whole country.”

“This is something that we believe is really important for the future of our country – and for us to do what’s right,” the social media innovator told a crowd of several hundred at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

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Mathematical Approach to Immigration Reform Predictions

Tom Wong, an assistance professor at UC San Diego who grew up being an illegal immigrant, formulates statistics to predict how many “yes” and “no” there will be from Congress regarding the immigration reform bill. To read more about his predictions, please read Cindy Chang’s article below:

Immigration Reform Predictions Are Mathematical and Personal

Tom Wong sat in the parking lot of a San Diego McDonald’s, scarfing a double cheeseburger and listening to the Senate’s roll-call vote on immigration as it live-streamed over his iPhone.

Landrieu, aye. Leahy, aye. Lee, no.

Just as he had predicted.

Finally, the 100th name: Wyden, aye. Relieved and smiling broadly, he called his wife with the good news. Not only had the bill passed, but his statistical models had worked nearly perfectly. He was right about all but a few senators.

As the immigration battle shifts to the House, word has spread among activists that Wong might be the Nate Silver of immigration reform — the go-to data geek with the crystal ball.

But Wong doesn’t just want to predict the future. He also wants to change it, by giving immigrant-rights advocates the statistical ammunition they need to influence lawmakers.

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GOP Donors Press on for Immigration Reform

Top GOP donors are now pressuring the House to pass the immigration reform legislation and fix the broken system. To learn more about the updates of immigration reform and what GOP donors are doing to convince the House, please read Meghashyam Mali’s article below:

Top GOP Donors Press Lawmakers to Act on Immigration Reform

More than 100 top Republican donors and fundraisers are pressing GOP lawmakers to act on immigration reform, according to a report from The New York Times.
The donors sent a letter to Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urging them to “take action to fix our broken immigration system.”

Among the prominent signatories are Karl Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and a top GOP strategist, and former Vice President Dan Quayle.
The letter calls for measures to “secure our borders,” a system for U.S. companies to “hire the workers they need while making it impossible to hire workers here illegally,” and a “path to legal status for undocumented immigrants.”

The effort was organized by former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who served in the George W. Bush’s administration and is the founder of the group Republicans for Immigration Reform.
Gutierrez told the Times that the group would lobby GOP lawmakers over the August recess.

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Cecilia Muñoz Behind Obama’s Immigration Reform

Cecilia Munoz has been behind the efforts of Obama’s immigration reform since the early beginning. Activists now question whether she can move bipartisan legislation to approve immigration reform.

To read more about immigration reform, please read Eleanor Clift’s article below:

Cecilia Munoz, Quarterback of Obama’s Immigration Reform Efforts

Her friends wondered why she didn’t quit when President Obama failed to push immigration reform in his first term, and now they’re wondering if Cecilia Muñoz, the president’s point person on immigration, has the political muscle to move bipartisan legislation to fix the broken system across a finish line blocked by House Republicans. An activist with the National Council of La Raza before joining the White House in 2009, Muñoz, who turns 51 on Saturday, got roughed up pretty badly in her community when she defended Obama’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, which resulted in a record number of deportations. Her friends are convinced she wouldn’t have signed on for a second term unless she had Obama’s unqualified backing and commitment.

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Latinos Take Action for Immigration Reform: Will You Join?

As the House continues to debate over the issue of immigration reform, the Latino community is rallying to take action and have their voices heard.

To learn more about the updates of immigration reform and how the Latino community is advocating for undocumented immigrants, please read Bary Alyssa Johnson’s article below:

Immigration Reform News 2013: Latino Community Uniting to Fight House Over Immigration Reform

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights advocacy organization in the U.S., is hosting its annual conference this week, and a key topic being addressed shouldn’t be surprising: immigration reform.

Over 5,000 Latinos from all across the country have gathered together to unite in the fight for immigration reform, vowing to use their increasing political clout to push the House of Representatives to vote in favor of the comprehensive Senate reform bill, according to NCLR.

A town hall held this week at the conference focused on the moral, economic and political imperatives for winning reform. The discussion was headlined by Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill., and brought together experts, advocates and political strategists to make the case for reform and to discuss the efforts underway to get Congress to deliver tangible solutions.

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Immigration Reform Receives Support from Farm Owners

Local farmers are banding together to voice their support for the passage of the new immigration reform bill. They emphasize the crucial contribution of immigrant workers, and their opinions are projected to have an impact on the House decision.

To read more about immigration reform, please read Heidi Przybyla’s article below:

Cantaloupe Growers Lobby Congress on Immigration Reform

Mornings for Bruce Frasier, an onion and cantaloupe grower in southwest Texas, are tinged with anxiety over whether enough day laborers will arrive in vans to harvest his crops.

“It’s a heck of a way for a businessman to start his day,” said Frasier, who visited Washington to express his concerns about a dwindling labor force as he sought to persuade members of his Republican Party to revise U.S. immigration laws.

Frasier’s initiative emphasizes the crucial role business owners, in particular agricultural producers and technology companies that rely on immigrants, will play in the U.S. House debate over easing current restrictions. The industries’ voices may serve as a counterweight to Tea Party advocates who oppose revamping U.S. immigration policy, particularly Republicans from conservative-voting districts in states such as Texas.

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Immigration Reform – 15 Vacancies in the Department of Homeland Security…Will It Affect You?

Will you be affected by the vacancies in the DHS? It was just announced that there will be 15 vacancies in September. This can have a large impact on immigration reform since top leaders are leaving. If you’d like to learn more, here’s some quick information from Lisa Barron of Newsmax.

Vacancies at DHS Could Impact Immigration Reform

The Department of Homeland Security, the largest agency in the federal government, soon will have at least 15 vacancies in top posts once Secretary Janet Napolitano leaves in September.

Lawmakers are concerned not only about the departure of Napolitano, but also of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton and other directors of various immigration departments, according to The Washington Times.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul of Texas told the Times that Napolitano’s departure “is a substantial addition to the growing list of unfilled key leadership positions within the department, and the administration should move swiftly to fill the gaping holes in its management.”

But as Congress continues to work on overhauling the immigration system, Morton’s departure is drawing the most attention. Once he leaves, immigration enforcement efforts will be without top leaders not only at ICE but also at Customs and Border Protection and at Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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McCain Urges Immigration Reform Backers to Take Action

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Senator John McCain and other backers of the immigration reform are aware that the bill is losing momentum as Republicans continue to oppose the legislation. As congress goes into their summer recess in August, McCain emphasizes the need for organizations to wage campaigns in congressional districts to assert the need for immigration reform and pressure Republicans to pass the bill.

Although the immigration reform bill passed the Senate with a 68-32, supporters are now only hoping for the House to pass a limited bill so that it would require a House-Senate conference. This way, the House and Senate can negotiate on the bill and combine measures to create legislation that they both agree on.

ByPhillip Kim

When Will Immigration Reform Pass?

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The new immigration reform will grant a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. as well as tighten border security and boost the economy, but when will congress reach an agreement on the issue?

The immigration reform bill was supposed to be decided by August before the congress’s annual month-long summer recess, but the debate has been prolonged because Republicans and Democrats have not been able to reach an agreement on the provisions of the bill. Now, the nation has to wait until after the August recess to hear an answer, and many fear that the issue will die down and congress will set the issue aside.

What it comes down to is whether Republicans will come to an agreement or the bill will die a slow death with the voices of millions being drowned out by the indecisiveness of congress.

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Same Sex Couples May Receive Immigration Benefits

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Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano addresses that the Supreme Court will ensure implementation of the ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which grants same-sex couples equality of legal benefits. President Obama has taken measures to eliminate discrimination so that same-sex couples receive the same consideration as opposite-sex couples when filing for a visa petition. This change is effective immediately for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to follow. Couples are eligible to apply even if they currently live in a state that does not allow same-sex marriages, in which case, USCIS will consider the law of the state of residence in addition to the law of the state of celebration of the marriage.

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"I am a DENTIST busy managing two offices and hired Attorney Kim recently. Alex Denes, DDS, PhD. Mr. Phillip Kim is a very knowledgeable and efficient immigration attorney. I was extremely pleased on how he handled the immigration of my father-in-law. His office staff is courteous and always returned my calls and email inquiries in a timely fashion. His Fresno office is very clean and he has extremely good knowledge of the US immigration law. I felt very safe having him handle our case. I am confident that you will not benefit of the same level of professionalism elsewhere. I am a busy professional, dentist with 2 offices and time and efficiency matters more. All that said, I found his fees to be extremely reasonable relative to the kind of service that he provides. I congratulate him on his knowledge and dedication as well as I congratulate his office staff for their professionalism. Dr. Alex Denes, DDS, PhD."
“I am a REGISTERED NURSE and My father just went through very lengthy difficult deportation proceedings. We hired our first lawyer, who lost our case. That’s when we hired Attorney Kim, who appealed and took our case to San Francisco Immigration Court. He attended our hearings in Court and finally won our case. My father now has a Green Card. If you have a Deportation Case or are about to be deported, please call me. I will tell you how Attorney Kim helped my father with his Deportation case. My Cell # is (559) 802-7124.” – by Nalleli Medina, RN; Tulare, CA.
"Attorney Kim helped me and my wife realize our American dream of staying together in the US by getting my wife a Green Card. It took less than three months. Please call my cell. (559) 978-9497 or home at (559) 297-4040. I will tell you more about Attorney Kim's practice." - by Leo HISUGAN & Marites HISUGAN; Fresno, CA.
“My green card application was denied. Attorney Kim appealed for me and attended the interview with me. It was approved at the interview. Please call me if you want to ask me about Attorney Kim’s work. (209) 534-7112.” – by Molly Harrington; Los Angeles, CA"
“We got our Green Card approved in less than three months. Everything went very well smoothly. Thank You. We highly recommend Attorney Kim. Please call us at (559) 475-0155. We will tell you more about our experience with Attorney Kim’s firm.” – by Raul TABADA and Family; Fresno, CA.
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