At today’s Homeland Security Committee hearing (“Dangerous Passage: The Growing Problem of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border“), House Republicans demonstrated an insistence on using the children at the border story to score cheap political points, regardless of the facts. More than once, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson emphasized the fact that the...
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American Values Must Remain At the Heart of Our Response to Child Refugees With Congress embarking on several hearings this week related to the rise in the number of children fleeing violence in Central America and seeking safety in the United States, the question is what is going to...
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Violence in their home countries has prompted tens of thousands of children in recent years to cross international borders and make their way to the US and other countries. But when these youths — some as young as two years old — arrive in the US, they often face...
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Greg Sargent makes an excellent point today at the Washington Post about the GOP’s response to the children fleeing violence story — and how it does nothing to help their image as the party of deportations. See, Republicans have been blaming President Obama’s policies, specifically DACA, as the reason...
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is now officially the Majority Leader, but slightly less well-known is Steve Scalise (R-LA), the new Majority Whip. Scalise has been in Congress since 2008 and skews Tea Party obstructionist — he has led the Republican Study Group, a band of policy conservatives, since 2012. He voted...
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Los Angeles Times: Q&A: Explaining the crisis on the Southwest border as children seek refuge Associated Press: Flawed Immigration System Allows Undocumented Children To Legally Stay In U.S. For Years CNN: Central American immigrant parents agonize when child crosses border alone New York Times: U.S. Moves to Stop Surge...
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Jun 20, 2014
National and California Immigration Advocates, Labor Leaders and Pollsters Available to Comment on the McCarthy Leadership Election In the wake of the House Leadership election yesterday and Kevin McCarthy’s ascension to House Majority Leader, California–based immigration advocates, labor leaders and pollsters are weighing in on what this means for...
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Today is World Refugee Day, and some members of Congress are using the opportunity to speak compassionately about the children at the border fleeing violence. As they and others have made clear, the children are refugees who are traveling to the US as well as other countries to escape...
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Washington Post (Plum Line): Hillary: Minors crossing border must be sent home The Hill: Conservatives not satisfied with House GOP election outcome San Francisco Chronicle: Bakersfield Republican: A leader, but not the face, of GOP CNN: Five things to know about Kevin McCarthy, the new House majority leader Washington...
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