Immigration Reform in 2013

Comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) has been on the White House’s endless to-do list for years. During his Presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to tackle the issue of immigration if elected, but the economic crisis and a lack of bipartisanship prevented him from making any headway during his first term as President.

 

Following President Obama’s re-election, however, it is looking increasingly likely that immigration reform will be passed in 2013. Of vital importance has been the change in the Republican policy toward immigration after the party saw the impact that the Latino vote had on the President’s victory.

 

The framework for immigration legislation is already taking shape, as can be seen by the bipartisan plan for comprehensive immigration reform that was laid out by 4 Democrats and 4 Republicans on January 28. Reinforcing the importance of such efforts, President Barack Obama delivered a major speech on immigration reform the following day, in which he stated that he expects Congress to act to pass a CIR bill in a timely fashion, and pledging to bring his own proposal before Congress for lawmakers to vote on quickly if they fail to do so.

 

Below, we link to Presidential speeches, statements by legislators, and insightful news stories explaining the efforts being made to pass CIR.

 

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This page is broken into the following subsections:

 

 

General Resources

 

 

Videos

 

 

News Stories