Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during the President's joint Congressional address on Wednesday has exposed—for the entire nation—one of the Republican Party's favorite political plays: the illegal immigration wedge strategy. What's more astounding, however, is that key Democrats, Senators Baucus (D-MO) and Conrad (D-ND) in this case, seem to be...
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On Tuesday, September 15 and Wednesday, September 16, advocates from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) – a designated Hate Group by the Southern Poverty Law Center – will come to Washington to lobby their Members of Congress for their extreme agenda. They are also hosting a "radio...
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Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's shout of "You lie!" during President Obama's speech Wednesday night brought renewed attention to swirling questions about whether Democratic health-care legislation would extend coverage to illegal immigrants.
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I just got off the phone with Frank Sharry, Executive Director of the immigrant rights group America's Voice, who's not exactly pleased that Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Max Baucus (D-MT) are responding to the Joe Wilson scream incident by writing immigrant restrictions into health care legislation.
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11/09/09 a 10:19am por Maribel Hastings Aunque el congresista republicano Joe Wilson -el que llamó mentiroso a Barack Obama-, fue quien mintió al afirmar que los planes de reforma sanitaria proveen cobertura a los indocumentados pese al lenguaje explícito de que no es el caso, los demócratas ya parecen...
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The illegal immigration wedge strategy is a tired approach that Republican politicians continue to employ, despite ample evidence that it just doesn't work politically. During the 2008 elections, Republican candidates spent millions of dollars on immigration attack ads and lost. They also alienated the fastest-grown group of swing...
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10/09/09 a 9:42am Washington, DC – Anoche el congresista republicano de Carolina del Sur, Joe Wilson, pasó a ser reconocido por romper el protocolo e interrumpir el mensaje del presidente Barack Obama gritándole además que ¡Usted miente! cuando el Mandatario declaró que la propuesta reforma de salud no provee cobertura médica...
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It's obvious that the specter of ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is being used by politicians like Rep. Joe Wilson as a divisive wedge issue-- he has become a mouthpiece for groups whose main agendas are rooted in white nationalism, fear, and xenophobia. One such organization is the Federation for American...
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For a year and a half Ms. Jiang, a waitress with no criminal record and a history of attempted suicide, was locked away in an immigration jail in Florida. Often in solitary confinement, she sank ever deeper into mental illness, relatives say, not eating for days, or vomiting after...
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In their tireless efforts to kill health-care reform, right-wingers have fanned fears that it would attract illegal aliens. This sideshow is rather twisted because, actually, the reforms would do the opposite. They would help curb illegal immigration.
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