The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program celebrated its two-year anniversary last Friday. To celebrate DACA’s anniversary, a range of voices are highlighting the program’s success – for the nearly 600,000 DACA recipients and for the country as a whole. As many of these voices make clear, DACA’s...
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Huffington Post: Immigration Reform Could Swing Two Key Races In Colorado The State (South Carolina): Who’ll pick S.C. peaches? Immigration policy gridlock stymies farm labor Associated Press: Possible Immigration Rift For Obama With Democrats Fox News Latino: Some Senate Democrats Backpedal On Push For Executive Action On Immigration Politico:...
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Two years ago today, DREAMers across America lined up for blocks to begin applying for deferred action (DACA), the program which today gives half million young immigrants protection from deportation, a work permit and the ability to pursue the American Dream, mobility via driver’s licenses, and much more. Two years later,...
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New Fox News Poll Shows Voters Want a Path to Citizenship Over Status Quo By 3 to 1 Margin At yesterday’s first debate in Colorado’s competitive CD-6 race, Republican incumbent Mike Coffman told the audience that he did not support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. A new...
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Today marks the two-year anniversary of the implementation of the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for DREAMers. This was arguably the most important immigration policy change in decades and one that has changed the lives of nearly 600,000 young immigrants who are Americans in all but paperwork....
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Once Again Proving that Inaction is the Truly Radical Option In the wake of Republican obstruction and inaction on immigration reform in Congress, the case for President to take executive action continues to build and strengthen. And as new polling from Fox News underscores, people much prefer bold action...
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House Republicans this year have killed a bill allowing DREAMers to enlist in the military, passed a bill expediting the removal of children fleeing violence, and voted multiple times to end deferred action and deport DREAMers. The Republican platform on immigration is even more radical than in was in...
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From David Leopold today at the Huffington Post: 1. Expand “Deferred Action” to More Qualified Immigrants. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA–the deportation reprieve offered to qualified undocumented youth in 2012–is the best example of how executive authority can make an unworkable immigration system more workable. DACA has...
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MSNBC: Obama signals possible executive action on immigration (VIDEO) MSNBC: Coming soon: An immigration battle royale (VIDEO) Talking Points Memo: McConnell Demands Vote On House GOP Bill To End Deportation Relief Fox News: Fox News poll: Voters to Congress — Do something! Anything! on immigration Washington Post: The data...
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