Vice President Joe Biden appeared at a ceremonial swearing-in for Latino lawmakers sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute yesterday, and used the opportunity to express his confidence that immigration reform could and would pass through Congress. “It’s your time,” he told the audience of Latino elected officials, according...
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Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) announced that he will join the House Judiciary Committee, stepping away from a plum post as the third ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, so that he can fight for immigration reform. As Rep. Gutierrez stated, “passing comprehensive immigration reform is...
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Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) announced that he will join the House Judiciary Committee, stepping away from a plum post as the third ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, so that he can fight for immigration reform. As Rep. Gutierrez stated, “passing comprehensive immigration reform is...
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Immigration reform is next on the national agenda in 2013. In the video below, Comcast NewsMakers with Robert Traynham speaks with Rep. Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL) about the prospects for real immigration reform in the 2013 Congress. Watch: As Diaz-Balart says, there is both a “window of opportunity—in the first year...
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Immigration is the hot topic of 2013, and ABC News / Univision’s @TedHessen has picked out 20 top tweeters on immigration to follow and keep up with. The list is here–congratulations to everyone listed! PS. Congratulations to Cristina Jimenez, Managing Director of United We DREAM, named one of “Five...
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Today, the above-the-fold headline in the Washington Post reads: “Obama prioritizing immigrant issues” (which matters because many people here still get the Post delivered). The headline of the online version of the article is: “White House pushes forward on immigration ahead of bigger reform fight.” There is a new conventional wisdom...
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