Whoa. Did Congressman Joe Heck (R-NV) just rip his own House leadership for not being more active on immigration reform this year? Apparently, gossip that the House may not hold a vote on immigration this year (which is, by the way, contrary to what Speaker Boehner and leaders like Eric...
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Since the shutdown and debt ceiling negotiations wrapped up last week, Republicans have been using that as the latest excuse for why they can’t do immigration reform. As Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) recently said: For us to go to a negotiation, to the negotiating table with President Obama after...
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Rep. Darrell Issa’s upcoming immigration bill, which has yet to be publicly released, already has one conservative detractor, albeit not a very credible one. Yesterday, ICE union president Chris Crane gave an exclusive interview to Breitbart in which he urged Issa to forgo introducing his bill–and in the process, compared...
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Los Angeles Times: Obama softens tone on immigration reform By Brian Bennett and Christi Parsons The Daily Beast: Obama, Congress Get Back to the Immigration Fight by Eleanor Clift Arizona Republic: Are pleas by Obama hindering the push? By Dan Nowicki Bloomberg: Republicans After Shutdown Seen Losing Again on...
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There’s been a lot of talk in the last few days, first about Darrel Issa’s six-year legalization bill, then about whether there’s still time this year to pass immigration reform at all. Our position remains the same: the GOP needs to take action on immigration reform immediately, or face the...
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Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. He introduced the SAFE Act, H.R. 2278, which would criminalize all undocumented immigrants and legalize racial profiling. It’s one of the worst anti-immigrant bills we’ve ever come across, and it’s important that the House GOP either never...
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This morning, during his speech urging Congress to pass immigration reform, President Obama said that: Good policy is good politics in this instance. And if folks are really that consumed with the politics of fixing our broken immigration system, they should take a closer look at the polls, because...
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All year, we’ve been warning about the grave political and demographic danger Republicans will find themselves in if they fail to pass immigration reform this year. According to the Wall Street Journal yesterday, Republicans who oppose immigration reform may also find themselves in financial trouble–with their own Republican campaign...
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VOXXI: Dems push for immigration reform vote, Boehner ‘hopeful’ it’ll occur By Griselda Nevarez Bloomberg: Republicans After Shutdown Seen Losing Again Defying Immigration By Lisa Lerer & Roxana Tiron NPR: Obama Wants To Pivot To Immigration Reform, But Can It Work? By Mara Liasson Labor Radio: Advocates see realistic...
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