Dec 27, 2012
Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice: WASHINGTON, DC – No sé ustedes, pero yo no veo la hora en que el 2012 sea historia. Fueron muchas las pruebas a nivel personal y colectivo, y aunque nada garantiza que el 2013 vaya a ser mejor, cuando menos la...
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As the Tampa Bay Times reports, two Florida Republicans, Senator Marco Rubio and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, are engaging in the upcoming debate over immigration reform. They have different approaches–Rubio’s for an incremental strategy while Diaz-Balart wants a comprehensive approach. From the Tampa Bay Times: Immigration — one of the...
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Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice: WASHINGTON, DC – Cuando el río suena, piedras trae. Ya es público que un grupo bipartidista de ocho senadores negocia un plan de reforma migratoria amplia y que la administración de Barack Obama iniciará una agresiva ofensiva para impulsar dicha reforma...
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Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio has been talking about immigration lately. But, he’s not making himself very clear. This week, he told an inside-the-beltway breakfast hosted by Politico that he we need comprehensive reform, but can’t do it comprehensively — or something like that. The headline of the post...
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Dec 4, 2012
WASHINGTON – Diciembre hizo su aparición y con él las ya tradicionales disputas fiscales que año con año amenazan con dañarle las vacaciones navideñas a más de uno por la posibilidad de que el Congreso no llegue a un acuerdo que satisfaga a todas las partes. Como en el...
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At Crooks and Liars yesterday, our friend David Neiwert eviscerated columnist Ruben Navarratte’s latest column for trying to rewrite the history and politics of immigration. Dave, who follows the issue very closely, is having none of it. You have to read the whole thing to fully appreciate Dave’s work,...
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Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice: WASHINGTON – Con la visita del presidente electo de México, Enrique Peña Nieto, a la capital estadounidense esta semana, son tres los dignatarios que ha tenido el vecino país en los pasados doce años sin que se haya concretado la esquiva...
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When Rahm Emanuel served in Congress, he was also the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He was not particularly helpful when it came to immigration reform–in fact, he was often hostile. Here’s what then-Congressman Emanuel said about the issue back in October of 2007: For the American...
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Nov 21, 2012
Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice: WASHINGTON, DC – En la semana de Acción de Gracias estoy agradecida por muchas cosas y una de esas es poder sentir que el cinismo todavía no me ha consumido totalmente cuando de cuestiones políticas se trata. Desde el 7 de...
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Over the past week, there’s been an avalanche of punditry and discussion about the new, post-election politics of immigration reform. Much of the focus has been on the Republican Party’s serious problems on the issue, caused by chronic catering to its anti-immigrant nativist wing, led by the likes of...
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