Latest Immigration and Refugee Legislative Documents

• Transcript of President Barack Obama's December 22, 2010, Year-End Press Conference
• Transcript of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs's December 20, 2010, White House Daily Briefing
• Text of the Senate-Passed Version of the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Appropriations Resolution
• Summary of the Senate-Passed Version of the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Appropriations Resolution
  

• December 18, 2010, Vote by Which the Senate Failed to Invoke CLoture on the DREAM Act
• President Obama's December 18, 2010, Statement on the DREAM Act Cloture Vote
• Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) December 18, 2010, Statement on the DREAM Act Cloture Vote
• Representative Luis Gutierrez's (D-IL) December 18, 2010, Statement on the DREAM Act Cloture Vote
• Senator Claire McCaskill's (D-MO) December 18, 2010, Statement on the DREAM Act Cloture Vote

• First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review

• Unofficial Text of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Omnibus Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations Bill

• State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Excerpt from the Unofficial Draft of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Bill
• Summary of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Portion of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Bill

• Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Excerpt from the Unofficial Draft of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Appropriations Bill
• Summary of the Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Portion of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Bill

• Homeland Security Excerpt from the Unofficial Draft of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Bill
• Summary of the Homeland Security Portion of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Bill

• Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Excerpt from the Unofficial Draft of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations bill
• Summary of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Portion of the Senate's Fiscal Year 2011 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Bill

• Statement of Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) on the December 9, 2010, Senate Vote to Table Motion to Proceed to the DREAM Act
• White House Statement on the December 9, 2010, Senate Vote to Table the Motion to Proceed to the DREAM Act

• Official Text of the House-Passed Version of H.R. 5281, the DREAM Act
• Text of the House DREAM Act Amendment to H.R. 5281, Adopted by the House on December 8, 2010
  
• House December 8, 2010, Floor Vote on Passage of the DREAM Act
• House December 8, 2010, Floor Vote on Agreeing to the Rule Providing for the Consideratoin of the DREAM Act
• Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the DREAM Act
• Statement of Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) on House Passage of the DREAM Act
• Text of H.R. 6497, the Berman/Diaz-Balart Version of the DREAM Act, Introduced on December 7, 2010
  

• Text of the House-Passed Version of H.R. 3082, the Full-Year Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Appropriations Act
• Text of the House Fiscal Year 2011 Long-Term Continuing Appropriations Resolution, Passed by the House on December 8, 2010
  

• Official Text of S. 3992, the DREAM Act Bill Introduced by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)
• Unofficial Text of S. 3992, the DREAM Act Bill Introduced by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)
  
• Congessional Budget Office (CBO) December 3, 2010, score of S. 3992, DREAM Act
• December 2, 2010, Letter from Senator David Vitter (D-LA) Requesting a CBO Score of S. 3992, the DREAM Act
• December 2, 2010, "Dear Colleague" Letter from Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican Jeff Sessions Opposing S. 3992, the "DREAM Act"
• December 2, 2010, "Dear Colleague" Letter from House Judiciary Committee Ranking Republcan Lamar Smith (R-TX) in Opposition to the DREAM Act
• Text of Senator Jeff Sessions Release Listing Ten Criticisms of the DREAM Act

• November 27, 2010, OpEd from Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican Lamar Smith (R-TX) on the GOP and the Latino Vote
• December 3, 2010, OpEd from Edward Schumacher-Matos in Response to the Lamar Smith OpEd on the GOP and the Latino Vote

• Text of H.R. 1751, DREAM Act Bill Introduced by Representative Howard L. Berman (D-CA)
• Text of H.R. 6327, DREAM Act Bill Introduced by Representative Charles K. Djou (R-HI)
  
• Senate Amendments to H.R. 5283, Haitian Earthquake Victim Orphan Adoptees Bill
• Text of S. 1338, Requirement for Accredited English Study Programs for Certain Nonimmigrant Students
• 112th Congress Legislative Priorities of Representative Peter King (R-NY), Incoming Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security
• Government Accountability Office December, 2010, Report on the Reintegration of Iraq's Internally Displaced and Returning Refugees
• DHS Office of Inspector General Study on Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security

• Letter from Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) to House Democratic Leadership Criticizing Potential Effort to Attach the DREAM Act to the Help HAITI Act
  

• Prepared Statement of Mayor Michael Bloomberg at September 30 2010, Immigration Reform Hearing Before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
• Prepared Statement of News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch at September 30, 2010, Immigration Reform Hearing Before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
• Prepared Statement of Jeff Moseley at September 30, 2010, Immigration Reform Hearing Before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
  
• Prepared Statement of Stephen A. Camarota at September 30, 2010, Immigration Reform Hearing Before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee

• Text of the S. 3932, the Menendez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
  
• Short Summary of S. 3932, the Menendez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
  
• Detailed Section-by-Section Summary of S. 3932, the Menendez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Billl
  

• Text of the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Appropriations Resolution

• Prepared Statement of Stephen Colbert at September 24, 2010, AgJOBS Hearing Before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
• Prepared Statement of Arturo Rodriguez at September 24, 2010, AgJOBS Hearing Before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
• Prepared Statement of Phil Glaize at September 24, 2010, AgJOBS Hearing Before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
  
• Prepared Statement of Carol Swain at September 24, 2010, AgJOBS Hearing Before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee

• Final Version of House Republicans' 2010 "Pledge to America"
• Text of September 23, 2010 Letter from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on Border Security
  
• Link to September 21, 2010, Vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3454, Fiscal Year 2011 Department of Defense Authorization Bill
• Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Health and Human Services Report on Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2011

• White House "Readout" of September 16, 2010, Meeting Between President Obama and Representatives of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
  
• Press Release of Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) on September 16, 2010, Meeting with President Obama on Immigration

• The October 24, 2007 Vote By Which the Senate Failed to Invoke Cloture on S. 2205, the DREAM Act, During the 110th Congress

• Text of September 14, 2010, Letter from Representative Rob Bishop and Others on Border Control on Public Lands
• Text of Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2011 Plan by Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services
• Text of August 31, 2010, Letter from Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ) to Secretary Napolitano on ICE Removal Proceedings Policy Brief
• Text of August 25, 2010, Letter from Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ) to Secretary Napoliano and Attorney General Holder on Operation Streamline

• Text of August 12, 2010, NCLR Report on "The Impact of Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on the Latino Community"
  

• Text of Final Version of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Statement of President Obama on Senate Passage of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Statement of Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ) on Senate Passage of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Statement of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Senate Passage of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental appropriations Bill
• Statement of Representative Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) on Senate Passage of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Statement of Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) on Senate Passage of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
  

• Pew Hispanic Center August 11, 2010, Report on Unauthorized Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children
• Text of Draft Immigration Enforcement Bill Authored by Florida Attorney General and GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Bill McCollum

• Text of the House-Passed Version of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Summary of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill, Prepared by House Committee on Appropriations
• Fact Sheet on H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill, Prepared by House Committee on Appropriations

• Statement of Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ) on House Paasage of H.R. 6080, Fisscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Statement of Representative Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) on House Passage of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Statement of Representative Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) on House Passage of H.R. 6080, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill

• Text of August 9, 2010, letter from Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) to President Obama Requesting More Resources on the Texas Border with Mexico
• Text of the Privileged Resolutiion on a Lame Duck Session Authored by Representative Tom Price (R-GA)

• Official Text of the Senate-Passed Senate Amendment to H.R. 5875, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Text of S. 3721, Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill, as Introduced (which Became the Senate Amendments to H.R. 5875)
• Press Release from Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on Senate Passage of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5875, the Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Press Release from Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on Senate Passage of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5875, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• House-Passed Version of H.R. 5875, Fiscal Year 2010 Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill

• House-Passed Version of H.R. 5283, the Help Haitian Adoptees Immediately to Integrate Act of 2010 or Help HAITI Act of 2010
• Senate-Passed Version of H.R. 5283, the Help Haitian Adoptees Immediately to Integrate Act of 2010 or Help HAITI Act of 2010

• Letter from Department of Justice Threatening Sheriff Joe Arpaio with Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Maricopa County, Arizona for National Origin Discrimination

• Press Statement by Senator John McCain on the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

• Letter from Senator John McCain and Others Requesting a Hearing on the Leaked USCIS Memo on Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• Government Accountatbility Office Report on Processing of Naturalization Applications for Members of the U.S. Armed Forces
• Government Accountability Office Report on Border Fencing

• Text of Leaked USCIS Memorandum Exploring Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform
  
• Text of Draft McCain/Kyl Substitute Amendment to the House-Passed Version of H.R. 5785, Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejecting State of Arizona's Request for Expedited Consdieration of Appeal in U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Final Text of H.R. 4899, FY '10 War and Disaster Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Draft Committee Report Accompanying Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved FY '11 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
• Draft Bill Text of Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved FY '11 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
• Draft Committee Report Accompanying Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved FY '11 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill
• Draft Bill Text of Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved FY '11 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill

• Text of Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ) on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of the the Department of Homeland Security on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ) on Judge Boltion's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. Arizona
• Statement of Representative Ann Kirkpatrick on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ) on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of Representative Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of Representative Jeff Flake (R--AZ) on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of former Representative J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) on Judge Boton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Statement of Senator David Vitter (R-LA) on Judge Bolton's Ruling in the Case of U.S.A. v. State of Arizona
• Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles

• Text of the House-Passsed Version of H.R. 5875,  Emergency Border Security Suppmemental Appropriations Bill
• July 27, 2010, Letter from Seven House Democrats to Speaker Pelosi Asking for Consideration of a Stand-Alone Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• July 26, 2010, Letter from Representatives Giffords, Teague, and Rodriguez to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer Seeking Increased Funding for Border Security

• July 26, 2010, Letter from 12 GOP Senators to Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano Expressing Opposition to the Possible Use of Mass Parole or DED Authority

• Amicus Brief Filed by 81 House Republicans in the Case of U.S.A. v. Arizona

• State of Arizona's Response Brief in the Case of United States of America v. State of Arizona

• July 22, 2010, Testimony of Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard on Alien Smuggling before House Homeland Security Committee Panel
• May 2010 GAO Report on Department of Homeland Security Efforts to Combat Alien Smuggling on the Southwest Border

• July 21, 2010, Report by Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) on the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program
• July 20, 2010, Letter from Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) to the GAO Requesting Study of U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program

• CBO July 2010 Report on the Impact of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market
  
• DHS July, 2010 Fact Sheet on Its Progress in Implementing the 9/11 Commission's Recommendations

• Unofficial Text of Committee Report Accompanying Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved FY '11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill
• Unofficial Text of Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved FY '11 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill Bill Language
• Selected Immigration Excerpts from the Draft Committee Report Accompanying Senate FY '11 Commerce Justice, Science Appropriations Bill
  

• Unofficial Text of Committee Report Accompanying Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved FY '11 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
• Unofficial Text of Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved FY '11 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Bill Language
• Press Release from Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairman Frank Lautenberg Summarizing the draft FY '11 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
  

• Chart Summarizing Proposed Spending in the House Subcommittee Draft Fiscal Year 2011 Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

• Text of DeMint/Vitter Amendment to H.R. 5279 Barring Federal Lawsuits Challenging the Constitutionality of SB 1070
• Press Release from Senator Jim DeMint Announcing His Intention to Offer Amendment to H.R. 5279 Barring Federal Lawsuits Challenging SB 1070

• Prepared Statement of Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas at July 14, 2010, House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the Moral Imperative for Reform of Our Immigration System
• Prepared Statement of Dr. James R. Edwards, Jr., at July 14, 2010, House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the Moral Imperative for Reform of Our Immigration System
• Prepared Statement of Dr. Richard Land at the July 14, 2010, House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the Moral Imperative for Reform of Our Immigration System
• Prepared Statement of Dean Matthew Staver at the July 14, 2010, House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the Moral Imperative for Reform of Our Immigration System

• Prepared Statement of Ambassador-At-Large Louis CdeBaca at the July 14, 2010, Helsinki Commission Hearing on Trafficking in Persons
  

• Text of Complaint Filed by U.S. Department of Justice in USA vs. Arizona Suit Challenging Arizona Immigration Enforcement Law
• Text of Motion Filed by U.S. Department of Justice Asking for Preliminary Injunction in Enforcement of Arizona Immigration Enforcement Law
• Department of Justice Statement on the Filing of Lawsuit Against Arizona Challenging SB1070

• Statement of Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ) in Reaction to Federal Suit Against Arizona
• Statement by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Expressing Opposition to Federal Suit Against Arizona
• Statement by Representative Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)  Condemning Federal Suit Against Arizona
• Statement of Representative Raul Grijalva Thanking Department of Justice for Filing Suit Against Arizona
• Statement of Representative Harry Mitchell (D-MI) Expressing Disappointment with Federal Suit Against Arizona
• Statement of Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) Expressing Disappointment with Federal Suit Against Arizona
• Letter House Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican Lamar Smith (R-TX) and 19 Other Republcians Condemning Federal Suit Against Arizona
• Statement by Representative Tom Price (R-GA) condemning Federal Suit Against Arizona

• Statement of Administration Policy on House Fiscal Year 1010 Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Chart Summarzing Spending in the House Subcommittee-Approved Fiscal Year 2011 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
• June 29, 2010, Draft House Appropriations Committee Language for Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• "Readout" of June 29, 2010, Meeting Between President Obama and Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Chart Summarizing Spending in the House Subcommittee-Approved Fiscal Year 2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
• June 24, 2010, Letter from Rep. Lamar Smith and 13 Other House Republicans to Senator Sessions Urging Him to Question Kagan on Immigration

• Chart Showing Summary of Spending in Subcommittee-Approved Fiscal Year 2011 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
• Statement of House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman David Price on Fiscal Year 2011 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
• Text of the Calvert E-Verify Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2011 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
• Text of the Carter ICE Enforcement Priorities Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2011 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill

• June 23, 2010, Letter from Governor Jan Brewer to President Obama Asking for Border Security Play in Advance of Staff Visit
• Governor Jan Brewer's Motion to Dismiss Escobar v. Brewer Lawsuit Challenging Arizona Immigration Enforcement Law
• Government Accountability Office Report on the Resettlement into the U.S. of North Korean Refugees and Asylum Seekers
• June 21, 2010, Letter from Seven Republican Senators to President Obama Demanding that He Not Grant Deferred Relief from Deportation on a Mass Scale
• June 24, 2010, Letter from Rep. Dean Heller to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on Public Service Announcements on Wage Protections for Illegal Immigrants
• June 23, 2010, Fact Sheet on Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano's June 23, 2010, Border Security Initiatives
• Amicus Brief Filed by Government of Mexico Challenging the Arizona Immigration Enforcement Law
• President Obama's June 22, 2010, Request for Additional Border Security Funding

• June 9, 2010, ICE Reorganization Chart
• April 21, 2010, Letter from Senators Durbin and Lugar to Secretary Napoltano Asking for a Halt to Deportation of DREAMAct Students
• State Department's Trafficking In Persons Report for 2010

• Letter from Governor Jan Brewer to Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard Demanding He Step Aside In Lawuits Over Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Law
• Governor Jan Brewer's Motion to Dismiss the Salgado Vs. Brewer Lawsuit Over Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Law
• Governor Jan Brewer's Motion to Dismiss the Frisancho Vs. Brewer Lawsuit Over Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Law

• Official Federal Register Notice of Proposed USCIS Immigration Fee Increases
• April 29, 2010, Letter from Sen. Jeff Bingaman to Attorney General Eric Holder Asking if New Mexico Residents Will Need Passports to Avoid Arrest & Detention when Traveling in Arizona
• June 10, 2010, Letter from Representative Raul M. Grijalva to President Obama on Funding for Port of Entry Security
• Maxine Waters Floor Amendment to H.R. 5072, FHA Reform Act of 2010, to Require Mortgagers to Verify the Social Security Number and Immigration Status of Mortgagees
• USCIS Proposed Immigration Benefits and Services Adjudication Fee Increases
• Migration Policy Institute Report on the Impact of Immigrants in Recession and Economic Expansion
• OMB Director Peter Orszag Guidance to Executive Branch Agencies and Departments on Fiscal Year 2012 Budget

• May 24, 2010, Letter from Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) to Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on Border Security
• May 28, 2010, Letter from Senators John McCain (R-AZ)  and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) to Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) on Border Security

• National Guard Border Deployment Excerpt (Section 1041) from S. 3454, the Fiscal Year 2011 National Defense Authorization Act
• Text of the Armed Services Committee-reported S. 3454, the Fiscal Year 2011 National Defense Authorization Act
• Committee Report Accompanying S. 3454, the Fiscal Year 2011  National Defense Authorization Act

• White House Press Office's "Readout" of June 3, 2010, Meeting between President Obama and Governor Jan Brewer on Border Security
  

• Text of June 3, 2010, Letter from Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ) Responding to Senator Charles Schumer's (D-NY) Request that Enforcement of SB 1070 be Delayed
• Text of May 20, 2010, Letter from Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) to Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ) Asking for a Delay in Implementing SB 1070

• Quinnipiac University June 1, 2010, Poll of Americans' Attitudes Toward Immigration
• May 28, 2010, Letter from Congressional Hispanic Caucus to Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano Demanding End to 287(g) Programs in Arizona

Week of May 24, 2010

• May 28, 2010, Brief Filed by the Department of Justice Asking the U.S. Supreme Court to Review Arizona's Employer Sanctions Law

• May 27, 2010, Senate Floor Vote Rejecting the McCain National Guard Deployment Amendment to H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• May 27, 2010, Senate Floor Vote Rejecting the Kyl "Operation Streamline" Amendment to H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• May 27, 2010, Senate Floor Vote Rejecting the Cornyn Multi-Faceted Border Security Amendment to H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• May 27, 2010, Senate Floor Vote Rejecting the DeMint Border Fence Amendment to H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Bill

• Text of Cornyn/Kyl/Hutchison/McCain Amendment No. 4202 (relating to border security) to H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Bill
  
• Text of Kyl-McCain Amendment No. 4228 (relating to "Operation Streamline") to H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Text of the McCain Amendment No. 4214 (relating to increased National Guard Troops on the Border) to H.R. 4899, Suppplemental Appropriations Bill
• Text of DeMint Amendment No. 4177 (relating to Border Fencing) to H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Bill

• Text of May 26, 2010, Letter Signed by 26 Members of Congress Critical of John Morton's Position on Arizona Immigration Law
• NBC News/Telemundo May 20, 2010-May 23, 2010 Poll on Americans' Attitudes about Immigration

• White House Statement Following May 25, 2010, Meeting Between President Obama and the Senate Republican Conference
• May 25, 2010, Letter from Obama Administration to Senate Armed Services Committee Opposing Amendments to Mandate Deployment of Troops on the Border

• Text of the Vitter Amendment No. 4225 (relating to cities with sanctuary policies) to H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropropriations Bill

• Text of Draft House Appropriations Committee Bill Language for Its Version of the FY '10 Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Text of Draft House Appropriations Committee Report Language for its Version of the FY '10 Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Summary of Draft House Appropriations Committee Version of  the FY '10 Supplemental Appropriations Bill

• Statement of President Obama at May 24, 2010, Reception Honoring AAPI Heritage Month

Week of May 17, 2010

• Letter from Governor Jan Brewer to President Obama Requesting Increased National Guard Helicopter and Unmanned Aerial Resources on the Arizona Border with Mexico

• Official Version of the Senate Appropriations Committee-Reported Version of H.R. 4899, FY '10 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Official Version of the Senate Appropriations Committee Report Accompanying H.R. 4899, FY '10 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill

• Declaration by The Government Of The United States Of America and The Government Of The United Mexican States Concerning Twenty-First Century Border Management
• Joint Statement from President Barack Obama and President Felipe Calderón Following Meetings During President Calderon's State VIsit to the United States
• Remarks By President Obama at Welcoming Ceremony During Mexican President Calderon's State Visit to the United States
• Remarks by President Filipe Calderon at Welcoming Ceremony During His State Visit to the United States

• Statement of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy at May 19, 2010, Hearing on the Refugee Protection Act
• Prepared Testimony of Dan Glickman at May 19, 2010, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Refugee Protection Act
• Prepared Testimony of Patrick Giantonio at May 19, 2010, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Refugee Protection Act
• Prepared Testimony of Igor V. Timofeyev at May 19, 2010, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Refugee Protection Act

• Letter to President Obama from Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl demanding the deployment of National Guard forces on the U.S. Border with Mexico
• U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice-Designate Elena Kagan's Response to Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire
• Letter from House Judiciary Ranking Republican Lamar Smith Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Mexican Government's Interference in U.S. Political and Legislative Affairs
• Letter from Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) to Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner Regarding His Comments to China About Arizona Immigration Law
• Letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Asking for Full Funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP)

Week of May 10, 2010

• Draft Senate Appropriations Committee Report Language for H.R. 4899, Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill
• Draft Legislative Language of Senate Appropriations Committee-Approved H.R. 4899, Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill

• Text of the Bilbray E-Verify Amendment to H.R. 5116, the America COMPETES Bill
• Pew Reserach Center Poll on American Public Opinion of SB 1070, Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Law

• Prepared Testimony of USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas at May 11, 2010, Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on the Operations of USCIS
• Opening Statement of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy at May 11, 2010, Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on the Operations of USCIS

• May 10, 2010 Letter from Senator Bob Menendez to Major League Baseball Players Association Urging Boycott of the 2011 All Star Game

Week of May 3, 2010

• Text of McCain-Kyl "Ten Point Plan" Border Security Bill
  
• May 5, 2010 Statement of Senator Lindsey Graham on Border Security
• Text of Draft Lieberman Terrorist Citizenship Revocation Bill
• Summary of Lieberman Terrorist Citizenship Revocation Bill
• Text of Letter from Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) to Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ) Asking for a Delay in Implementing SB 1070
• Text of the Senate Amendment 3852, the DeMint Fencing Amendment to the Financial Services Reform Bill
• Statement of President Barack Obama at May 5, 2010,  Cinco de Mayo Rose Garden Reception
  
• Text of April 28, 2010, Letter from Representatives Ted Poe (R-TX), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), and 15 Others to President Obama on Border Security
• Text of April 23, 1010, Letter from Representative Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) to President Obama on Arizona Immigration Enforcement Law

Week of April 26, 2010

• Schumer-Reid-Menendez Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• Statement of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on the Reid-Schumer-Menendez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Framework
• Statement of President Barack Obama on the Schumer-Reid-Menendez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Framework
• Statement of Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Schumer-Reid-Menendez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Framework

• Text of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Substitute to S. 2839, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act
  

Week of March 22, 2010

• Text of Sessions Amendment Number 3701 to H.R. 4872, the health care reform clean-up reconciliation bill
• Leahy Substitute for S. 2960, the "Refugee Opportunity Act"
• Leahy Substitute for S. 2974, the "Return of Talent Act"
• Leahy March 25, 2010, Press Release and Statement Upon Senate Judiciary Committee's approval of S. 2960 and S. 2974
• Durbin Perfecting Amendment to S. 2974, the "Return of Talent Act"
• Sessions Perfecting Amendment to S. 2974, the "Return of Talent Act"

Week of March 15, 2010

• Proposed Executive Order on Federal Funding for Abortion and the Health Care Reform Bill
  
• Statement of Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) at March 21, 2010, Immigration Reform Rally
• Letter from Catholic Bishops Expressing Concern about the Immigration Provisions in the Senate-Passed Health Care Reform Bill
• Press Release from Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) Announcing His Support for Senate Health Care Reform Bill
• Statement of President Obama on the Release of the Schumer/Graham Comprehensive Immigration Reform Framework
• Text of Substitute for H.R. 4872, the health care reform clean-up reconciliation bill
• Congressional Budget Office Report scoring H.R. 4872, the health care reform clean-up reconciliation bill
• Press Release from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Upon Introduction of Refugee Protection Act of 2010
• Text of the House Budget Reconciliation Recommendations Serving as Vehicle for Health Care Reform Clean-Up Reconciliation Bill

Week of March 8, 2010

• White House Statement after Meeting between President Obama and Representatives of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• White House Statement after Meetings with Pro-Immigrant Advocates and with Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
• Press Release from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Meeting with President Obama on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• One-Page Summary of the Soon-to-be-Introduced Leahy Refugee Protection Act of 2010
  
  

Week of December 21, 2009

• Official Text of H.R. 3326, Fiscal Year 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act

Week of December 14, 2009

• Text of the Reid "Manager's Amendment" to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill
• Statement of President Barack Obama on the Reid "Manager's Amendment" to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill
• Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Reid "Manager's Amendment" to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

• Unofficial Text of H.R. 3326, Fiscal Year 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act

• Official Text of H.R. 3288, Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act
• Official Text of H.  Rept. 111-366, the Conference Report Accompanying H.R. 3288, Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act  
• Section-by-Section Summary of H.R. 4321, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009
• Official Text of H.R. 4321, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009
• Unofficial Text of H.R. 4321, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009
• Summary of H.R. 4321, Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009
• Gutierrez/Velazquez "Dear Colleague" Letter Soliciting Support for H.R. 4321, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009  
• Text of All of the Floor Amendments that have Been Filed to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill 
• Letter from Catholic Bishops Endorsing Menendez Medicaid State Option Amendment to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

• Text of All of the Floor Amendments that have Been Filed to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill
• Text of All of the Immigration- and Refugee-Related Floor Amendments that have Been Filed to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

• Text of Menendez Medicaid State Option Floor Amendment to Senate Health Care Reform Bill
• Text of the Ensign Immigrant-Citizen Tax Credit/Medicaid Parity Floor Amendment to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill
• Text of the Ensign Social Security Number Floor Amendment to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill
• Text of the Akaka Compact Nations Medicaid Floor Amendment to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

• Text of the Sessions Immigration Floor Amemdment to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

• Immigration and Refugee Excerpts From Conference Report on Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Bill
• Text of Conference Report Language for the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Division of Fiscal Year Consolidated Appropriations Act
• Text of Conference Report Language for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Division of Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appropraitions Ac
• Text of Conference Report Language for the Commerce, Justice, Science Division of Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act

Week of November 30, 2009

• Mikulski Women's Services Amendment to Senate Health Care Reform Bill
• Murkowski Side-by-Side Women's Services Amendment to Senate Health Care Reform Bill

• McCain Motion to Commit Senate Health Care Reform Bill to Committee on Finance with Instructions to Strike Medicare Cuts
  
• Bennet Side-by-Side Amendment on Medicare Cuts to Senate Health Care Reform Bill

• Text of Reid Subtitute to Senate Health Care Reform Bill
  
• Preliminary Analysis of Immigration-Related Provisions in Reid Health Care Reform Bill

Week of November 2, 2009

• Text of Stupak Floor Amendment to H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act"
• Text of House Republican Substitute Amendment to H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act"
• White House Statement of Administration Policy Expressing Strong Support for H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act"   
• First Letter from U.S. Catholic Bishops Supporting Stupak Pro-Life Amendment to H.R. 3962 and Opposing GOP Immigration-Related Motion to Recommit the bill
• Second Letter from U.S. Catholic Bishops Supporting Stupak Pro-Life Amendment to H.R. 3962 and Opposing GOP Immigration-Related Motion to Recommit the bill
• Text of Manager's Amendment to H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act"
• Unofficial Text of the House Republican Substitute to H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act
• Action Alert by Advocates in Maryland Targeting Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on Immigrants and Health Care Reform legislation

Week of October 26, 2009

• Letter from Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and more than 50 others to President Obama on Expanding the 287(g) Program 
• Letter from Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) to Senator David Vitter (R-LA) in Opposition to His Census and Immigration Status Amendment
• Text of H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act", introduced on October 29, 2009
• Summary of Changes in 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act", Introduced on October 29, 2009
• Detailed Summary of H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act", Introduced on October 29, 2009
• Section-by-Section Summary of H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act", Introduced on October 29, 2009
• House Ways and Means, Education and Labor, & Energy and Commerce Summary of Changes to House Health Care Reform Bill
• Sessions E-Verify Amendment to Unemployment Compensation Extension Bill Letter from 112 Members of Congress to President Barack Obama Supporting Comprehensive Immigration Reform

• Press Release from Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on the Widows & Orphans provision in the FY '10 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
• Hastings Amendment to Coast Guard Authorization Bill to Require a Study on Impacts of U.S. Immigration Policy Toward Haiti
• Nye Amendment to Coast Guard Authorization Bill to Ensure that the Coast Guard's Mission Relating to Illegal Aliens is Not Weakened by the Bill  
• Lee Amendment to Financial Consumer Protection Agency Bill to Prohibit Agency from Requiring Notices in Any Language Other than English
• Sessions E-Verify Amendment to Unemployment Compensation Extension Bill

• Press Release from Representative Luis Gutierrez Enunciating his Core Principles for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• Transcript of President Barack Obama's Remarks on Comprehensive Immigration Reform in New Orleans, Louisiana

• Testimony of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security on Immigration Reform
• Ensign State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill  
• Hutchison State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) Amendment to the Fiscal year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill   
• Sessions Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill to Make the E-Verify Program Permanent and Require All Federal Contractors to Use it
• Vitter Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill to Require the 2010 Census to ask about Citizenship and Immigration Status   
• Vitter Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill to Deny COPS Funds to Jurisdictions that Have Immigration "Sanctuary" Policies
  
   

Week of September 28, 2009

• CHC Letter to President Obama on the 287(g) Program
• CHC Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on the Immigration Provisions in the Fiscal Year 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Conference
• Letter from 112 Members of Congress to President Barack Obama Supporting Comprehensive Immigration Reform
  

Amendments to Bills

• Ensign State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill   
• Hutchison State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) Amendment to the Fiscal year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill
• Sessions Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill to Make the E-Verify Program Permanent and Require All Federal Contractors to Use it
• Vitter Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill to Require the 2010 Census to ask about Citizenship and Immigration Status
• Vitter Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2010 C-J-S Appropriations Bill to Deny COPS Funds to Jurisdictions that Have Immigration "Sanctuary" Policies
  

• Nye Amendment to Coast Guard Authorization Bill to Ensure that the Coast Guard's Mission Relating to Illegal Aliens is Not Weakened by the Bill
  Hastings Amendment to Coast Guard Authorization Bill to Require a Study on Impacts of U.S. Immigration Policy Toward Haiti
  
  

H.R. 3126, Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act

• Lee Amendment to Financial Consumer Protection Agency Bill to Prohibit Agency from Requiring Notices in Any Language Other than English

H.R. 3584, Extension of Unemployment Compensation Benefits

•  Sessions E-Verify Amendment to Unemployment Compensation Extension Bill