Mar 10, 2015
Steve King: Moocher? In a recent Roll Call piece, Rep. Steve King alleges Speaker John Boehner cancelled his scheduled (and taxpayer-funded) trip abroad in retribution for opposing the DHS bill that eventually passed Congress and avoided a security shutdown: It’s payback, King said, for his opposition to funding the...
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AP: Iowa Community Rallies Around Max Villatoro, A Pastor Facing Deportation To Honduras By Kourtney Liepelt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Scott Walker earns praise, criticism for flip on immigration reform, ‘amnesty’ By Craig Gilbert Latinos Post: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Doesn’t Believe in Amnesty, Again Backtracks on Immigration Reform Reuters: Texas federal judge leaves...
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In the Wake of Deportation Order, Iowa City Pastor Max Villatoro and Father of Four Receives Outpouring of Public Support After learning that Max Villatoro, a local Mennonite Pastor and father of four U.S. citizen children, was being targeted for deportation, the local Iowa community didn’t hesitate to respond....
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Immigration has consistently been a hot-button issue for GOP primary voters, and candidates like Scott Walker are already shifting to hardliners in an attempt capture those votes. One candidate, however, continues to walk a fuzzy line. In Iowa for an agricultural event over the weekend, Jeb Bush told an...
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The topic at the Ag Summit in Iowa was supposed to be about agricultural policy, but pastor and former Governor Mike Huckabee instead used his time to bash the very people who keep that industry running: immigrants. Kira Lerner and Igor Volsky of ThinkProgress report: At the Iowa Agriculture...
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At the Iowa Agricultural Summit held this past weekend, Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) got most of the attention regarding immigration. He reiterated that undocumented immigrants should be legalized and once again suggested, while dodging direct questions, that he would end the DACA and DAPA immigration executive action programs and pursue...
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Politico: The Iowa Ag Summit: 10 takeaways By James Hohmann AP: Iowa Ag Forum Displays GOP Rift on Immigration Reform NBC News: At Iowa Ag Summit, Immigration Separates Republican Hopefuls By Leigh Ann Caldwell Washington Post: Iowa agriculture summit splits GOP 2016 field on subsidies, immigration By Philip Rucker and Dan Balz Fusion: Jeb...
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Iowa have set their sights on their latest low priority target for deportation: Max Villatoro, a local Mennonite Pastor and father of four U.S. citizen children. ICE arrived without warning at Villatoro’s home a 6:30am on March 3rd. Whisking him away in...
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Latino Pollster, Latino Leader and Immigration Advocate Discuss What’s Next for Immigration Policy and Politics To Listen to a Recording of Today’s Press Call, Click Here. Now that the debate over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding has drawn to a close, many are left wondering what’s next for immigration...
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Some Republicans are so obsessed with the immigration issue that they just make things up. Steve King is the king of that. But, he’s not alone. On the House floor late last month, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) alleged: “Every day, all along border states, maybe other places, there are...
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