Bloomberg: Cruz Immigration Crusade Has Republicans Fretting Over Backlash By Heidi Pryzbyla Texas Tribune (Texas): First Text for Abbot’s Case Against Immigration Policy By Julian Aguilar Washington Post (Plum Line): GOP deportation priorities, in the raw By Greg Sargent USA Today: House votes to block Obama’s immigration action By...
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Jan 14, 2015
Today House Republicans passed anti-immigrant legislation that would overturn last November’s executive actions, end the DACA program for DREAMers, and maximize deportations of undocumented immigrants settled in America. These Republicans don’t seem to get that for millions of Americans this issue is not political, it is deeply personal. With this...
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Today, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a DHS funding bill, which included a collection of the harshest anti-immigrant amendments seen in years. The bill would not only overturn the sensible executive actions from last November, but also end the DACA program for DREAMers and maximize the deportation of all...
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The following is a reaction from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to House Republicans’ passage today of anti-immigrant legislation that would overturn last November’s executive actions, end the DACA program for DREAMers, and maximize deportations of undocumented immigrants settled in America: With this vote, the...
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Today, the House voted 236-191 against executive action as well as DACA, reinforcing their own image as the party that wants immigrants to get out. The thing is, it wasn’t that long ago that Congressional Republicans were reaching across the aisle to help pass the Senate immigration bill, and even...
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Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes no abandonan su estrategia para frenar las políticas migratorias del presidente Barack Obama y este miércoles votarán para quitarle fondos al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés), a menos que el mandatario cancele la acción ejecutiva que anunció...
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Washington Times: A year after immigration reform push, John Boehner aims to cancel Obama amnesty By S.A Miller and Stephen Dinan The Hill: Rubio: 2016 decision could come soon By Ben Kamisar Roll Call: Diaz-Balart Describes an Immigration Deal Undone By Emma Dumain Politico: House, Senate GOP seek to...
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Jan 13, 2015
Tonight and tomorrow, House Republicans are expected to once again shoot themselves in the foot by pandering to their base and attacking immigrants. The legislation and amendments they are pushing would overturn President Obama’s recent executive action as well as the hugely successful DACA program begun in 2012. Republicans...
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The new House Immigration Subcommittee assignments are out, and its composition is not going to be helping Republicans with Latino voters anytime soon. There’s the infamous Rep. Steve King (R-IA) himself, of “calves the size of cantaloupes” fame. There’s Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC), whom we once described as “unlikely...
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GOP “Shamefully Slams the Door” In The Face Of Gutierrez, All Immigrants Says Sharry Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, commented on the riveting testimony of Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) before the House Rules Committee last evening: Luis Gutierrez has long been one of the leading immigration champions in...
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