Jul 23, 2013
Bloomberg: Immigrants’ Kids Get Support From Some House Republicans By Roxana Tiron and Kathleen Hunter Politico: Rep. Bob Goodlatte floats pathway to legalization By Seung Min Kim La Opinión (Editorial): Cruel and Indecent Daily Caller: Rand Paul and immigration reform both polling well in New Hampshire By Matt K. Lewis...
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Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice: WASHINGTON, DC – ¿Quién se opondría a la legalización de los DREAMers o Soñadores? Pasemos revista. En el 2010 el DREAM Act se presentó como proyecto independiente cuando los demócratas controlaban ambas cámaras del Congreso. En diciembre de ese año el...
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La regla Hastert puso en jaque la reforma migratoria en la Cámara de Representantes. Se necesitan 118 votos republicanos para llevarla al pleno y sólo hay 60. Pese a ello, los defensores de la legalización de los 11 millones de indocumentados no se rinden y se preparan para nuevas...
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Durante los programas de televisión del domingo, la falta de liderazgo de Boehner abrió paso a Steve King como la voz definitiva de su fracción política Washington, DC – A juzgar por lo que se vio en los programas de televisión del domingo, el representante Steve King (R-IA) es ahora...
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Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee meets for a hearing that will discuss the KIDS Act, a DREAM Act-lite proposal that some Republicans are considering taking up instead of immigration reform for the 11 million. As Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) recently said, “We’ve been there, we’ve done that, that’s so yesterday....
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Over the weekend, Dylan Matthews at the Washington Post had a long interview with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a longtime champion of immigration reform, to talk about how immigration reform will get through Speaker John Boehner and the House GOP. You can read the full interview here—it’s long, but...
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In a new piece posted at The Atlantic’s website, Republican strategist and former House leadership aide John Feehery tells political reporter Molly Ball that Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) “ought to ditch the Hastert rule.” As the article details: Feehery actually wrote the speech in which Hastert...
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On the Sunday shows, Boehner’s Lack of Leadership Leaves Steve King As the Defining Voice of the Caucus Judging by this weekend’s Sunday shows, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is now “the man” when it comes to House Republicans stating a clear position on immigration policy. On the popular Sunday...
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4:05 PM EDIT: We almost missed this one. The “compliments” to immigrants just don’t stop when it comes to Steve King. Here’s another winner from him, according to Alan Colmes: …just a few days earlier, King gave an interview to Newsmax in which he claimed that the vast majority of undocumented...
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