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Amnesty Legislation:

AGAINST: H.R.4321 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009.
 

This legislation is also the same as Rep. Luis Gutierrez's (D-IL).

Title: To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] (introduced 12/15/2009)      Cosponsors (93)
Related Bills: H.R.4259, H.R.4470, S.2910, S.2974
Latest Major Action: 1/21/2010 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.

Anti-Amnesty Legislation:

FOR: H.RES.1026
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the continued peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible and effective immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or unlawful continuing presence of foreign persons.
Sponsor: Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] (introduced 1/21/2010)      Cosponsors (49)
Latest Major Action: 1/28/2010 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.

In-State Tuition

FOR: H.R.4548 -

Title: To enforce the restriction on in-State tuition for aliens unlawfully present in the United States. (Fairness for American Students Act that would close a loophole in current law that several states have used to provide lower-cost college tuition to illegal immigrants compared to tuition rates U.S. )
Sponsor: Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] (introduced 1/27/2010)      Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 1/27/2010 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

AGAINST: H.R. 1751 - American Dream Act - Introduced March 2009 Representative Howard Berman - California  http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1751

To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.

Other legislation:

[1]. Rep. Phil Gingrey's, Bill H.R. 878 >  http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/february-16-2009/rep-gingrey-introduces-chain-migration-act.html

[2]. Rep. Bob Goodlatte's, BILL H.R. 2305 >  http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/may-8-2009/rep-goodlatte-reintroduces-safe-act.html

[3]. Rep. Nathan Deal's, Bill H.R. 1868 >
 http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/may-18-2009/rep-nathan-deal-reintroduces-bill-end-birthright-citizenship.html

[4]. Rep. Marsha Blackburn's, Bill H.R. 2406 >  http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/may-14-2009/rep-blackburn-introduces-clear-act.html

[5]. Rep. Heath Shuler's, SAVE Act Bill H.R. 3308 >  http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/may-4-2009/shuler-reintroduce-save-act-month.html