Must-watch today is this video from United We DREAM, of DREAMers chasing members of Congress around Capitol Hill asking them “do you want to deport me and my parents?” Watch below: The total non-answers the Republicans give (Mike McCaul tells one DREAMer “you didn’t do it the right way” while Raul...
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Recently, the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler wrote a piece for the paper’s “Fact Checker” blog suggesting President Obama’s claim that his executive action on immigration is comparable to the action President George H.W. Bush took is dubious. Mr. Kessler awarded three “Pinocchios” to the claim. In response, NCLR’s Charles Kamasaki,...
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MSNBC: House GOP approves measure blocking deportation relief NPR: House Passes Symbolic Vote Cancelling Obama’s Immigration Action NBC News: Latino Dem: GOP Immigration Vote Not Symbolic; ‘It’s Personal’ Washington Post: House Republicans repudiate Obama’s immigration actions The Hill: WH: Bill to roll back immigration order unfair CNN: Immigration anger...
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GOP is Now the “‘Get Out’ Party” to Latino, APIA, and Immigrant Voters Today, by a 219-197 margin, House Republicans approved legislation by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) aimed at preventing the new Obama Administration immigration policy from taking effect. In addition to cementing the GOP’s anti-immigrant brand, today’s vote...
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View the America’s Voice statement here. Below, check out what other organizations are saying: Sen. Harry Reid: Instead of voting on the Senate’s bipartisan bill to secure our border and fix our broken immigration system, House Republicans voted once again to deport DREAMers and their families. I will not...
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A continuación la declaración de Frank Sharry, director ejecutivo de America’s Voice, en torno al voto de la Cámara de Representantes del proyecto de ley del republicano Ted Yoho, congresista de Florida, para condenar y bloquear la acción ejecutiva migratoria que giró el presidente Barack Obama y que protegería...
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Below are two key points and insights from recent polling in the wake of President Obama’s executive action on immigration: 1. Most Americans support the substance of President Obama’s new immigration policies and oppose Republican attempts to block or overturn them Public Religion Research Institute: A new...
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This afternoon House Republicans will vote on legislation drafted by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) aimed at preventing executive action on immigration. If enacted into law, the measure would place nearly all 11 million undocumented immigrants in America at risk of deportation. The following is a statement from Frank Sharry,...
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The following is must-watch from Rep. Luis Gutierrez last night: As House Prepares To Attack President, Gutiérrez Discusses “Myth…That The United States Should, Would Or Could Deport 11 Million” Immigrants Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) testified before the House Rules Committee this evening as the Committee debated a bill to...
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New York Times: The Genial Face of a Bitter Fight Against Overhauling Immigration Politico: Conservatives scoff at Boehner deal Wall Street Journal: Cruz Joins House Conservatives on Defunding Immigration Policy Huffington Post: Ted Cruz, Steve King: Funding Obama’s Immigration Actions Betrays Constituents And Values National Journal: Ted Cruz Pushes...
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