Mar 20, 2013
One day after Rand Paul’s embrace of immigration reform with citizenship, and two weeks after Jeb Bush’s, it’s become clear that creating a pathway to citizenship is the mainstream position in the immigration debate. If there’s something that should be learned from Bush and Paul’s big news stories on...
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Surprise, surprise. Republicans who don’t want immigration reform to pass are now trying to “slow down” the process by complaining that the debate is moving too fast. Here’s what that really means: Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), and...
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It’s been a whirlwind of a day, following Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)’s hyper-evolution on immigration reform with citizenship and the back-and-forth of what he actually supports. Paul has gone on the record supporting immigration reform with citizenship before, saying that we don’t need to “make it an easy path for citizenship, there...
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At today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on ICE’s recent release of hundreds of immigrants from detention, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R – AL) asked Director Morton a question that immigrant rights advocates have been asking for years: “Is it possible that you are detaining more people than you need to?…...
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His support speaks volumes about how far the debate on immigration reform and the GOP has come since the election…
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Washington, DC – En un discurso ante la Cámara Hispana de Comercio de Estados Unidos (USHCC, por sus siglas en inglés), el senador republicano de Kentucky, Rand Paul, presentó los argumentos políticos y personales para que los republicanos apoyen la reforma migratoria. A continuación la reacción de Frank Sharry,...
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In a speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce this morning, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) made a compelling personal and political case for Republicans to embrace immigration reform. The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Rand Paul is a hot political property...
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Por Maribel Hastings, asesora de America’s Voice: WASHINGTON – No hay nada más exasperante que en medio de la derrota o el dolor que provoca una mala decisión -o decisiones-, alguien diga “te lo dije”. Pero tras el mea culpa del Partido Republicano sobre los errores cometidos condenando el...
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One day after the RNC report supporting immigration reform, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)–a Tea Party darling, filibuster star, and citizenship supporter–gave a speech supporting immigration legislation. As he said this morning: Prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows...
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