As Obama Prepares to Step Up, Republican Brand Continues to Spiral Downward The current top immigration news story is the anti-immigrant protest in Murrieta, CA this week — the one where some professional activists from outside of the city got riled up by the mayor and blocked the transfer of Central...
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The Guardian: Immigration crisis moves to Colorado battleground as midterms loom By Dan Roberts The Morning Call: Lou Barletta sees immigration as a border issue By Laura Olson Latin Post: Immigration Reform Back on Political Agenda, Poll Shows Strong Continuing Support Among Latinos By Rebecca Myles Business Clarksville: New...
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There was a time after the 2012 election when Republicans realized that they had serious demographic issues and needed to do things like pass immigration reform in order to remain competitive with Latino and Asian voters. Apparently, that moment of reason is past, as evidenced by this week, when...
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This week, President Obama made big headlines when he declared that legislative immigration reform was dead, castigated the GOP for inaction, and announced that he would take unilateral action later this summer to reform our immigration system. Today, a leaked memo from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus suggests five potential courses...
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Political Observers Agree: Obama Action Will Leave GOP Eating Dust in 2016 At his Rose Garden announcement on Monday, President Obama made clear his intention to use his existing legal authority to stabilize the lives of as many qualified immigrants as possible. As we’ve noted, when the President follows through, and if the executive...
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“IF ANYONE ought to appreciate the power of immigration to stimulate employment, it is America’s energetic anti-immigration advocates, whose jobs wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the influx of immigrants they spend their days seeking to curtail.” Zing. Thus begins a new column from Jeff Jacoby, a noted conservative columnist, about why...
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“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…”? Not so much. The town of Murrieta, California is joining the ranks of famously anti-immigrant cities and states (think Arizona, Alabama, Hazleton PA, Farmer’s Branch TX, Fremont NE) after a few hundred residents blocked the road and forced three buses carrying undocumented...
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Salon: Opinion: GOP created a nativist monster: How radical wingnuts seized the party By Heather Digby Parton The Associated Press: Obama Faces Advocate Demands on Immigration By Jim Kuhnhenn and Erica Werner The Hill: Immigration advocates to Obama: Go big By Mike Lillis Politico: Luis Gutierrez: Obama can ‘heal’...
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Just how much demographic trouble is the GOP in, now that legislative immigration reform has officially been declared dead and President Obama is poised to take executive action without Republicans? Check out these two pieces from Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post and Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine....
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The President Promised to Lead and the GOP Was Left Behind It can be hard to notice a tipping point when immersed in the day-to-day developments of an issue, but we predict yesterday will create a “before and after” moment in the immigration debate – like the June 15,...
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