Fusion: 5 races where immigration matters VOXXI: Dolores Huerta: Obama was right in delaying action on immigration NBC News: Wilmer Valerrama: Voting Is A Tribute To Your Culture EFE: Wilmer Valderrama Blasts Obama, Democrats For Inaction On Immigration Washington Examiner: Guatemalan violence may spark new wave of illegal immigration...
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YubaNet (California – Opinion): Op-Ed: Lynn Tramonte: California’s Prop 187 Relegated to History Books: Will Obama and Democrats Read the Whole Chapter? Wall Street Journal: Hispanic Caucus Backs Off Thanksgiving Deadline on Immigration BuzzFeed: Unpersuaded By White House, Hispanic Caucus Set To Demand Obama Act On Immigration After Election...
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The following is a press release from Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer‘s office: Over a year after the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill with a strong bipartisan vote of 68-32, House Republicans have yet to take action to fix our nation’s broken immigration system. Despite their empty rhetoric about immigration...
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If Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) runs for president in 2016, it’s becoming clearer and clearer that one of the issues he’ll he demagoguing on is immigration. Cruz has already spent a considerable amount of time this month railing about executive action on immigration reform. He called a press conference demanding...
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Frustration and anger can translate into inaction and paralysis, or they can fuel change. I prefer the second option because if participation of Hispanics in elections were equivalent to our population numbers, we’d be in a very different place, especially if we voted in larger numbers on every level,...
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It might be a symbolic gesture at this point, but in the immigration debate symbolism matters. California’s notoriously anti-immigrant Proposition 187—the ballot initiative that spawned a movement and inspired untold numbers of leaders to enter organizing and politics—has been removed from California state law. It was already unenforceable thanks...
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Vox: Watch Hillary Clinton give the wrong answer to angry immigration advocates Newsmax: Poll: Battleground States Frown on Obama’s Immigration Approach Politico: Hillary Clinton dodges questions from DREAMers Huffington Post: Dreamers Demand Immigration Answers From Hillary Clinton In Iowa MSNBC: Immigration activists put Democrats on notice The Hill: Activists...
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Republicans are dead to Latino voters, between their inaction on immigration reform and their multiple votes to end DACA and deport DREAMers, while Democrats have been on blast for delaying executive action on deportations. Today, nearly 50 immigrant and Latino advocacy organizations launched Hispanic Heritage Month of Action to remind both...
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In Ohio, Marinela Martinez-Magana’s troubles started because she was trying to follow the law. The 27-year-old mother of three, was in court to pay a traffic ticket when she was arrested by ICE agents. Her deportation away from her husband and children is now imminent. Marinela is from El...
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This summer, DREAMers have put elected officials of both parties on notice, calling out Republicans for their votes against DACA and Democrats for the President’s recording-breaking deportations. Hillary Clinton, though not an elected official, became their latest target when she visited the Harkin Steak Fry in Iowa this weekend and met DREAMers who asked her about...
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