Mar 17, 2014
Washington Post (Plum Line): The Morning Plum: On immigration, Obama is in a jam By Greg Sargent Huffington Post: Obama Urges Immigration Advocates To Keep Focus On Congress By Elise Foley McClatchy: Obama meets with immigration advocates in wake of criticism over his record on deportations By Lesley Clark...
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Mar 14, 2014
Rep. Lofgren Joins Legal Experts and Advocates to Talk House Floor Action & Potential for Administrative Relief from the Obama Administration After more than a year of head fakes and false starts on immigration reform that would combine smart enforcement, legal immigration reforms and legal status with a path...
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Joe Biden hosted Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny today for an annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast, and both leaders took the opportunity to call upon Congress to pass immigration reform. Irish-Americans have long had a stake in the immigration reform debate, with the US Council on Irish Immigration hosting another lobby...
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PR Week: IPPR-proposed immigration comms strategy is “naive”, say campaigners By Jonathan Tilley BuzzFeed: After Backlash, Congressional Hispanic Caucus To Hit Obama Harder On Deportations By Adrian Carrasquillo NBC News: Obama to Meet Latino Caucus on Deportations By Suzanne Gamboa Politico: Latino Democrats to talk immigration with Obama By...
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Washington, DC – Tal parece que los republicanos de la Cámara Baja no se pueden ayudar a sí mismos. ¿Es acaso posible que su odio hacia el presidente Obama y los inmigrantes sea tan fuerte que quieren deshacerse de políticas de sentido común que ayudan a familias de militares...
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Immigration reform advocates earlier this year vowed to further step up the pressure on House Republicans to pass immigration reform, and — in the words of Elise Foley — “it looks like Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) might not get to eat breakfast in peace until the House addresses immigration reform.”...
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It seems that House Republicans can’t help themselves. Could it really be that their hatred for President Obama and immigrants is so intense that they want to get rid of common sense policies that help military families stay together? Yesterday and today, House Republicans are backing two bills –...
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Yesterday, House Republicans ONCE AGAIN voted against prosecutorial discretion and programs like deferred action (DACA), when they passed a bill (the ENFORCE Act) that would allow Congress to sue the President in federal court if he tries to use his executive authority on certain laws. Effectively, the vote pits...
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