Background: Representative Heath Shuler (D-NC) has introduced the Secure America with Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act. The legislation (H.R. 4088) has 112 cosponsors, approximately half Democrat and half Republican. In the Senate, Senator Mark Pryor (R-AR) and Senator Mary Landrieu introduced identical legislation prior to the Thanksgiving recess (S. 2368) To date, there are no cosponsors.

The SAVE Act is an enforcement-only bill that would expand the Basic Pilot program for employers to verify the status of their immigrant workers and increase resources for both border and interior enforcement, including an expansion of detention space. The legislation would also authorize funds to train state and local authorities to enforce immigration law. It does not include a legalization program, a worker program, or reforms to family immigration. Read More...

Yesterday the U.S. Senate voted 52-44 to move to consideration of S. 2205, the DREAM Act.  Read More...

I-CAN calls the Dream Act too close to call and asks that we contact our senators. Read More...

Friday was a bad day for immigration reform, as the Senate voted against cloture and to move toward final consideration of S.1348, thereby stalling consideration of this legislation in the Senate.  Read More...

On Tuesday, June 5, senators will be back to work and will again consider S.1348, The Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Reform Act of 2007.  Read More...

As the debate in the Senate heats up, we are reminded to pray and support improvements to S.1348, The Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Reform Act of 2007. Read More...