While cable news channels have been in its usual hysterics over a few hard-core anti-immigrant cranks showing up at a Senator John McCain town hall meeting this week, the person most unbothered by those cranks has been Senator John McCain himself. He dismissed the confrontation as a normal event,...
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The buzz in news this week involves a recent John McCain town hall event in Arizona, where he was heckled by anti-immigrant opponents shouting about stopping immigrants with guns and expressing beliefs that all immigrants are on welfare (actually, they’re not eligible). In contrast to the extremism in Arizona, we want to share this video...
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Widely covered in the media has been John McCain’s town hall meeting in Arizona from Tuesday, in which anti-immigrant “jerks” started shouting about how the only way to stop undocumented immigrants is with guns and how immigrants would “go home” if the US cut off their welfare (a null...
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Feb 20, 2013
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” today, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd reiterated his optimism that immigration reform will pass this year. Said Todd, “Just one number you need to know: 71. That was the percentage of Hispanics that Obama won…It’s gonna happen.” Whether one relies on the 71% figure from...
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Yesterday, we wrote about the weakness of the anti-immigrant movement and their apparent inability to turn out support. Today, some of the big news headlines are about a John McCain town hall event in Arizona, where a handful of overzealous anti-immigrant cranks heckled the Senator over his support for...
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Yesterday we blogged about the Alliance for Citizenship and its launch of a new campaign to win citizenship for 11 million aspiring Americans. Julia Preston covered the press conference, and wrote this piece about how the coalition that won the 2012 election–and made it clear that what those voters want...
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Washington Post (Wonkblog): Undocumented immigrants would have 13-year wait for citizenship under Obama plan By Suzy Khimm New America Media: Who Will Benefit Most From an Immigration Reform Bill? By Elana Shore New York Times: Obama Works the Phones to Calm Tensions on Immigration Plan By Ashley Parker New...
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When the extremist position you espouse is only held by 17% of Americans, perhaps it’s not such a good idea to call for a nationwide protest composed of 50 different events supposedly showcasing how strong your movement is. Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC), a stridently anti-immigrant group, called for...
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As momentum builds each day for immigration reform, leaders announced today a new national campaign designed to support a rapidly growing movement for immigration reform. On a conference call with reporters, national leaders from the newly formed Alliance for Citizenship (A4C) laid out the principles and action plan to...
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This weekend, USA Today published details of a White House draft immigration bill, setting off a furious round of Washington hand-wringing, analysis, and recriminations. In light of the leaked plan and related speculation, America’s Voice Education Fund adds the following: Relax. Breathe deeply. Things remain on track for real...
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