Here's a readout from the President's meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus today, in which a strong consensus formed that Congress should approve the targeted, bipartisan DREAM Act before adjourning.
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As the lame-duck session of Congress approaches, the movement to pass the DREAM Act before the new Congress is seated in January gains steam. As an editorial from La Opinión and columns from Jorge Ramos and Maribel Hastings all call for the bill to pass, the eyes of the...
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Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Rep. Nydia Velasquez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) will meet with President Barack Obama Tuesday afternoon to talk about the chances of getting comprehensive immigration reform or the DREAM Act passed in the lame duck session, a House Democratic source said.
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Tonight, at 10:00 pm EST, Lawrence O'Donnell will host an MSNBC Special Town Hall Event on "Immigration and Latino America" with the Executive Director of Voto Latino, Maria Teresa Kumar.
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A mounting array of evidence shows that the 2010 national exit poll failed to capture a representative sample of Latino voters and, resultantly, misstated levels of Latino support for candidates. However, research by Latino Decisions provides a more accurate picture of Latino voter sentiment in the 2010 elections....
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That's right, key House Republicans want a vote on the common-sense DREAM Act without further delay. Since 2002, the DREAM Act has been a bipartisan measure with bipartisan support, and we are glad to see Republican leaders on the measure again speaking up for its passage today.
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A reasonable conservative approach to immigration -- that's not something we've heard much about recently, what with all the extreme campaign rhetoric and state laws. But this week, a conservative coalition in Utah gives immigration reform advocates a reason to hope that a rational dialogue on this contentious issue...
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Nov 11, 2010
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to push for a vote during the lame-duck session on a bill that would legalize young, undocumented immigrants if they attend college or serve in the military, according to Democratic sources familiar with a leadership conference call Wednesday.
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Good news, America: you can stop worrying about where to put your town’s immigrant gallows now. Right-wing talk show host Joyce Kaufman, who has called for hanging undocumented immigrants in the public square and making their families pay for it, has decided she’d rather not go to Washington to...
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Today we honor his memory, as well as the memory of all of our fallen servicemen and women.
But American history is filled with both the stories of immigrants making the ultimate sacrifice for the land they love and the current crisis of young immigrants being blocked from serving the...
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