Politico: King likens amnesty, bank robbery By Tal Kopan NBC Latino: Latino groups rebuke charge that immigration protesters are harassing Republicans By Suzanne Gamboa Fusion: Steve Case: Immigration Reform Harder in 2014 By Jordan Fabian KPCC: Immigration activists make last push of the year for vote on reform By...
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Check out this new video from the Jews United for Justice–one of the many groups working to push immigration reform forward this year. The video is from Jesse, who grew up attending the BBYO Jewish youth group with Eric Cantor’s kids. Rep. Cantor (R-VA) wrote his college recommendation letter,...
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It seems appropriate to end the year with Rep. Steve King (R-IA), since Speaker Boehner has been allowing him to dictate the House GOP’s efforts on immigration all year. Steve King is the guy who, in July, likened DREAMers to drug mules who have “calves the size of cantaloupes...
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Following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Today’s POLITICO highlights the escalating tactics of the immigrant rights movement as we call on House Republican leaders to act. It quotes two veteran Republican lawmakers criticizing our tactics, which only reinforces our belief that what our movement is...
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NBC Latino: Evangelical pastor continues 40-day immigration fast as House set to leave By Suzanne Gamboa Talk Radio News Service: Children Of Undocumented Immigrants Deliver Letters To Republicans By Marissa Higdon Fox News Latino: With Immigration Reform Clock Having Run Out, Activists Contemplate What’s Next By Elizabeth Llorente Wall...
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Republican Leaders Can Lock Their Doors But They Cannot Hide from the People Pressing for Action on Immigration After the Obama Administration announced plans to cancel White House tours due to sequestration cuts earlier this year, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) responded by saying, “I’d like to...
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In New Op-Ed, Rep. Heck Tries to Explain His Immigration Record, But Unwittingly Demonstrates Why He’s Vulnerable on Issue House Republican leaders’ slow-walk on immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is becoming a political liability for Republican incumbents representing demographically diverse districts. Take a...
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Today, a delegation of youth from Florida, North Carolina, California and Texas converged on Capitol Hill to deliver to Congress the holiday wishes of children across America: for the House to take up and pass immigration legislation that will keep their families together. The press conference this morning included...
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Award-winning celebrity chef Jose Andres owns nearly a dozen restaurants in cities across America, a business he started building more than 20 years ago when he immigrated from Spain “with little more than $50 and a set of cooking knives.” Last month, Chef Andres was finally sworn in as an American...
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Politico: White House fears immigration blame By Reid J. Epstein Washington Post: For 2014 midterm elections, Republicans may decide to be cautious By Paul Kane National Journal: The Advocate: A Peek Inside Luis Gutierrez’s Brain By Elahe Izadi Washington Post: Mall fast ‘created a moment’ for immigration reform, activist...
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