On Presidents’ Day yesterday, some two dozen religious leaders, advocates, and immigrants were arrested for an act of civil disobedience outside the White House, where they were protesting against President Obama and his unjust record of deportations. Sometime next month, Obama will preside over his 2 millionth deportation, and...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Si los republicanos no abordan la reforma migratoria este año para no “lastimar” sus posibilidades de arrebatarle el Senado a los demócratas y mantener la mayoría en la Cámara Baja, ¿cómo competirán por la Casa Blanca si llegan a las elecciones generales de 2016 con su...
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The Hill (Opinion): Juan Williams: Republican leaders must keep Tea Party on the run By Juan Williams Arizona Republic (Arizona): Immigration reform vital to GOP By Dan Nowicki Sun Sentinel (Florida – Editorial): Republicans hurting themselves on immigration Hispanic Link: Boehner takes more heat on reform comments and inaction...
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It’s Valentine’s Day today! And across Facebook, Twiter, and Instagram, advocates are asking Congress and President Obama to pass immigration reform and stop separating families. Below are some of our favorite immigration reform valentines:
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Pollsters and Strategists Discuss Political Costs of Immigration Delay for GOP With House Republican leadership refusing to schedule a vote on immigration reform in the House, the Party’s image among Latinos, Asians, and immigrants remains entrenched while the number of these voters keeps growing. And though the House GOP...
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Toward the end of last year, we wrote about the outrage that is the immigrant detention bed quota/mandate, an inhumane and nonsensical practice that requires ICE to detain at least 34,000 people every day in detention facilities regardless of what they might have done (or not done) to get there...
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George Will and Rob Jesmer Sound the Alarm Conservative intellectual George Will, the widely-read syndicated columnist, and Republican political operative Rob Jesmer, former executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), are in agreement that the Republican Party needs to move forward on immigration reform this year. Said...
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Associated Press: Debt limit saves GOP from political showdown By Donna Cassatta Latino Post: Immigration Reform 2014: Immigration Activists Wage Political War Against GOP, Say ‘No Republican is Safe’ By Jessica Michele Herring KPCC: In Immigration News: A discharge petition, Voting Rights amendment and teens’ immigration mural By Josie...
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