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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting full primary documents and excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Federal Leaders Remark on Immigration Reform: June 11 and June 27, 2013
Federal Leaders Remark on Immigration Reform: June 11 and June 27, 2013
In June 2013, the U.S. Senate took a major step toward advancing comprehensive immigration reform, passing a bipartisan bill that would create a path to citizenship for the country's approximately 11 million illegal immigrants and create new opportunities for skilled foreign workers while enhancing border security. While many hailed the vote as a major victory in a political battle that had been ongoing for more than a decade, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives refused to take up the Senate's bill for consideration, choosing instead to adopt a piecemeal approach to immigration reform that has yet to result in the passage ...
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