Vox’s Dara Lind highlights an alarming divide between the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement priorities and the Border Patrol agents tasked with carrying out those policies on the ground. While President Obama’s November 2014 expanded DACA and DAPA programs are currently on hold following a judge’s ruling, the Obama Administration’s...
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Speakers at the NCLR’s annual Capital Awards blasted Congressional Republicans last night, following weeks of chaotic infighting over immigration action and bringing the nation’s security to the brink of a shutdown. Republican House leaders finally did bring up a clean DHS bill for passage, but only after stripping the...
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VOXXI: DHS funding feud ends: How it hurt the GOP’s image with Latinos By Griselda Nevarez SocialistWorker (Editorial): Putting politics ahead of immigrants’ lives Buzzfeed: NCLR President Will Attack Republicans: You Don’t Care About Latinos By Adrian Carrasquillo Bloomberg: House Moves to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown With Funding Vote By Billy House...
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Frank Sharry, Founder and Executive Director of America’s Voice, and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey will be honored tonight at the 28th annual NCLR (National Council of La Raza) Capital Awards gala. In a statement, NCLR writes: “Under Sharry’s leadership, America’s Voice has spearheaded advocacy efforts to push for...
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Republicans Seem Unable to Move on from Anti-Immigrant Obsession This week, as the GOP fueled Department of Homeland Security (DHS) debate careens to a close, the House Judiciary Committee is marking up four immigration enforcement-only bills. After a bruising battle over immigration that brought the nation to the brink of a...
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Speaker John Boehner appears to be on the verge of allowing a clean DHS funding bill to come up for a floor vote — and the only price was shooting the Republican brand in the foot. Republicans promised responsible governance before taking their largest Congressional majority in decades. But...
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District Chronicles: Immigrant advocates not worried about judge’s ruling By Elena Shore AP: 5 misperceptions about the Homeland Security impasse Fusion: Why the never-ending DHS shutdown fight matters to you By Ted Hesson Wall Street Journal: Explaining the Showdown Over DHS and Immigration MSNBC: Congress restarts clock on DHS funding fight By Amanda Sakuma...
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After weeks of battling the inevitable, House Republicans appear set to finally advance a clean DHS funding bill stripped of immigration riders. This predictable outcome reinforced the fact that immigration is the Republicans’ kryptonite. Instead of helping the GOP, congressional attempts to block and overturn President Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration...
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From the New York Times comes a heart-wrenching op-ed from Ehiracenia Vasquez, a member of the Texas Organizing Project. Ehiracenia, like millions of other families across the country, is eligible for the immigration relief announced by President Obama late last year. A long-time resident of Texas and mom of...
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The Monster of Their Own Creation is Out of Control An array of voices from across the political spectrum agree that the DHS funding debacle has been a colossal embarrassment and failure for the GOP. According to Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice: “The Republican Party’s mishandling of Department of...
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