{"id":1496,"date":"2013-05-20T02:05:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T02:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nilc.org\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2016-07-15T09:02:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:02:03","slug":"s-744-markup-monday-may-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/2013\/05\/20\/s-744-markup-monday-may-20\/","title":{"rendered":"S. 744 Markup: Monday, May 20"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>
\nMay 20, 2013<\/p>\n

CONTACT<\/strong>
\nAdela de la Torre, 213-400-7822, delatorre@nilc.org<\/p>\n

SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST
\nSenate Judiciary Committee Tackles Controversial Amendments<\/h1>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0The Senate Judiciary Committee entered its final week of markup on S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. Today the committee discussed and voted on amendments to Title III , which would affect immigration enforcement and labor policies. Below is a statement from Marielena Hincapi\u00e9, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, who attended today\u2019s markup:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Leahy said it best: What this committee does on immigration law reflects who we are as a country and as a people. Some of today\u2019s votes are an accurate reflection of our society\u2019s needs \u2014 dangerous amendments that would have made life much more difficult for working families were rejected, and an amendment to increase protections for children and parents in detention was accepted.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, today\u2019s votes also demonstrated that the road to citizenship must be fiercely protected, and not just by the Gang of 8.\u00a0 Senators Sessions and Grassley offered a number of amendments that would push working families already teetering at the poverty line into destitution and would severely impact U.S. citizen children. Although the senators\u2019 misguided efforts were thwarted today, they could come back later in the legislative process. We hope the bill\u2019s champions \u2014 on both sides of the aisle \u2014 will stand with this country\u2019s values and needs and oppose any effort to make an already difficult road to citizenship impassible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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