The following is a press statement from PICO Network: Sandoval Family Offers One Painful Example of the Broken Immigration and Deportation System Nayelly Sandoval is a 12 year-old American citizen and a gifted basketball player who was recently denied the chance to say goodbye to her father — who...
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Between the number of Democrats in the House and the number of Republicans who support a path to citizenship, there have long been enough votes to pass immigration reform through the House. The trick has just been getting Speaker Boehner to give the issue a vote — just like...
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Commentators from Jorge Ramos to Rachel Maddow to Jonathan Chait are pushing for Republicans to pass immigration reform this year, warning that the presidential politics of 2015 and thereafter will make it nearly impossible for the GOP to take up legislation. If Republicans really want to get the issue behind them —...
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Much like the debt ceiling vote of two days ago, if House Republican leadership were to bring up immigration reform for a vote it would pass with mostly Democratic and some Republican votes. But are the political consequences of inaction clear enough to the Republican Party to compel Speaker...
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Speaker Boehner and his caucus are still under pressure to push immigration reform legislation through the House this year, with commentators pointing out that 2014 represents a prime opportunity for them while Chuck Schumer and other Democrats consider using a discharge petition. But on the other side of Washington, President Obama...
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International Business Times: Immigration Advocates Say ‘No Republican Is Safe’ Without Action In 2014 By Laura Matthews Latino Post: Latino Immigration Reform 2014: Republican Are Trying to Recruit Historically Democratic Latino Voters, But Will their Tactics Work? By Matthew Reis C-SPAN: Future of Immigration Reform (VIDEO) NBC News (Meet...
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El voto del techo de la deuda muestra el camino para aprobar la reforma migratoria Washington, DC – La Cámara de Representantes aprobó ayer un proyecto de ley del techo de la deuda, en el que el presidente de la Cámara, John Boehner (R-OH), congregó a una coalición de...
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Momento decisivo: las voces más importantes de los medios informativos en español están disgustadas por las excusas del Partido Republicano y su inacción en el tema migratorio Washington, DC – Las voces más importantes de los medios informativos en español condenan a los republicanos de la Cámara Baja por...
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While Spanish-language media is furious at the House GOP’s latest excuse for not passing immigration reform, liberal commentators are ridiculing Speaker Boehner and his timidity in the face of the House Tea Party/conservative/Steve King wing. Yesterday, both Jon Stewart of the Daily Show and Rachel Maddow of MSNBC skewered House Republicans for their continued obstinacy...
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