Lots of news this week, which started out with the business-and-labor agreement on immigration reform and continued with Marco Rubio’s insistence on slowing down an immigration bill. Here’s a roundup of the news you might’ve missed: New polling by Small Business Majority shows that business owners around the U.S. support immigration...
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The Hill: First key fight in immigration battle is what to name the reform bill By Molly Hooper NewsBusters: On Pacifica, Leftist Claims Victory in AP Stylebook Change, Hope for Victory on Immigration Next By Tim Graham Talking Points Memo: Poll: Republicans Want Citizenship Or Bust On Immigration Reform...
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Yesterday we wrote about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)’s apparent belief that citizenship is a “poison pill” for immigration reform, and argued that Ted Cruz is the real poison pill–if the GOP takes his advice. Today, Cruz was in Lubbock, Texas, for one of the last days of the Easter...
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El senador Marco Rubio (R-Florida) es una persona clave en el proceso para lograr una reforma integral de inmigración. Sobre sus hombros caen numerosas expectativas cuya concreción dependerá de sus ambiciones políticas. Rubio es una pieza central en los esfuerzos republicanos para recuperar el respaldo del electorado latino. Al...
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Los jóvenes “Dreamers” y los extranjeros en las Fuerzas Armadas, tendrían un camino especial en la propuesta de reforma migratoria, que se debatirá en la Cámara de Representantes. Hasta ahora, la Cámara Alta ha concentrado la mayor atención de la prensa, pero eso podría cambiar, si los representantes, logran...
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This poll reflects an Internet survey of 500 small business owners across the nation, drawn from the Research Now panel and conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and American Viewpoint for Small Business Majority. The survey was conducted from March 4-10, 2013. The overall margin of error is +/-...
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This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by landline and cell phone March 27-30, 2013, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 1,014 adults. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points. · 57% of Americans support a path to citizenship. Asked specifically about a path to...
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It’s that time of year again! Netroots Nation 2013 will be in sunny San Jose, CA during June 20-23 this year, and America’s Voice Education Fund is teaming up with Democracy for America to offer 10 scholarships to immigration bloggers, organizers, and activists. Click here to apply for your...
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Yesterday, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Joey Kennedy took a whack at Senator Jeff Sessions for trying to stall immigration reform in their home state* newspaper, with a column entitled “Do Nothing? Now that’s something Sen. Jeff Sessions can do.” As Kennedy writes: I guess it makes sense that U.S. Sen....
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