Yesterday, we wrote about Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AR), a House Republican that we’ve recently discovered supports immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Today, we’re writing about another–Rep. Justin Amash, of Michigan, who makes the 28th House Republican known to be supporting reform and citizenship. In August, Amash–the son...
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Local and National Leaders Call on Republican Congressmen Amodei, Heck, Coffman, Gardner, and Tipton to Cosponsor New Immigration Bill In the wake of the shutdown and fiscal debacle, immigration reform has reemerged at the top of the national agenda, providing an important opportunity for the Republican Party to repair...
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According to the Wall Street Journal today, House Republicans are drafting at “least two measures…to address the thorniest part of an immigration rewrite: how to handle the immigrants who either came to the U.S. illegally or overstayed their visas.” The Journal reports that Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) is drafting...
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Latinos Post: President Obama Talks Immigration Reform Post-Government Shutdown; Rubio Blames Bill’s Stalling on Obama By Jean-Paul Salamanca National Journal: Bipartisan Deals Can Only Pass Inside a Narrow Window. Here Are the Dates. By Fawn Johnson BuzzFeed: Chamber Of Commerce CEO: Ted Cruz Hasn’t Proven He Can Actually...
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Meet Rep. Tim Griffin, a Republican from Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional district–a former RNC staffer, Bush White House aide, US Attorney, sophomore Congressman, and supporter of immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Back in July, Griffin appeared on Capitol View with Roby Brock and David Goins, where he talked...
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Range of Observers Note that Republicans Block Immigration at their Own Peril With a Republican Party facing internal schisms and plummeting poll numbers, there is little debate that reform would help the Party politically, especially in its ability to attract Latino voters and broaden its national appeal. Yet for some Tea Party-allied congressmen like...
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On Saturday, the Iowa Minute-men held their “eighth annual illegal immigration forum and rally” in Des Moines, where barely a dozen people showed up to protest. Watch the video from a local NBC affiliate below: Problems with low turnout have plagued opponents of immigration reform all year, thanks to disinterest and...
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NBC Latino: Obama’s DHS secretary nominee a question mark on border, immigration By Suzanne Gamboa MSNBC: Obama picks Johnson to head Homeland Security By Adam Serwer NPR: Obama’s Immigration Pivot Hits A Bruised GOP’s Weak Spot By Frank James Arizona Republic: Time running out for immigration reform By Dan...
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Yesterday, Latino Decisions published a new presentation on immigration reform politics in California and what it means for Republicans there and the GOP nationwide. We know the story well: in 1994, California Republicans pushed through a horribly anti-immigrant law (Prop 187) that drove Latinos into the arms of Democrats. The progressive...
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All year long, we’ve been fighting for real immigration reform that creates a path to citizenship for the 11 million. It’s easy to forget, though, that under current Obama immigration policies, families aren’t supposed to be separated and non-priority immigrants aren’t supposed to be deported. Current immigration enforcement policies,...
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