Our own Executive Director here at America’s Voice, Frank Sharry, debated Laura Ingraham on Fox News last night, and made the case for why Republicans–including Ingraham, a hard-right-winger–should support immigration reform. As Frank said: Laura, the guts of this bill is the most massive expansion of immigration enforcement in...
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Fox News: Frank Sharry on “The O’Reilly Factor” Reuters: U.S. immigration bill passes key test vote in Senate NBC Latino: Senate votes to proceed with “border surge” amendment, immigration bill on track By Sandra Lilley Texas Tribune: U.S. Senators Prepare for Key Vote on Immigration Bill By Julian Aguilar...
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Remind Opponents What’s at Stake if Reform Fails in 2013 The Senate is just days away from voting on their bipartisan immigration bill and the House is poised to take up immigration in the coming weeks. Today, advocates and members of Congress hosted a Google+ Hangout to update...
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Yesterday, the Senate voted on the Corker/Hoeven “border surge” amendment. As our Executive Director Frank Sharry noted: The Corker-Hoeven border security amendment is terrible public policy and a bitter pill to swallow. It would waste billions of dollars on useless border fencing and an excessive number of border patrol agents,...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Hacia fines de esta semana el Senado habría votado sobre la primera reforma migratoria amplia con una vía a la ciudadanía en casi tres décadas, si la medida supera los retos que le quedan por delante sólo en la Cámara Alta, porque la saga en la...
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El proyecto de una reforma migratoria ha generado un conflicto entre los estadunidenses, quienes apoyan en números altos propuestas en ambos lados del debate, de acuerdo con un nuevo sondeo que hoy se dio a conocer. Aunque la encuesta conjunta del diario USAToday y el Centro Pew de Investigaciones...
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Estábamos a punto de grabar un programa especial de televisión sobre la reforma migratoria y no podíamos empezar porque el senador Chuck Schumer, de Nueva York, no colgaba el celular. Pero ninguno de los otros tres senadores que lo acompañaban -Bob Menendez, Dick Durbin y Michael Bennet- se atrevían...
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Aquí una declaración de Frank Sharry, director ejecutivo de America’s Voice: “Este voto sugiere que la reforma migratoria está en el camino de ser aprobada por un margen de 2-1 en esta semana. Esto significa que 11 millones de inmigrantes, incluyendo a los Dreamers y otros, están mucho más...
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With the Senate clearing an important procedural hurdle on immigration reform yesterday and prospects looking good for a strong bipartisan vote on final passage later this week, attention is moving to the House of Representatives. While the conventional wisdom among the commentariat is that the House will thwart immigration...
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This week, the Senate will vote on final passage on the Gang of 8 immigration bill, moving it one big step forward in the legislative process. Today, we held a live Google Hangout with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ, one of the Gang of 8) and other immigration reform advocates...
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