http://www.advancingequality.org Asian American Justice Center Release RSS feed. . Copyright 2005, Asian American Justice Center Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@advancingequality.org Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:18:02 GMT Release http://www.advancingequality.org/en/rel/199/ Washington, D.C. – Today, President Barack Obama met with a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders to discuss steps for passing comprehensive immigration reform. In response to the meeting, Karen K. Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center, issued the following statement. We commend the President for his leadership on immigration reform and for putting together a path and a timetable to get legislation done by the end of this year or early next year. We believe he sent a clear message to congressional leaders that he is committed to leading and that it is time for the leadership in both parties in the House and Senate to commit to working together to pass workable comprehensive reform that reflects American values about fairness and justice. At today’s meeting, the President appointed Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to lead a group of House and Senate leaders to develop an outline for legislation. We also applaud Senator Robert... http://www.advancingequality.org/en/rel/199/ noemail@advancingequality.org Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:00:00 GMT