The air is noticeably crisper, the baseball playoffs have begun, I have started to see
decorative gourds, but the traffic got a whole lot lighter today. It is October 1, 2013, the first day of the fiscal year 2014 (FY2014), and
the federal government has shut down over the inability of Congress to pass a budget that does not seek to undo the Affordable Care Act.
It has now been a couple of weeks since the
Gang of Eight’s immigration bill was introduced. We provided a brief rundown of its main points and we give it, overall, good grades. It certainly is much better than the
status quo, but less generous than we might have designed ourselves. But they are in Congress and we are in court. Now that it is out, what happens?
Here is a short summary of the Senate immigration bill released to the general public late last night. Keep in mind that this is just proposed legislation, and no one can or should apply for anything yet. We’ve a long way to go before this legislation becomes reality.
Title I Border Security
This title provides for phased in border security measures that will achieve and maintain effective control in high risk border sectors of the Southern border.
