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In 2009, immigration reform became a hot topic again since the Barack Obama administration signaled interest in beginning a discussion on comprehensive immigration reform before that year's end. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The proposed comprehensive immigration reform plan had bipartisan support as one of its goals, and included six sections designed to have ...
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, known as the DREAM Act, is a United States legislative proposal that would grant temporary conditional residency, with the right to work, for illegal immigrants who entered the United States as minors—and, if they later satisfy further qualifications, they would attain permanent residency.
Secure Communities, often written as S-COMM, was an effort pioneered in 2008 under George W. Bush and launched in 2009 under Barack Obama. [22] The effort involved seeking cooperation from state and local law enforcement authorities in the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
2013 — With President Barack Obama in the White House, a bipartisan group of senators, nicknamed the Gang of 8, negotiated an immigration reform bill that was approved in the Senate. The bill ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally ...
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled split over his plan to spare millions of immigrants in the country from deportation.
Between 2001 and 2008, during the Presidency of George W. Bush, about 2.0 million people were deported, while between 2009 and 2016, during the Presidency of Barack Obama, about 3.2 million people were deported. [4] During Donald Trump’s first presidency the number of undocumented immigrants deported decreased drastically. [5]
In an attempt to get out in front of the growing controversy involving immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Thursday outlined some key principles that he believes can lead to comprehensive ...