Ironton Tribune: DeWine adding Ohio to immigration lawsuit causing mixed reaction Bloomberg: Senate’s Spending Votes Seen as Litmus Tests for 2016 Candidates Huffington Post: Senate Republicans Object To Spending Bill Over Immigration National Journal: The Omnibus Is Done. Ted Cruz’s Feud With GOP Leaders Rages On. Politico: Senate closes...
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has, at least in the past, presented himself as a reasonable voice on immigration reform, a Hispanic Republican who could help bridge divides. No longer — he’s been running away from the Senate immigration bill ever since he helped pass it and this weekend, he voted along...
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President Obama’s executive action will change the lives of millions of immigrants, protecting them from deportation and allowing them to legally work. But some two dozen states, led by Texas and its Governor-elect Greg Abbott, are trying to take the policy change with their lawsuit against executive action. Yesterday, Houston...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing this week on immigration reform and the President’s executive action for immigrants — and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) used his time to take apart the arguments of the anti-immigrant crowd. Watch the video below: Speaking for opponents for executive action were John Eastman, Chairman of the Board of...
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Sioux City Journal: Group pushes King to halt opposition to Obama’s immigration order Politico: Conservatives rage against the machine Bloomberg: U.S. Spending Fight Moves to Senate After Narrow House Passage New York Times: House Narrowly Passes Bill to Avoid Shutdown; $1.1 Trillion in Spending Talking Points Memo: As Shutdown...
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While most people were focused on what was happening inside the Capitol yesterday, here’s a quick recap of what was happening outside, in case you missed it. First, the anti-immigrant, anti-Obama extremist group Operation American Freedom (OAF) came to Washington, DC, where some 20 members (out of 221 who had RSVP’d on...
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Last month, eager conservative media reported about an upcoming gathering of sheriffs who were coming to Washington, DC on December 10 (yesterday) to speak out against President Obama’s executive action and call for more border security. “Sheriffs Plan Massive Gathering in Washington to Oppose Executive Amnesty,” read the headline at...
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A range of recent polling finds overwhelmingly Latino support in favor of the recently announced executive actions on immigration. As is true for any new issue, the question wording matters hugely and can influence the specific results. In particular, recent poll questions that describe the substance of the president’s...
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Monica is a DACAmented Dreamer who grew up in rural Iowa and now attends the University Of Northern Iowa. She comes from a mixed status family with a sister who is also a Dreamer as well as two other U.S. citizen siblings. Monica’s member of Congress, Rep. Steve King,...
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“I Do Not Know Why this Man Has Chosen to Use Ohio Resources and Ohio’s Prestige in this Way” Last week, the State of Ohio joined nineteen other states in suing the federal government over the President’s recent executive action on immigration. In addition to subjecting thousands of Ohio...
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