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Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions.

Senator Durbin sharply criticizes Cruz immigration amendment

By MSNBC Staff

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, discuss an amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration plan that touches on financial benefits. … Read More

Congressman Steve King (R-IA) and a group of other House members denounced the Senate immigration bill, saying that amnesty is worse than Obamacare.

Iowa Republican Congressman King: “Amnesty plan far worse than Obamacare”

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At the same time that the Senate Judiciary Committee was debating the bipartisan Senate "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill, Iowa Republican Congressman … Read More

Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is calling for amending the Senate bill so "Little Dreamers" can also have an expedited path to citizenship.

Amendment for “Little Dreamers” should be in immigration bill, say advocates

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Democratic Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, who is on the Senate Judiciary Committee debating the current immigration bill, has introduced an amendment … Read More

Senator Ted Cruz said allowing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants will not move the immigration bill forward.

Analysis: On immigration bill, it’s Republican versus Republican

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It's up to the Republicans.  Whether a comprehensive immigration reform bill will reach President Obama's desk this year boils down to one fundamental thing - … Read More

Immigration reform advocates pray before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in the Senate Hart Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: If immigration reform fails, state and cities will have to act

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Going forward there is only one option; hope for the best and prepare for the worst. The path to immigration reform has always been a narrow one.  But just … Read More

Groups advocating for immigration reform will be closely watching Thursday's Senate hearing on the immigration bill.

With 300 amendments, advocates brace for tough start of Senate immigration hearings

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Immigration reform activists will have their eyes set on one place on Thursday -- and that is the Senate Judiciary Committee, where the  tough negotiations on … Read More

A protestor looks on during an immigration reform demonstration on April 10, 2013 in San Francisco, California. . (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Study: Many Americans don’t know what to think of immigration legislation

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Immigration reform legislation has become a contentious debate, but a new Pew study is showing that a large number of Americans don't know exactly what to make … Read More

President Barack Obama Barack Obama press conference at the White House, Washington D.C., America - 30 Apr 2013 President Obama holds a press conference where he answered a wide range of questions, from potential US involvement in Syria, Congressional conflicts, to Jason Collins announcement that he is a gay man (Rex Features via AP Images)

Obama eyes higher profile role on immigration

By Julia Pace, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's prospects for a sweeping legislative victory this year now rest almost solely on the immigration overhaul working … Read More

This photo taken April 30, 2013 shows President Barack Obama answering questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama ‘impressed’ by Gang of Eight’s work

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President Barack Obama reacts to immigration reform legislation recently constructed by members of the U.S. Senate. … Read More

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, at left, made the economic and political case for immigration reform.

Graham: Economy will “fall apart” without immigration reform

By Sandra Lilley and Lori Montenegro, Telemundo's White House Correspondent

The U.S. economy will "fall apart" without immigration reform, said South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, making an impassioned speech at the U.S. … Read More