Apparently, actor-turned-fake-lawman Steven Seagal is thinking about running for governor of Arizona. During an interview with ABC 15, Seagal promoted his reality TV show–shot in collaboration with none other than Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio–and talked about a potential future in politics. As Seagal said: Joe Arpaio and I...
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This morning, we lifted up La Opinión’s new editorial on immigration reform, “The Citizenship Lie,” which discusses reform must contain citizenship. The editorial’s answer: yes, because “the mere idea of creating a separate category of people by arbitrarily limiting their integration into society and future political participation is repugnant,...
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Rep. Paul Broun, a Republican Senatorial candidate in Georgia, is known for controversial comments like calling President Obama a communist and referring to evolution as a lie “straight from the pit of hell.” In an interview posted today, Broun broke bad again, in remarks discussing Georgia demographics and his electoral opponents. One particular...
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New Editorial Blasts Efforts to Chip Away at Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants With immigration reform on the agenda for the House in 2014, we’ve yet to see a House Republican proposal that addresses the status of the 11 million aspiring Americans (that is, beyond the disastrous SAFE Act that...
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The Time is Now For a Legislative Proposal on the 11 Million that Attracts Bipartisan Support There is a consensus among most political observers that immigration reform will be on the agenda for the House in 2014. However, an essential question remains unanswered: where is the House Republicans’ specific immigration proposal?...
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Associated Press: For Obama, Congress, a last grasp at immigration By Jim Kuhnhenn NPR: Reframing The Immigration Conversation For 2014 NPR: In One Man’s Story, Two Sides Of The Immigration Debate Latinos Post: California’s ‘Trust Act’ Goes Into Effect, Limiting Deportations of Undocumented Immigrants By Jorge Calvillo National Journal: Sergio...
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Republicans, throughout the current push for immigration reform, have blamed everyone but themselves for why legislation hasn’t passed yet. They’ve pointed fingers at President Obama, the Democrats, the legislative calendar, fiscal issues, even pro-reform advocates themselves–anything to avoid the fact that they are a party caught between doing the...
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Talking Points Memo: What Is John Boehner Really Up To On Immigration Reform? By Sahil Kapur BuzzFeed: Why 2014 Won’t Be The Year For New Immigration Laws By John Stanton The Hill: Democrats need to come ‘halfway’ on immigration, Rand Paul says By Bernie Becker The Hill: Paul: Immigration...
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Just a reminder to Texas Representatives Ted Poe and Blake Farenthold about immigration power in their districts. The immigration advocates in Texas will be reminding them about this a lot in 2014 – as will we. The future of 45 GOP members could be determined by the Republican House...
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Just a reminder to Florida Representative Daniel Webster about immigration power in his district. Led by the unrelenting advocates in Florida, our movement will be reminding them about this a lot in 2014. The future of 45 GOP members could be determined by the Republican House leadership’s decision on...
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