Para McCain, la aprobación de una reforma migratoria ofrecería a su partido una de las pocas oportunidades para enmendar sus vínculos con los votantes hispanos, que respaldaron por abrumadora mayoría a Obama en los comicios del pasado 6 de noviembre. “Desde un punto de vista meramente práctico, los republicanos...
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7 de marzo de 2013
Benjy Sarlin: Romney's Return Highlights GOP's Seismic Shifts on Immigration
This week, Mitt Romney returned to national attention with an interview on “Fox News Sunday”—his first public appearance since the 2012 election, and instantly made it clear that with him, nothing has changed. The man who promised to veto the DREAM Act, advocated for self-deportation, brought immigration advisors like...
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7 de marzo de 2013
The Paramus Post: Americas Voice Urge House Speaker Boehner for Public Censure of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Over Jessica Bravo Comments By Mel Fabrikant National Journal: Why Lindsey Graham Isn’t Acting Like a Worried Man By Jill Lawrence Politico: W.H. seeks tech’s help on immigration By Michelle Quinn National Journal:...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has an imaginary friend—and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee wants everyone to know it. A few weeks ago, Cornyn tweeted about a “friend” of his who said that “300 ppl” were coming across his property every night: Friend on border sez 300 ppl coming across...
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6 de marzo de 2013
Maribel Hastings: Jeb Bush's NO to citizenship: What happened?
Editor’s note: This column by Maribel Hastings was originally published in Spanish at La Opinion and Huffington Post Voces. The Spanish language version can be viewed here. WASHINGTON, DC – In an interview on NBC’s Today Show Monday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush said it’s premature to declare whether he’ll...
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The power of immigration reform WITH a path to citizenship is on full display this week, continuing to hammer down Jeb Bush days after his book revealed that he no longer believed a path was necessary. Instead of using his position to bring Republicans into the immigration debate, as...
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6 de marzo de 2013
As coverage of Jeb Bush’s immigration flip-flop continues into how he has flipped and flopped and flipped again, the takeaway on how important citizenship is to immigration reform remains. Critics are calling Bush politically “rusty” and outdated for not realizing that a path to citizenship now the consensus position...
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6 de marzo de 2013
New Poll: Immigration policy stance directly tied to winning the Latino vote
Guest-posted at Latino Decisions. A new Latino Decisions poll finds that Latino voters are paying very close attention to the immigration debate in Congress and that a candidate’s stance on immigration policy will directly effect how many Latino votes they win or lose. The new poll of 800 Latino...
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6 de marzo de 2013
Frank Sharry on the Ed Show: Jeb Bush Flips and Flops and Flips Again
This morning, the Immigration Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on America’s need for high-skilled immigration, the third in a series of narrowly-focused single-issue hearings they’re holding as an effort to “educate” their party on immigration issues. So far, the hearings have indeed been instructive —...
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