What IS it with conservatives, immigrants, and disease? Republicans have previously fearmongered about and/or blamed immigrants for ebola, swine flu, and enterovirus — despite zero evidence for any of the above. Just today, Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage claimed that undocumented immigrants bring hepatitis and HIV to the United States. And then there’s...
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Supposedly, insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” but Senate Republicans are poised to pursue just that after yesterday’s failed vote seeking to kill DACA/DAPA. Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to move to reconsider yesterday’s vote — and tomorrow, there...
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CNN: Democrats block funding for DHS to protect Obama immigration orders By Ted Barrett Fusion: Forget Congress. The real threat to Obama’s immigration program is in a Texas court By Jordan Fabian and Ted Hesson The Hill: Tom Ridge endorses Jeb Bush for president By Peter Sullivan Talking Points...
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Do They Really Want to Keep Having the Same Fight Every Few Months? Today, Senate Republicans failed to invoke cloture on a House-passed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill that would overturn last November’s executive actions, end the DACA program for DREAMers and maximize deportations of undocumented immigrants...
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Earlier this month, House Republicans made funding for the Department of Homeland Security contingent on overturning DACA and DAPA — and now they’re waiting for Senate Republicans to do the same. More than half a million DACA-mented young people in the last two years have flourished as a result...
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Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Arizona will be one of the witnesses testifying at today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the “Adequacy and Enforcement of Our Nation’s Immigration Laws.” Yesterday we wrote about Babeu’s past with the undocumented lover he threatened, his connection to the John Tanton network,...
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CNN: Homeland Security bill faces key vote on Tuesday By Ted Barrett Bloomberg: Iowa Poll: Jeb Bush Has a Big Problem By John McCormick Politico: Barack Obama: DHS impasse could mean ‘end of a paycheck’ for thousands By Seung Min Kim Wall Street Journal: Obama Immigration Budget Underscores Deep...
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When Republicans want to hear “expert” testimony on anti-immigrant views, there is apparently only shop in town: the John Tanton network. Tanton, of course, is the white nationalist who founded or helped found three key anti-immigrant groups, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (or FAIR, a hate group), the Center...
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“GOP Holds Security Hostage to Immigration” In Congress, Republicans continue to insist that funding for the Department of Homeland Security be held up unless the President and Senate Democrats agree to end deferred action programs that benefit immigrants with deep roots in America. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
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La Opinión (Editorial): Who To Listen To in The GOP? Dallas Morning News (Opinion-Texas): Texan’s tough border security bill draws protests — from the right By Todd Gillman Huffington Post: Immigration Advocates Try To Assuage Fears Over Executive Action By Elise Foley Cronkite News Service: Critics force immigration reform...
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