While Republicans continue to demagogue about how Central American children are coming to the US for “permisos,” Frances Robles at the New York Times today has an eye-opening story about the true cause behind the influx of children fleeing violence. Often threatened with extreme and horrific violence in their...
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New York Times: Fleeing Gangs, Children Head To U.S. Border BuzzFeed: Glenn Beck Says Americans Should Help Immigrant Children At The Border, Shocking Basically Everyone Bloomberg: Immigration’s Back, Creating Bad Politics for Everybody McClatchy: Academics predict long wait for immigration overhaul The Week: The border crisis is a great...
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Recently, Republicans have been using the story of children escaping violence as an excuse to attack immigrants and immigration reform — going so far to suggest that President Obama should dismantle the DACA program and resume the deportation of DREAMers. What many pundits have been completely ignoring, however, is the fact...
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Glenn Beck is trying to show his compassionate side this week, announcing an event next week in McAllen, Texas to give children fleeing violence food, water, and other items including teddy bears and soccer balls. As he said of the children: Through no fault of their own, they are...
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Republican Leaders Enabled and Emboldened Nativist Wing, to Detriment of National Party When House Republican leadership decided to block broad immigration reform, they capitulated to the Rep. Steve King (R-IA) caucus. Now that same segment of the GOP is emboldened, spinning themselves into a froth over the idea that...
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Washington Post (Plum Line): How badly is GOP damaging itself among Latinos for 2016? Politico: Obama’s warning: ‘Right-size’ immigration expectations Associated Press: UN Enters Immigration Debate, Pushes For Fleeing Central Americans To Be Treated As Refugees New York Times: U.S. Adjusts Court Flow to Meet Rise in Migrants National...
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Bloomberg Editorial, “Obama’s Midterm Surprise: Immigration” –“A major executive action liberalizing strictures on undocumented immigrants with lengthy U.S. residency would change the midterm dynamic. Experience suggests that the reaction of Representative Steve King and other Republican nativists would not be subtle. And Republican leaders, including McConnell and House Speaker John...
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EDIT: Speaking of Colorado, the Republican challenger for governor, Bob Beauprez, apparently thinks Colorado should its own version of SB 1070, the Arizona anti-immigrant law that was largely struck down in 2012. We’re guessing his idea isn’t going to be too popular with Latino voters. Not only has the GOP...
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