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Nancy Pelosi floats new strategy to pressure GOP on immigration

With the fall window for enactment of a big immigration overhaul closing rapidly, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi has come up with a new strategy to force House Republicans to bring legislation to the floor. An aide familiar with the strategy said the Pelosi plan is to introduce a bipartisan bill nearly identical to the  

Rubio advocates for comprehensive effort, not bill, on immigration

“This will take a while. There is not a magic solution to this. I believe we have to do it and I believe we can do it,” Rubio said.

House passes bill to increase visas for highly educated immigrants

A bill to increase the number of visas for highly educated immigrants and allow families to stay in the United State while their visas are processed was passed in the House today by a vote of 245-139.

The STEM Jobs Act, sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, would increase the number of visas available for students who graduated from American universities with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees by 55,000 a year.

Decoding the Supreme Court: Five things to look for in immigration, ObamaCare rulings

As early as today, the U.S. Supreme Court will render its verdicts on two of the most politically divisive issues of the past decade, immigration and health care. As the justices announce the fate of