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Monday, March 25, 2013

Immigration politics heat up in UK and US

David Cameron takes a hard line on immigration to the UK in a speech today:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/25/us-britain-immigration-cameron-idUSBRE92O00C20130325
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves number 10 Downing Street, in central London March 20, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
But the prime minister's office was having trouble backing up claims of the cost of immigrants to the National Health Service (NHS): http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/25/david-cameron-immigration-speech-trouble

Cameron's speech was also critiqued in the Daily Telegraph: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jameskirkup/100208823/immigration-if-only-politicians-would-lead-not-follow/

Meanwhile, in the U.S., Facebook found Mark Zuckerberg is forming a group to push for immigration reform: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2013/03/25/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-forming-group-to-push-immigration-reform/

And President Obama gave a speech today calling for debate on an immigration reform bill by April:
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2013/03/25/obama-calls-for-april-debate-on-immigration-bill

However, there are reports that a dispute between labor and business interests may hold up the Senate reform bill: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/23/senate-gang-8-close-finalizing-immigration-reform-deal/

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