Source: CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES, 3/2015


Excerpt: Now that the midterm elections are over, a court has issued a temporary restraining order enjoining key portions of the president s executive actions on immigration, and the dust has settled on the DHS funding fight, various congressional committees are examining what kinds of legislative actions might help bolster the fast-sinking national immigration system. On March 3, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill called the Legal Workforce Act (LWA), introduced by Lamar Smith (R-Texas) on behalf of himself and a number of other representatives.

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