April 30, 2013
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Read articles from the April 30, 2013 edition of the Human Needs Report, including pieces on immigration and sequestration.
- CHN: High Hurdles on Path to Citizenship
On April 16, the bi-partisan Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, S. 744, was introduced in the Senate. This comprehensive overhaul of our nation’s immigration system contains a framework that includes a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented: 10 years in a newly created Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) status leading to Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status (a ‘green card’) and then at least 3 more years to citizenship. Read More »
Posted in Immigration, Poverty and Income Comments Off - CHN: Fear of Flying; Congress Fixes Waits in Airports but Lets the Poor Wait One More Year for Housing Vouchers
People don’t like to wait on long lines at airports. With news cameras panning the lines and Twitter campaigns launched, Congress hurriedly passed legislation to move funds around within the Federal Aviation Administration to end furloughs of air traffic controllers. The Senate passed the Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 (S. 853) with no objection and no recorded vote on Thursday, April 25, and decamped to airports for a week-long recess. Read More »
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