English (en español al final de la página): Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Says He Would Deport Illegal Immigrants By Heather Haddon USA Today: Trump: Undocumented immigrants ‘have to go’ By Kevin Johnsons Bloomberg: Donald Trump Gives Anti-Immigration Republicans Their Dream Plan By Sahil Kapur CNN: Trump outlines immigration...
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In a new piece from VICE, an official from the Social Security Administration states that undocumented immigrants are paying an estimated $13 billion — yup, that’s with a “b” — in Social Security taxes every year. So much for immigrants being moochers, right? Stephen Goss, chief actuary of the SSA,...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: John Kasich’s Appeal to Moderates Gains Traction in New Hampshire By Jonathan Martin National Journal: Marco Rubio Makes a Move Out of the Past By Ronald Brownstein The Hill: O’Malley outlines benchmarks for his administration By Jonathan Easley...
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Here’s a perfect example of what happens when you used to support citizenship for the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants and then hope to God you don’t get asked about it during an interview. During an interview with Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, Bush let loose a faux pas of epic proportions, accidentally...
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Republican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush cut a Nevada rally short yesterday after facing sharp criticism from immigration and Black Lives Matter activists, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. It began when Bush was responding to a question about family reunification from an audience member: Richard Carreon,...
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When three-quarters of all immigrants in the United States are women and children, women and mothers know that it’s ultimately our families who keep paying the human cost of our nation’s broken immigration system. It’s perhaps the main reason why 100 immigrant women, along with their supporters, will walk...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Conservatives Need to Redefine Themselves as More Caring, John Kasich Says By Jonathan Martin AP: Kasich won’t rule out a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants AP: Kasich Defends Immigrants as ‘Contributing Significantly’ CNN: Kasich wants immigration crackdown,...
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It’s almost like Donald Trump’s campaign has turned into a real-life Saturday Night Live skit that’s absolutely god-awful but you can’t stop watching. At a rally in Michigan yesterday (where he also falsely claimed “1,000” people were outside the doors trying to get in), the candidate boasted that he...
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Here’s more of that “Trump Effect” in action. Today, Chris Christie — fresh off a rocky debate performance, where even a visibly-irritated Rand Paul rolled his eyes at the candidate — told right-wing radio host and noted xenophobe Laura Ingraham that we should “reexamine” the 14th Amendment, which grants...
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Congressional Republicans may be resisting comprehensive immigration reform in favor of Trump-style, enforcement-only measures, but that hasn’t stopped California from picking up the baton Washington simply doesn’t have the courage to touch. A must-read editorial from the Sacramento Bee highlights the groundbreaking work California legislators have both introduced and...
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