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2006: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006

Compose

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611, PDF)

Text of the bill that passed the U.S. Senate on May 25, 2006.

ANALYSIS & INFORMATION

The Economic and Fiscal Effects of the Senate's Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (PDF) (9/06)
Senate Approves Sweeping but Flawed Immigration Reform Bill: The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (5/30/06)
Update on Amendments to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006. Amendment that adds antidiscrimination, privacy, and due process protections to the bill's proposed Employment Eligibility Verification System passes. Kennedy amendment to strengthen labor law defeated. (5/24/06; posted 5/25/06)
Summary of the Title III Substitute Amendment to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S 2611) (PDF) (5/24/06)
Document Fraud Provisions in Senate Immigration Bills Could Put Legalization Out of Reach for Millions (first posted 5/15/06; revised 5/16/06)
Immigration Reform and Access to Public Benefits: The Return of an Uneasy Coupling (5/15/06)
Provisions of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 That Affect Immigrant Workers (posted 4/26/06)
Efforts Stall in Senate: Compromise Bills Contain Mixture of Generous and Regressive Provisions That Present Legislators with Tough Choices (4/9/06)
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Sweeping Immigration Bill (3/30/06)
The Week Beginning March 26, 2006, May Be Decisive for Immigration Reform (3/23/06)
Senate Judiciary Committee Considering Flawed Immigration Reform Bill (3/2/06)

More Analysis & Information

COMPROMISE BILL (SPECTER-HAGEL-MARTINEZ)

Analysis of the Legalization Provisions of the Senate "Compromise" on Immigration Reform: A Flawed, Inadequate, Anti-Worker Proposal (PDF)

Analysis by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. (This material is posted here as a public service. The analyses and opinions it expresses are its authors' and may not coincide with NILC's position on the issues it addresses.)

Section by Section Summary of the February 23, 2006, Specter Chairman's Mark of the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006" (PDF)

By USCCB, AILA, NYU, NYSDA, and NILC.