Speaker John Boehner’s departure from Congress left me wondering what, if anything, his successor would do to fix our broken immigration system. In no particular order, here is what you can expect from candidates seeking the top jobs in the House when it comes to immigration. CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER...
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A new United We Dream survey of more than 1,750 DACA recipients showcases how the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Program has led to drastic improvements in the daily lives of undocumented youth. The United We Dream survey — one of the largest of its kind to date —...
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English (en español al final de la página): AP: Trump and Carson’s Attacks on Muslims Worry Some GOP Elders AP: Trump pledges to return Syrian refugees if elected, but federal laws in his way By Alicia Caldwell The Hill: Partisan battle lines drawn on Syrian refugees By Julian Hattem...
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Iowa State University is the largest university in Rep. Steve King’s district, and compared to the rest of his district, ISU is a pretty diverse place. But Steve King doesn’t like diversity. At a town hall meeting back in 2012, King explained his concern with Iowa State University’s multicultural...
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Actor and activist Eva Longoria is the latest in a string of high-profile Latinos to fight back against the toxic, anti-immigrant and anti-Latino rhetoric from Republican Presidential candidates — and she bringing some back-up, too. The Latino Victory Project co-founder is calling on Latinos and immigrants to submit their personal,...
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English (en español al final de la página): Media Matters: How Conservative Media Obliterated The Space For “Compassionate Conservatism” On Immigration By Jessica Torres AP: Clinton seeking to organize Latino voters ahead of primaries By Ken Thomas National Journal: From “Welfare Queens” to Immigrants By Tanvi Misra Washington Post:...
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Donald Trump has mostly avoided answering any questions about how he would deport 11 million immigrants from the US — we tried to explain his plan in detail here — but now he’s recently made it clear he intends to model it after one of the darkest moments in...
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As Donald Trump continues to lead in North Carolina, his anti-immigrant rhetoric has inspired state lawmakers to go after the state’s immigrant population. Bill HB 318, which cleared the North Carolina General Assembly late last night, serves only one purpose — to make life a lot harder for undocumented...
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English (en español al final de la página): Wall Street Journal: The GOP Choice: Protest or Govern By William A Galston Washington Post: Donald Trump’s ‘humane’ 1950s model for deportation, ‘Operation Wetback’, was anything but By Yanan Wang Huffington Post: Donald Trump Wants To Relive ‘Operation Wetback’ By Roque...
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In the face of Congressional inaction on immigration reform, states and local governments are taking their own steps to better improve the lives of the nation’s undocumented immigration population — and there’s no better example of that than California. 12 states and Washington, D.C. currently allow undocumented immigrants to legally...
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