9 de junio de 2014
El líder de la mayoría republicana en la Cámara Baja, Eric Cantor, de Virginia, envió un memorando el viernes sobre lo que se discutirá en junio, pero la reforma migratoria brilla por su ausencia. No es sorprendente, pues quien hace unos meses dijo tener un plan de legalización para...
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9 de junio de 2014
¿Está perdiendo influencia el Tea Party o se va fusionando con el llamado establishment republicano? Si seguimos lo que está pasando (o no) en las primarias republicanas y en el Congreso, pareciera que mientras se especula que los amotinados ultraconservadores del Té van de salida, en realidad el Partido Republicano...
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Rebecca Adducci and rogue Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in the Cleveland ICE Office are at it again. Luis Nicasio Padilla, of Painesville, is one of countless fathers and mothers in NE Ohio’s vibrant Hispanic community who are being placed into deportation proceedings and ordered summarily removed, with no consideration...
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9 de junio de 2014
Latin Post: Immigration Activists to Republicans: GOP Must Move on Reform This Year By Nicole Rojas Colorado Statesman (Colorado): Hoyer, Romanoff, back immigration reform By Ernest Luning Politico: No immigration in GOP’s June plans By Seung Min Kim Washington Examiner: House Republicans’ summer agenda is missing one pretty big...
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6 de junio de 2014
Vox: Jerry Brown May Have Vetoed 2012 TRUST Act Because of ICE Lobbying
This is a pretty juicy, never-revealed before anecdote from Dara Lind at Vox today. Apparently ICE, facing insubordination from localities over Secure Communities and police holds on immigrants, lobbied California’s Gov. Jerry Brown to veto the TRUST Act in 2012. They tried to talk him into a 90-day “pilot program”...
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***MONDAY: Rally and Press Conference Outside Federal Building in Cleveland** Over 150 Latinos and their Families from Northeast Ohio Join in Solidarity with Painesville Father and Husband Facing Deportation CLEVELAND, OH – Once again, a NE Ohio immigrant family is confronted with a barbaric decision made by Rebecca Adducci,...
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DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the renewal process for DACA this week, and in response, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte had the gall to criticize the announcement and claim that it could hurt the prospects for legislative immigration reform. As Goodlatte said according to Roll Call: These actions undermine Congress’ hard work...
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6 de junio de 2014
“King of the House”: One Year Since Passing Amendment to Deport DREAMers, Steve King Still in Charge of Immigration in House America’s Voice Releases Timeline of King’s Most Memorable “Milestones” on Immigration On today’s Office Hours press call, labor leaders, immigration advocates and a DREAMer from Steve King’s district...
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6 de junio de 2014
How Rep. Steve King Took Control of the Republican Party on Immigration
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first time that House Republicans gave Steve King a vote to deport DREAMers. Trying to end DACA is pretty heinous — and it’s just one of the many extremist reasons why King has made headlines over the years. From the time that King called immigration...
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Today marks one year since the day that House Republicans first gave Steve King a vote on his amendment to deport DREAMers. House leadership has handed King no fewer than four additional votes since then – and Reps. Cory Gardner (R, CO-4) and Mike Coffman (R, CO-6) voted have voted with him every single...
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