The following is a press release from the Alliance for Citizenship: On a call with press today, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) joined immigration reform advocates to discuss this week’s meetings and the path forward for immigration reform in the House of Representatives. “Everyone knows the votes are there...
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By Amanda Bonilla: Claiming freedom, equality, justice, and citizenship as human rights, yesterday over five hundred United We Dream leaders and their family members from across the nation converged together to carry out a massive symbolic citizenship ceremony. Prior to the Republican caucus meeting over immigration reform, the Dreamers...
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Cross-posted from Latino Decisions by Adrian Pantoja, Ph.D., Senior Analyst, Latino Decisions on 07/11/2013 It is well documented that anti-Latino rhetoric and policies by Republican candidates since the mid-1990s led Latino voters to abandon the GOP in favor of the Democratic Party (Bowler and Segura 2012). For example, research on California shows...
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Arizona Republic: House defiant on Senate migrant bill By Erin Kelly and Dan Nowicki Bloomberg: Obama Set to Go All Out With Public Amid Immigration Opposition By Mike Dorning Voxxi: Democrats reject House GOP’s piecemeal approach to immigration reform By Grizelda Nevarez Associated Press: House GOP goes piecemeal on...
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El presidente de EE.UU., Barack Obama, se reunirá este miércoles con el caucus hispano del Congreso para abordar la necesidad de la reforma migratoria y pondrá especial énfasis en sus beneficios económicos, según informó hoy a Efe una fuente de la Casa Blanca. Obama recibirá a puerta cerrada en...
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Los congresistas demócratas insisten en que no accederán a una ley de reforma migratoria que no tenga un procedimiento para legalizar el estatus de los 11 millones de inmigrantes que están en el país sin documentos válidos, lo cual augura un fuerte enfrentamiento con los republicanos. Los legisladores plantearon...
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By Sam Fitz: The scorching heat and humid air didn’t stop the more than 1,000 protesters from exercising their First Amendment right earlier this afternoon outside of the United States Capitol. As immigrants and advocates from across the country marched around the Capitol lawn in support of immigration reform,...
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Hundreds of immigrants, DREAMers, and their families rallied outside the Capitol today for immigration reform, telling stories about their deported family members, giving voice to fears that they might be removed from the only country they’ve ever called home, and asking Congress to do the right thing by 11...
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