Scorecard Zeroes in on the 12 Most Vulnerable Republicans House Democrats are continuing their efforts to demand a vote on immigration reform and House Republicans are continuing to block action while promising to one day address the issue. The disconnect between Republicans’ rhetorical support for immigration reform and their actual legislative...
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Aug 1, 2014
How furious are advocates?
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America’s Voice Responds to Tonight’s House Votes Following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to tonight’s votes on immigration and child refugee issues in the U.S. House of Representatives: How pathetic. With today’s votes, the House Republicans have completed their lurch to...
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House Republicans are poised to ONCE AGAIN vote to end DACA and deport DREAMers. Below are some of the statements being released: United We Dream’s Lorella Praeli: Apparently, exploiting the child refugee issue by blaming DACA and Dreamers and trying to intimidate President Obama from taking further executive action...
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Below is a press statement from Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) about the House GOP border bill, which end DACA and lead to the deportation of DREAMers: Over 600,000, young people raised in the United States, who came forward and applied for DACA will now be turned back into undocumented...
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So this is one of the more disturbing responses to the children crossing the border. Al Jazeera America inteviewed Ku Klux Klan members in North Carolina, who talked about their goal of a “white homeland” and called for a “shoot to kill” law in order to take care of the influx...
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The following is cross-posted from Latino Decisions: On the last day before summer recess, House Republicans failed to address the humanitarian crisis at the border and the broken immigration system, which triggered it. Instead, the bill they support, just a few months before the midterm election, is a signal that...
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Advocates and DREAMers React to Legislative Developments and Discuss Expectations for Executive Action Ahead With the debate over how to handle the current humanitarian emergency at the U.S. border still very much in flux, many are left speculating what this means going forward and how this will impact potential...
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How horrible is the revised border bill that the House GOP will attempt to pass today? Horrible enough that the likes of Steve King, Michele Bachmann, and Louie Gohmert seem positively giddy to be voting for it. Note the tweet below suggesting that this is the first time leadership...
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After their hugely embarrassing failure to pass a border bill yesterday, it appears House Republicans are rallying for a show vote, in which they’ve put together an anti-DACA bill so extreme that Steve King, Louie Gohmert, and Michele Bachmann have already declared their support of it. One thing House Republicans...
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