From Frank Sharry: America prizes equality but, unfortunately, doesn’t always practice it. We see that daily in our work on immigration reform. And, we saw it again last night in Ferguson. There is still a vast distance between our ideals and our reality. Our work will not be complete...
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The Hill: Gutiérrez warns of GOP ‘fear campaign’ against illegal immigrants Reason: Obama’s Immigration Order Means Rational Use of Deportation Bloomberg: Americans in Poll Divided on Obama Immigration Action MSNBC: Support for Obama high among Latinos following immigration address (VIDEO) The Hill: Poll finds support for Obama’s executive action...
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On a press call held this afternoon, congressional immigrant rights’ champions Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) discussed President Obama’s new immigration actions in a bilingual conference call with reporters. The speakers, each immigration reform champions and leaders in Congress, highlighted their strong support for the president’s announced...
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Warning to Republicans: be very, very careful of the ugly things you choose to say about President Obama and his recently announced executive action. Latino Decisions released new polling today, and Latinos are not going to be too pleased with anyone who blocks the implementation of Obama’s announcement. Also, you...
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Since President Obama’s executive action announcement, we’ve been collecting notes on how Republican members of Congress and their right-wing base have responded to the news. There’s been talk of impeachment, imprisonment, war, and ethnic cleansing — and Congress isn’t even in session. Here’s what conservatives and anti-immigrant extremists have been saying in...
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This morning, Presente.org, NALACC, Mi Familia Vota, and Latino Decisions released a new poll of Latino voters on President Obama’s new executive action for immigrants — and the findings should scare the heck out of Republicans. While both Republican members of Congress and the right-wing base are losing it over Obama’s announcement, fully 89%...
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Speaker John Boehner posted some Republican talking points on his Facebook page re: President Obama’s executive action for immigrants, but the response is probably not what he hoped for. Here’s what he posted: The president has said before that he’s not king and he’s not an emperor, but he’s sure acting...
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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes made a valiant effort to get a straight answer out of Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) this weekend, when Hayes asked Brooks what his exact position on immigration reform is and whether he supports the mass deportation of the 11 million immigrants already here. The result, captured by...
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AP: Playbook For GOP To Defuse Immigration Issue Found In Colorado Washington Post :The next battle in the war over deportations Bloomberg: Is Immigration Obama’s Last Big Thing? CBS News: Obama announces immigration action to allow millions to stay in US (VIDEO) Washington Times: Lindsey Graham slams own GOP...
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Last night, President Obama announced historic first steps to begin fixing our broken immigration system, and today he again reiterated his commitment to keep our families together in front of a rally in Las Vegas, NV. With Congressional Republicans refusing to budge on allowing a vote on the Senate’s...
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