As we start markup on the Senate Gang of 8 immigration bill again tomorrow, watch out for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)’s continuing hypocrisy on immigration reform. This week, the Senator released a new video (and wrote an op-ed) portraying himself as an advocate of migrants who die in the desert while...
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NEW RESOURCE: Review of key amendments filed in Senate Judiciary Committee from America’s Voice This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee cast a near-unanimous vote against an amendment from Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to unduly restrict future legal immigration into the country over the next decade. Sessions was the only...
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Today, one of the leading anti-immigrant voices in the country, Rep. Steve King (R-IA), hosted a press conference to rail against the Senate’s immigration reform bill. In its coverage of the event, Buzzfeed reported a “Small Turnout For Anti-“Amnesty” Leaders In Congress.” If you’re so inclined, watch the presser here. We heard...
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Liveblogging the CIR Markup, Day 2: 2:07 PM: By the way, during the earlier discussion of Sessions’ amendment 1, Sen. Sessions repeated the conservative claim that immigration reform will hurt African-American workers. Peter Curstenow testified before our committee, a member of the civil rights commission along with Abigail Thurstrom a...
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The following is a press statement from the Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance, in response to the immigration video Sen. John Cornyn released this week: Sen. Cornyn’s Concern over Migrant Deaths Must Match His Votes The Senator is in the position to alleviate this humanitarian crisis at the border,...
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The anti-immigrant ProEnglish, founded by white nationalist John Tanton, is now running ads against the immigration reform bill. And, this time, the extreme opponents of immigration reform are being seen for what they are. Buzzfeed’s headline reads: Controversial “Pro-English” Group Launches Ad Campaign To Take Down Immigration Reform. The subtitle is even...
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Yesterday, advocates with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, United We DREAM, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund held a press conference asking President Obama to stop deporting future citizens. Here’s David Nakamura at the Washington Post covering: Immigration advocates called on President Obama on Monday to...
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UPDATE: Here’s Jamelle Bouie at the Washington Post today, writing about this story and how it relates to immigration reform: Pantoja’s departure from the Republican Party is instructive. Not only does it illustrate the dynamic of the last four years — where Latino voters responded to negative Republican rhetoric...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is up to his old tricks on immigration. Today, he issued a new video highlighting the depths of his hypocrisy when it comes to getting serious about reforming our broken system. Below is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund,...
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We’ve written a few pieces about the Heritage Foundation’s complete implosion last week following the release of their panned economics of immigration study and the revelation that one of its co-authors believes that “Hispanic immigrants will have low-IQ children and grandchildren.” At the Deseret News today is a great piece...
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