NDN Backgrounder: U.S. Senate Hearing Tomorrow on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Tomorrow the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship will hold a hearing, "Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2009, Can We Do It and How?" Tomorrow's important hearing signals movement on this critical issue. 

NDN has written extensively about the need to fix our nation's broken immigration system. In preparation for this hearing, NDN would like to provide you with key background information that explains the nature of the immigration debate and why Congress can -- and should -- pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation this year:

Hopeful Signs for Immigration Reform, Simon Rosenberg, 4/15/09

NDN Backgrounder on Immigration, Simon Rosenberg, 3/18/09

Immigrants and the Economy, Zuraya Tapia, 4/27/09

Is Immigration Overhaul Vital to the U.S. Economy?, Zuraya Tapia, 4/14/09

Making the Case for Passage of Comprehensive Immigration Reform This Year, Simon Rosenberg, 2/19/09

For additional information on our work on immigration, please follow our Weekly Report on Immigration.