Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Speaker Boehner has made it absolutely clear that he won’t lift a finger to fix our broken immigration system so President Obama is right to protect families from being torn apart. Speaker Boehner is out of excuses and his failure of leadership is enormous....
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Los Angeles Times: Obama’s bid to deport children complicates immigration reform effort By Lisa Mascaro and Brian Bennett New York Times: Obama to Seek Funds to Stem Border Crossings and Speed Deportations By Julia Preston Washington Post: Obama to ask for more than $2 billion in emergency funds to...
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America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry was on Hardball last night, speaking with Politico’s Rachel Smolkin about the Republicans’ electoral mistake in failing to pass immigration reform. In a segment called “Grand Obsolete Party?”, Frank made it clear that this year’s legislative push was a chance for Republicans to...
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Rep. Darrell Issa took an extreme step when he suggested that a good response to children fleeing violence story is to end DACA — and resume deporting DREAMers. Today, United We DREAM and other advocates let him know what they think about that idea, with a takeover of his...
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It’s the one-year anniversary of the Senate passing its bipartisan immigration reform bill — and also the day that time has run out for the GOP on immigration reform. For the last year, House Republicans have hemmed and hawed about recognizing that they need to pass legislation — yet...
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We told you. If Republicans didn’t act on immigration reform before the July 4th recess, they’d be walking themselves over the demographic cliff. It’s been nearly two years since Mitt Romney’s Presidential campaign so clearly demonstrated the importance of Latino voters in national politics. His now famous “self-deportation” strategy...
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Goodlatte the latest to go after children fleeing violence and call for the deportation of DREAMers When it comes to immigration demagoguery, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is just the latest to pile on. This week, at a hearing he chaired and another event, he made it...
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Immigration reform legislation is officially dead, and House Republicans are to blame. Pundits, advocates, politicians, conservatives — pretty much everyone who isn’t part of the Steve King wing of anti-immigrantism — have been warning Republicans of the consequences of inaction on immigration reform. And still, they’ve done nothing. As...
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Update: The activists have not been arrested, and have committed to staying in the office through the night. Watch video here and here. Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) has been no real friend to immigration reform — a fact that is sure to hurt him this fall as he runs for Sen. Mark...
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