With a few notable exceptions, the 2016 GOP field has lurched right on immigration. Scott Walker talks about 11 million people having to go back to their countries of origin. Chris Christie calls granting citizenship to immigrants “extreme.” Marco Rubio speaks out of both sides of his mouth, trying...
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English (en español al final de la página): SaintPetersBlog (Opinion-Florida): Jeb Bush can’t satisfy anyone with his stances on immigration By Mitch Perry New York Times: Jeb Bush Slow Jams in Two Tongues With Jimmy Fallon By Alan Rappeport Buzzfeed News: This Is How Jeb Bush Plans To Reach...
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After years of bloviating and self-promotion, reality star and “business magnate” (according to Wikipedia) Donald Trump made it official and announced his candidacy for President in 2016. Trump already has a long history of extreme and outlandish comments on immigrants and immigration under his belt, and his rambling announcement...
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Yesterday, DREAMers and their advocates celebrated the third anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Program, or DACA. The celebration even earned notice from members of Congress, President Barack Obama, and 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, who tweeted their support from their official Twitter accounts....
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Yesterday was the three year anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for Dreamers. As several pieces reflecting on the anniversary highlight, DACA both changed hundreds of thousands of lives and altered the course of the 2012 presidential election. When the DACA program...
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Please note the following column was translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. This column is available online in Spanish here. Hillary Clinton officially launched her campaign for her almost-certain Democratic presidential nomination Saturday in New York,...
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The pro-immigrant protestors who caused Jeb Bush to go off-script at his campaign launch and state, “The next president of the United States will pass meaningful immigration reform so that that will be solved—not by executive order,” also offered a reminder that Bush has yet to provide specific answers to several...
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English (en español al final de la página): Politico: 5 takeaways from Jeb’s big announcement By Eli Stokols and Marc Caputo Huffington Post: Jeb Bush Officially Announces He’s Running For President In 2016 By Mollie Reilly and Paige Lavendar New York Times: What Jeb Bush Would Need to Do...
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During a “Face The Nation” appearance Sunday, Republican Presidential candidate Lindsey Graham said the GOP will lose the White House in 2016 if they again embrace Mitt Romney’s failed “self-deportation” policy. “Mitt Romney and Ann Romney did our party a great service by admitting that embracing self deportation in...
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English (en español al final de la página): AP: After 6 Months of Consideration, Jeb Bush Ready for ’16 Race Reuters: In Race for U.S. Presidency, Jeb Bush Runs From Romney’s Ghost Washington Post: Jeb Bush to officially launch his presidential campaign By Ed O’Keefe Bloomberg: Jeb Bush Prepares...
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