While the GOP-controlled Congress may be dithering when it comes to passing permanent relief for immigrant families (unless, of course, it involves nearly shutting down our nation’s security over immigration action and an endless series of hearings featuring leaders of the anti-immigrant movement), there’s a flurry of positive activity...
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MSNBC: 3 big immigration questions the GOP 2016 field must answer By Benjy Sarlin National Journal: Immigration Activists Won’t ‘Coronate’ Hillary Clinton As Their Candidate By Priscilla Alvarez MSNBC: Good news on the horizon for Obama’s immigration action By Amanda Sakuma Vox: The Obama administration gets some good news...
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On a press call today, America’s Voice released its new report on the 2016 Republican presidential field and immigration, “What They Say, What They Mean, & Why it Matters.” The report, and detailed recaps of individual candidates’ immigration positioning, are available at the new America’s Voice 2016 site: http://AmericasVoice.org/2016 On immigration, most...
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Texas Republican legislators could be on the verge of repealing a landmark law, signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry almost 15 years ago, which granted in-state tuition to DREAMers. Perry’s reaction to the news this time – unlike his ardent defense of the law during the 2012 debate...
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No, the 5th circuit court of appeals has not issued a final decision in the lawsuit brought by the State of Texas and 26 other Republican Governors and Attorneys General against DACA expansion and DAPA. But it did issue an opinion yesterday dismissing Crane vs. Napolitano, a challenge to...
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MSNBC: Democrats look to tarnish Rand Paul’s reformer image early By Benjy Sarlin NPR: 5 Things You Should Know About Sen. Rand Paul By Nayana Davis Washington Post: Rand Paul launches 2016 White House bid: ‘We have come to take our country back’ By Katie Zezima and Robert Costa...
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Texas was first in the nation to pass a state-level DREAM Act. Now, if Republican legislators have their way, it could be first to repeal it. Passed by a bipartisan vote in the legislature, and then signed by Republican Gov. Rick Perry in 2001, the DREAM Act has allowed...
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Rand Paul Runs Away from Pro-Immigrant Positions Much the Way He Did from Pro-Immigrant Activists Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is the latest official entrant into the 2016 Republican presidential field, describing himself as a “different kind of Republican.” Sen. Paul’s theory of winning the presidency is based on “trying to “make the...
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The Hill: Big city mayors press courts on Obama immigration orders By Cristina Marcos Washington Times: D.C., parts of Md., Va., join de Blasio to demand amnesty for illegal immigrants By Stephen Dinan Roll Call: Democrats File Court Brief Backing Obama Immigration Orders By Todd Ruger The Hill: Dems:...
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With 2016 Presidential Wannabes in the Hot Seat on Immigration, How Will the 2016 GOP Field Respond? Republicans in the Texas State Legislature seem intent on repealing the Texas Dream Act, legislation that enables eligible high school students from Texas who are undocumented to pay in-state tuition rates to attend...
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