This morning we wrote about how this Sunday–Mothers’ Day–is the fifth anniversary of Postville, Iowa, a brutal immigration raid that led to hundreds of deportations, untold numbers of separated families, and one devastated community. Today, advocates and allies in Iowa are commemorating the Iowa raid, sending letters to their...
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First Day of SJC Markup; Mother’s Day; and Remembering the Tragedy of the Postville (IA) Raid Five Years Later Today, America’s Voice Education Fund and fellow immigration experts held the eleventh in a series of weekly press briefings, or Immigration Reform “Office Hours.” Moderated by Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director at...
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Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos: Discussions about immigration reform largely focus on immigrants as workers. In fact, immigrants come to the U.S. for both work and family reasons. Understanding the factors that drive a decision to immigrate—and how immigrants organize their lives in the...
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With Thursday’s Senate markup in the rearview mirror, immigration reform remains the rare policy issue capable of breaking through the partisan gridlock in Washington. Below are three reasons why immigration reform continues to gain momentum: Bipartisan Reform Backers Remain United: In the face of a battery of amendments to...
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Senators Rightly Reject Extremist Border Amendments and Reaffirm the Core of Immigration Compromise As the Senate Judiciary Committee began to mark-up of S. 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act on Thursday, immigration advocates and community leaders joined a telephone press conference to offer reactions to the...
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New York Times: In Senate, Efforts to Reshape, or Derail, Immigration Bill By Ashley Parker Washington Post: Senators clash over border security proposals in immigration bill By David Nakamura Reuters: Immigration bill passes first early test in Senate By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro Politico: Tougher border security language...
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We’ve written several times about the growing scandal swirling around the Heritage Foundation, its deeply flawed immigration report and the disturbing views of Jason Richwine, one of the study’s authors. Perhaps most interesting is the potential for the Heritage story to taint other “think tanks” whose “scholars” also hold...
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Update: During an interview that a Heritage spokesperson gave on Hispanic radio, it’s unclear whether Richwine would be fired. The spokesperson defended the report, claiming that the controversial parts might have been “taken out of context.” Jim DeMint’s Heritage Foundation just hasn’t had a very good week. Four days...
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