U.S. Policy Beats
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Congressional Negotiations Stall while Bush Administration Pushes Enforcement, Integration
With House-Senate negotiations on immigration reform pushed to September 2006 at earliest, the Bush administration ramped up border and workplace enforcement as a stopgap.
Senate Approves Scaled-Back Immigration Bill, President Calls for National Guard on Border
The U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill in May 2006 by a 62-36 vote, adding amendments to cap temporary workers at 200,000 annually and strengthen border fencing.
Senate Debate Resumes and DHS Boosts Internal Enforcement
The 2006 Hagel-Martinez immigration bill in the U.S. Senate proposed 325,000 annual temporary work visas and tiered legalization for unauthorized immigrants as of spring 2006.
Senate Debates Temporary Worker Program and Path to Legal Status for the Unauthorized
A March 2006 U.S. Senate bill proposed 400,000 annual temporary work slots and legalization for unauthorized immigrants as hundreds of thousands rallied in support.
Bush calls for Worksite Enforcement Funding in 2007, Senate Poised to Debate Immigration Reform
U.S. President George w. Bush's FY 2007 budget requested $135 million for employment verification and 1,500 new Border Patrol agents.
Bush Immigration Appointees, Immigration Judges Criticized
U.S. President George W. Bush used recess appointments for immigration posts.
House Passes Enforcement Bill Lacking Temporary Worker Program
The U.S. House passed an enforcement-only immigration bill in December 2005; its lack of a temporary worker provision made Senate passage unlikely.
President Bush Pushes for Increased Enforcement and a Temporary Worker Program
MPI’s Julia Gelatt reports on Bush's latest immigration reform speeches in Arizona and Texas, new proposals for immigration reform, calls for the merger of immigration agencies, and more.
Bush Puts Immigration Reform Back on Agenda, Approves Funding for DHS
The Bush administration outlined a three-part immigration reform plan in October 2005 and signed a $30.8 billion Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill for FY 2006.
Aftermath of Katrina Affects Immigration Enforcement
After Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suspended employer sanctions.
