Coalition on immigration bill clears first tests The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the nation's borders and offer eventual citizenship to millions living illegally in the United States. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Gun bill’s failure may help immigration legislation Here’s an odd political reality: The collapse of the gun bill in the Senate last week may well make the passage of immigration reform legislation slightly easier. “I think the continued intensity of the dysfunction of Congress on this [gun] vote will help immigration,” Democratic pollster John Anzalone said. More
Immigration bill would be largest such effort ever attempted After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of eight senators is poised to offer a sweeping bill to rewrite the nation's immigration laws this week, taking advantage of a changed political alignment that, for the first time in nearly a generation, appears to have opened the way for comprehensive legislation. More
Immigrants Across U.S. Rush to Prepare for Trump Crackdown Donald Trump’s promise to carry out mass deportations has driven fearful immigrants to seek protections and advice. 11/23/2024 - 9:02 pm | View Link
Most Americans say undocumented immigrants should be able to stay legally under certain conditions Among those who support mass deportations, 43% also say undocumented immigrants should have a way to stay in the country legally. 11/22/2024 - 3:58 am | View Link
How Hostility to Immigrants Will Hurt America’s Tech Sector If he does not moderate his policies, the damage will be considerable — bigger than even pessimists realize. Hostility to immigrants won’t just create labor shortages for many grueling manual jobs ... 11/22/2024 - 2:39 am | View Link
Massive groups of illegal immigrants nabbed at border amid fears of pre-Trump border surge Authorities have encountered a number of large groups at the southern border in recent days, amid ongoing concerns about a pre-Trump surge at the border. 11/18/2024 - 11:44 pm | View Link
The Trump administration’s next target: naturalized US citizens Even “documented” immigrants will not be safe, because Miller has declared that he will pursue the seldom-used process of “denaturalization” to go after people who have been citizens for years or ... 11/18/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link
General Daily Insight for November 24, 2024
Overthinking things might be impossible to resist at the moment. As the neurotic Virgo Moon tangles with grandiose Jupiter and touchy Chiron, we probably shouldn’t take any dramatic statements we hear at face value — there’s a good chance that they’re covering up wounded egos.
By TIM REYNOLDS
SUNRISE — Jonathan Drouin got his first two goals of the season, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and three assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the slumping Florida Panthers 7-4 on Saturday night.
Drouin was playing for only the fifth time this season. He missed 16 games with an upper-body injury.
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and two assists for Colorado, which got a four-goal second period — with scores from Drouin, Rantanen, Logan O’Connor and Samuel Girard.
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