Since even before Obama actually announced his executive action for immigrants, Republicans have been claiming that the President is a tyrant who is provoking a constitutional crisis by using his administrative powers — even though every single president since Eisenhower has acted unilaterally for immigration. But a post at by...
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If House Has Time for Show Vote on Subjecting Immigrants to Deportation, They Can Vote on Bipartisan Bill That Would Undo Obama Action and Provide Permanent Solution After two years of failing to take up any attempt at meaningful immigration reform in the House, now Republicans have announced that...
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Recently, more than a hundred law professors published a letter emphasizing President Obama’s legal authority to announce executive action, stressing the executive branch’s long history of precedent and explaining the concept of prosecutorial discretion. Today, four of those professors have released another letter saying that it would be legal for...
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For many months, it has been clear that Republicans have no intention to pass immigration reform legislation. Speaker Boehner has claimed both that Republicans distrust Obama too much to pass a bill and that Obama acting on his own to protect immigrants is improper. What’s left, then? The status quo,...
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Last year, Steve King famously held an anti-immigrant rally in Richmond, Virginia where nobody came. This year, King — along with the outgoing Michele Bachmann and Ted Cruz — didn’t even try to keep up the pretense, announcing a rally against executive action but then downgrading it to a press conference. As...
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Cross-posted from Latino Decisions: New Poll Shows 2016 Latino Votes Will Follow Candidates who Want to Continue and Extend President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration During the November 2014 midterms Latino voters said the number one issue they wanted Congress and the President to address was immigration reform. Today,...
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With Congress back in session after the mid-terms, Republican leadership has been talking about the need for the GOP to engage in responsible governance. But with hardliners in the Senate and the House–from Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) to Reps. Steve King (R-IA) and Michelle Bachmann(R-MN)–demanding...
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Reuters: ‘Hard-liner’ Rep. Steve King becomes GOP’s voice on immigration Bloomberg: Obama Immigration Plan Unlawful Power Grab, Republicans Say NBC News: ‘Simple Common Sense’: Jeh Johnson Defends Executive Action on Immigration Washington Post: Jeh Johnson defends Obama immigration action to House Republicans Politico: Jeh Johnson clashes with Hill GOP...
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Video from today’s press conference is available here. Today—in between House committee hearings on immigration—Congressional immigration champions, faith leaders and impacted individuals responded to the latest GOP attacks on immigrants and the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement policies (see video here). Their message was simple: in the absence of legislative reform, the President must do...
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New Gallup approval numbers and a growing body of polling demonstrate that President Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration are overwhelmingly popular among Latino voters. As Republicans hold hearings today that unofficially kick off their attempts to block and overturn this sensible step forward on immigration, the warning signs...
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