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Must-Read News on Immigration Reform, February 21, 2014

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Washington Post: GOP senator: House could pass Senate immigration bill today
By Aaron Blake

The Economist: A plea for open doors

Roll Call: Steve King: I Was Right and I Won’t Apologize
By Emma Dumain

The Hill: GOP lawmaker: Enough with the ‘comprehensive’ already
By Pete Kasperowicz

VOXXI: Immigration reform a hot topic at MALDEF’s Latino State of the Union
By Griselda Nevarez

Jewish Daily Forward: Jewish Immigration Advocates Push Eric Cantor To Support Broad Reforms
By Nathan Guttman

Al Jazeera America (Texas): In El Paso, residents aren’t waiting for Congress to fix immigration
By Tom A. Peter

Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania): Advocates press Phila. to end immigrant detainer pact
By Michael Matza

Associated Press (Arizona): Arpaio to be interviewed in immigration case
By Steve Stout

Wall Street Journal (Editorial): Fruits of Immigrant Labor

Washington Post (Plum Line): GOP stalling on immigration is not about ‘distrust of Obama’
By Greg Sargent

Washington Post (She The People): Immigration reform as a women’s issue
By Nia-Malika Henderson

Washington Post (The Fix): John Boehner just bought a condo in Florida. Hello, retirement?
By Chris Cillizza

The Hill (Congress Blog): Deportations and the denial of human dignity
By Very Rev. Thomas H. Smolich, S.J.

National Journal (Opinion): Oh, Mexico; With North American economies so interconnected, what’s good for our neighbor to the south is good for us.
By Ronald Brownstein

News & Observer (North Carolina – Editorial): Ellmers shows courage on immigration reform

Express-Times (Pennsylvania – Editorial): EDITORIAL: John Boehner, last man standing against immigration reform

San Bernardino Sun (California – Editorial): No to state health insurance for undocumented immigrants: Editorial

Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois – Opinion): Religious leaders call out GOP on immigration reform
By Rabbi Shoshanah Conover, Temple Sholom of Chicago; Pastor Wilfredo De Jesus, New Life Covenant Church; Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago; Bishop Jeffrey Lee, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago; Imam Matthew Ramadan, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago; Very Rev. Donald Senior, Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago