Country legend Willie Nelson spoke with Rolling Stone about a number of current events, including the influx of Central American children in his home state of Texas. Here’s what he told Rolling Stone: “I’ve been watching, and the only thing we can do is take care of those kids,...
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Last night, the SFUSD Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution to bolster services in city public schools for child refugees fleeing Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. “We are a nation of immigrants, which is often forgotten when we talk about ‘those kids,'” SFUSD Superintendent Richard Carranza said to...
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New Website Archive Documents the Best and Worst Responses to Central American Kids Fleeing Violence The influx of Central American children fleeing violence is one of the top immigration stories this summer, and responses across the country have ranged from principled and compassionated to extremist and downright xenophobic. On...
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Watch this segment from All In With Chris Hayes yesterday, with New Republic Senior Editor Brian Beutler, United We Dream’s Lorella Praeli, and Case Western School of Law’s Jonathan Adler, in which the guests underscored the fact that it is well within President Obama’s power to take executive action on immigration...
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Research Finds Anti-immigrant Ads Don’t Mobilize White voters, But Do Mobilize Latino Voters While it is no longer breaking news that Republicans have rejected their own post-2012 consensus to rebrand their image to Latino voters and reposition themselves on immigration policy, the rationale behind the GOP’s decision to ignore...
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Cross-posted from Latino Decisions: As congressional lawmakers return home for the summer recess and campaign for the upcoming mid-term election, Republicans believe immigration is an issue they can use to mobilize their base. Specifically, many are calculating that voters are frustrated with the present crisis at the border and...
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Vox: 3 times presidents unilaterally suspended immigration enforcement Politico: Democrats to White House: Immigration’s your call The Hill: GOP lawmaker: Obama ‘absolutely wants to be impeached’ Associated Press: Obama To Interrupt Summer Vacation With Trip Back To D.C. The Hill: Why is Obama returning to Washington? The Hill: Obama...
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The legal defense for President Obama taking executive action on immigration continues to grow. Yesterday, the American Bridge PAC released a memo of executive orders that previous presidents — Republicans included — have announced on immigration. Today, two key pieces further illustrate that Obama has the power to use existing powers...
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The following is a press release from the National Immigration Law Center: NILC and legal scholars discuss President Obama’s options during press briefing President Obama has the legal authority and historical precedent to issue broad administrative relief in the area of immigration, legal scholars and practitioners agreed Wednesday during...
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This Congressional session, House Republicans killed immigration reform — and one place where that will really hurt them this year is in Colorado, where key races like Rep. Mike Coffman’s (R-CO) bid for reelection and Rep. Cory Gardner’s (R-CO) campaign for Senator will be sorely dependent on the support of Latino voters. Today,...
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