Thursday, January 02, 2014

Top immigration reform events of 2013

This article lists MANY events in 2013 that helped immigration reform get closer.   - - Donna Poisl

By Griselda Nevarez

There was a wide consensus that 2013 would be the year Congress passed immigration reform legislation. Though that didn’t happen, momentum for immigration reform reached a new high.

A diverse coalition of business, faith and civil rights leaders came together to advocate for legislation that would reform the nation’s immigration system and offer undocumented immigrants a chance to become U.S. citizens. Together, they held a number of rallies, civil disobedience actions and hunger strikes hoping to move the issue forward.

VOXXI compiled a list of events that made a big impact in the immigration reform debate this year.
Click on the HEADLINE above to read the whole list! This is only the introduction.


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