Jul 10, 2013
Here are just a few reasons why we believe that “conventional wisdom” on immigration will prove to be wrong once again this year…
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Hundreds of DREAMers, immigration reform advocates, and families are gathering on Capitol Hill today–on the day House Republicans are set to hold a closed-door meeting to discuss what’s next for them on immigration reform–to push members of Congress to pass immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. There...
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As immigration reform advocates, we’re used to the pessimism of “conventional wisdom” and we’re used to conventional wisdom being wrong. Rahm Emanuel once said that immigration reform was the “third rail of American politics,” yet the illegal immigration wedge strategy was a bust in every recent election. Tom Tancredo...
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Last Sunday, David Brooks of the New York Times had this to say on NBC’s Meet the Press: I’ve seen a lot of intellectually weak cases in this town. I’ve rarely seen as intellectually a weak case as the case against the Senate immigration bill. The Republicans say they...
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Immigrant and ethnic communities, among others, are watching what happens to immigration reform in Congress very carefully. Today, a host of media outlets–El Diario/LaPrensa, La Opinion, New America Media, Irish Echo, Bangla Patrika, Daily Khabrain, Nowy Dziennik, Primera Hora, and others–have united their efforts and published this op-ed in...
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This afternoon, the House Republican Caucus is gathering for a closed-door meeting to discuss how they plan to move forward with immigration reform. Some of the Republicans who will be present and outspoken are anti-immigrant hardliners–the Steve Kings, Lou Barlettas, and Dana Rohrabachers of the world. But some Republicans...
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Between July 5th and 7th, 2013 PPP conducted a Poll surveyed 837 likely 2014 voters in CA-10, 552 in CA-21, 657 in CA-31, 692 in CO-6, 696 in MN-2, 544 in NV-3, and 543 in NY-11 between July 5th and 7th. The margins of error for the surveys are +/-3.4%, +/-4.2%, +/-3.8%, +/-3.7%,...
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TIME: No Easy Path Forward As House Republicans Meet On Immigration By Alex Altman The Hill: House GOP set for critical immigration reform talks By Russell Berman Yahoo News: Do House Republicans have political incentive to back immigration reform? By Liz Goodwin NBC Latino: As House GOP debates immigration,...
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Washington, DC – En vísperas de la reunión interna que sobre migración llevará a cabo mañana la Cámara Baja republicana, Latino Decisions, America’s Voice, CHIRLA Action Fund y SEIU delinearon las oportunidades y los desafíos que enfrentan los conservadores mientras deciden cómo avanzar este año. En un nuevo análisis,...
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