In response to reports that President Obama might delay his executive order on immigration reform, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Marielena Hincapie of the National Immigration Law Center appeared on MSNBC’s The Ed Show last night to push the President to take immediate action. Watch the clip below: Ed Schultz: What is your response to...
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In response to recent news that President Obama may delay his upcoming executive action on immigration reform, here’s Brian Beutler at the New Republic on why waiting just doesn’t make sense. Republicans have been pretty panicked about the possibility that Obama might act. Why would they be afraid, unless...
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Aug 29, 2014
Remember Obama’s June 30th Rose Garden speech? While I will continue to push House Republicans to drop the excuses and act –- and I hope their constituents will too -– America cannot wait forever for them to act. And that’s why, today, I’m beginning a new effort to fix as...
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We know we’re winning the fight for President Obama to take executive action on immigration, but we wanted to hear directly from people affected why the President should act — and we ended up receiving hundreds of submissions from all across the country. We’re still reading through them, but they...
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With observers trying to assess the political implications of President Obama taking executive action on immigration, here are three things to consider: Republicans will overreact and overreach, triggering a focus on a government shutdown and a push toward impeachment: As a range of stories highlighted yesterday, Republicans are already...
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Check out this blog today from Markos at Daily Kos on why Obama should use his executive powers to protect families from deportation. For Obama and the Democrats, such a move is “win-win-win,” because it’s good policy and good politics. For Republicans, however, a move from Obama could really doom...
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All rumors indicate that a major executive announcement from President Obama on immigration is forthcoming, and anti-immigrant extremists are preparing their response. Members of Congress like Steve King and Marco Rubio are already threatening another government shutdown this fall if Obama takes action. And the anti-immigrant movement’s “go-to guy” on immigration-related...
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Ohio Husband of U.S. Citizen and Caretaker of Son with Cerebral Palsy Remains in Limbo as Family Waits for Executive Action As the President prepares to take executive action on immigration in coming weeks, one Ohio family is hoping for news from the White House. And soon. After being...
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No, Because Passing Reform in 2015 is a Pipedream Many agree with our assessment that President Obama should use his existing legal authority to act on immigration, knowing that it’s good policy and the right thing to do. But Republicans have abdicated any sense of governing responsibly on immigration...
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New Orlando Sentinel Op-Ed from Frank Sharry Makes Case for Big Executive Action Today, in the Orlando Sentinel’s “The Front Burner,” America’s Voice’s Executive Director, Frank Sharry, makes the case for why big executive action from the President that protects millions is good policy, sound legally and highly important...
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