Three months have passed since the Senate's historic and bipartisan passage of S.744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. Now it's the House of Representatives' turn to act. So far, the House has not made much progress towards passing a comprehensive bill that includes a pathway to citizenship, leaving millions of immigrant women, children and families in limbo. But that does not mean comprehensive immigration reform is dead.
On September 20, the efforts of a bipartisan group of Representatives (informally referred to as the “Gang of 7”) to produce a comprehensive immigration bill came to a sudden halt. The group disbanded and many predicted immigration reform dead. However, on that same day, Representatives Grijalva (D-AZ) and Vela (D-TX) introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2013. This legislation, the first comprehensive immigration bill to be introduced by the U.S. House of Representatives since the Senate passed its bill in June, represents the type of smart, workable and forward-looking approach that is needed to put the undocumented on a path to citizenship, reunite families and protect women and children.
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