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Democrats in Congress are coalescing around a strategy to try to pass immigration bills piecemeal, after the Biden administration’s comprehensive proposal drew swift condemnation from Republicans as a wishlist rather than an honest stab at bipartisan reform.

Democrats and the White House announced a bill to overhaul immigration and create a path to citizenship for some undocumented people.

"Weve been promised and weve been let down for decades in the immigrant rights movement. This is the year for Biden to do something [to reform immigration laws]," says Erika Andiola of RAICES.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

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Well, here we go again.  The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a $900 billion stimulus package, and we are being promised that it will provide a real “boost” to the economy.  Of course we were told the exact same thing about all of the other “stimulus packages” that have been passed since the beginning of the pandemic.  Most importantly to many Americans, $600 stimulus payments will soon be sent out directly to the American people.  If you are married and have three kids, yo...

Posted at 2:57 pm on December 21, 2020 by Doug P. Congress is expected to vote on a Covid-19 relief package, and GOP Sen. Josh Hawley smells a lot of the usual pork: The negotiators are saying they could only find enough $$ for $600/ person relief checks for working people. But mark my words, there will be hundreds of BILLIONS spent on special interests, banks, and government According to the Wall Street Journal, some people in the country won’t be receiving as much from this round of stimul...

japans crisis. the focus is how to get the reactors cooled down, specifically reactor number three at fukushimas daiichi power station. military helicopters are dropping 30 tons of sea waters on the crippled reactors pool. >> theyre also spraying on the ground, up to a dozen water truxz a trucks are in place. the united states is telling americans to get at least 50 miles away from the reactor. >> there is one more critical development to watch for, engineers are planning to begin the ...