Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 24 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Homeland security debate delays immigration bill VTMBH Article: Author Ray OHanlon VTMBH Article: Publication Irish Echo VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Congressional debate continues to delay the vital, and long-awaited, immigration provision 245i, which would allow undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The congressional debate over homeland security is delaying progress on a bill that would see a limited return of immigration provision 245i. The provision, which would allow eligible undocumented Irish immigrants to apply for legal status, was revived last month in a bill drawn up by Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. But now the question is will the Senate manage to find time to address the immigration issue before the July 4 break, or even by early August, when Congress goes into summer recess. Consideration over the bill was delayed as a result of the debate over President Bushs proposal to merge various federal agencies into a new government department for homeland security, a congressional source said. One way or another, 245i has had a hard time separating itself from the shadow of the national security issue. An earlier move to include a limited return of 245i in a congressional border security bill fell short when the provision was pulled from the legislation. Supporters of the bill, including Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, considered that version of 245i to be overly restrictive and one that would not allow enough time for eligible undocumented immigrants to properly apply for relief. As the current law stands, an undocumented immigrant has to leave the US in order to have a chance of securing legal status. But by leaving US soil, the undocumented individual faces a ban from the US of up to 10 years. 245i would lift the threat of such a ban from individuals who qualify for relief as a result of job skills or family ties. The proposed revival of 245ithe measure lapsed from the legislative books in 1998 only to be briefly revived in the waning days of the Clinton administrationis contained in a Daschle bill called the United Families Act, 2002. The bill is being backed in the Senate by a number of leading Irish-American legislators, among them Sen. Kennedy, chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration. Kennedy has described 245i as a vital provision of U.S. immigration law. But even being vital doesnt guarantee an early vote in a Congress that has been drawn deeper into securing the nations borders in order to protect those living within them, the undocumented presumably included. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-06-25 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 463 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Homeland security debate delays immigration bill 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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