America's Voice has compiled resources and analysis to learn more about the Senate's immigration reform bill.
America's Voice has compiled the following resources and analysis to learn more about the Senate's immigration reform bill. Stay tuned for more insight on this landmark bill!
Bill Language and Summaries
Full Text of Bill (Sen. Chuck Schumer’s website)
http://www.schumer.senate.gov/forms/immigration.pdf
Section by Section Summary of Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (Talking Points Memo)
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/read-the-gang-of-8s-landmark-immigration-plan.php
Shorter Summary of Bill (DPCC)
http://www.dpcc.senate.gov/?p=news&id=235
One Page Overview of Bill
http://www.scribd.com/doc/136488649/Gang-of-8-Bipartisan-Immigration-Reform-One-pager-Final-Topline-Messaging-April-17-2013
Analysis
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S.744) (National Immigration Law Center) http://nilc.org/irsenate2013.html
Top 10 Ways the Senate’s Immigration Reform Bill Will Fix Our Broken System (Center for American Progress) http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2013/04/17/60837/top-10-ways-the-senates-immigration-reform-bill-will-fix-our-broken-system/
Lawrence Downes’ bill analysis (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/18/opinion/editorial-immigration-bill.html
Side by Side Comparison of 2013 Senate Immigration Framework with 2006 and 2007 Senate Legislation (Migration Policy Institute)
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/CIRbrief-2013SenateFramework-Side-by-Side.pdf
Top Ten Questions and Answers About the Senate Immigration Bill (A4C)
http://allianceforcitizenship.org/
Infographic – How Legalization and Citizenship Helps the Economy (Center for American Progress) http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2013/04/16/60592/infographic-how-legalization-and-citizenship-helps-the-economy/
Myths vs. Facts – (Senator Marco Rubio’s Website)
Simply Wrong to Report Illegal Immigrants Would Be Granted Immediate Status
http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2013/4/myth-vs-fact-simply-wrong-to-report-illegal-immigrants-would-be-granted-immediate-status
Incorrect to Say This Bill is Amnesty: http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2013/4/myth-vs-fact-incorrect-to-say-this-bill-is-amnesty
Proof of Residency Requirements: http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2013/4/myth-vs-fact-proof-of-residency-requirements
En Español
Resumen del Proyecto De Ley Para La Seguridad Fronteriza, Oportunidades Económicas Y Modernización Migratoria Del 2013 (DPCC)
http://www.dpcc.senate.gov/?p=news&id=236
Respuestas a preguntas más comunes sobre proyecto bipartidista del Grupo de los Ocho del Senado, “Ley de 2013 de Seguridad Fronteriza, Oportunidad Económica y Modernización del Sistema Migratorio” (America’s Voice) http://americasvoiceonline.org/analisis/como-se-aprueba-un-proyecto-de-ley/
Overview and Q&A of Bill: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/44794321/SL%20Q%26A.pdf