The Week: Is 2014 the year for immigration reform? By Laura Colarusso Brownsville Herald (Texas): IMMIGRATION REFORM: Optimism increases for some By Melissa Montoya CNN: Christie heralds DREAM Act as message to Washington By Peter Hamby Business Insider: Chris Christie Just Made The Decision To Own Immigration Reform For...
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Apparently, actor-turned-fake-lawman Steven Seagal is thinking about running for governor of Arizona. During an interview with ABC 15, Seagal promoted his reality TV show–shot in collaboration with none other than Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio–and talked about a potential future in politics. As Seagal said: Joe Arpaio and I...
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This morning, we lifted up La Opinión’s new editorial on immigration reform, “The Citizenship Lie,” which discusses reform must contain citizenship. The editorial’s answer: yes, because “the mere idea of creating a separate category of people by arbitrarily limiting their integration into society and future political participation is repugnant,...
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Rep. Paul Broun, a Republican Senatorial candidate in Georgia, is known for controversial comments like calling President Obama a communist and referring to evolution as a lie “straight from the pit of hell.” In an interview posted today, Broun broke bad again, in remarks discussing Georgia demographics and his electoral opponents. One particular...
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New Editorial Blasts Efforts to Chip Away at Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants With immigration reform on the agenda for the House in 2014, we’ve yet to see a House Republican proposal that addresses the status of the 11 million aspiring Americans (that is, beyond the disastrous SAFE Act that...
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The Time is Now For a Legislative Proposal on the 11 Million that Attracts Bipartisan Support There is a consensus among most political observers that immigration reform will be on the agenda for the House in 2014. However, an essential question remains unanswered: where is the House Republicans’ specific immigration proposal?...
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Pero eso exigirá un uso diestro y cuidadoso de sus poderes y la combinación de una campaña pública frente las protestas por la cifra récord de deportaciones de su gobierno con negociaciones tras bambalinas con el Congreso, algo que según legisladores y defensores de los inmigrantes dicen es una...
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Obama se enfrenta a un año repleto de retos políticos en los que deberá encontrar un punto de encuentro con la oposición republicana, mayoritaria en la Cámara de Representantes y que a lo largo de 2013 torpedeó a muchas de sus propuestas, entre ellas la legislación sobre el control...
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