Today, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on “Interior Immigration Enforcement Legislation,” where they will be bringing back an extremist piece of legislation from 2013: the SAFE Act. As if Republicans weren’t making it clear how anti-immigrant they are, with their three votes last week against DACA/DAPA....
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Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security will hold a hearing on “Interior Immigration Enforcement Legislation,” where it will discuss failed bills like the incredibly anti-immigrant SAFE Act. But the real story is who will be testifying at the hearing — namely, yet another contingent of extremist...
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The Republicans, it seems, are determined to drive their respectability and electability into the ground. Three times last week, they pushed for votes on the DHS funding bill passed by the House, which unfortunately contains riders that would end DACA and DAPA — maximizing the deportations of DREAMers and immigrant parents....
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Recently, Maine’s Governor Paul LePage joined the contingent of conservatives who fear-monger about immigrants and disease, falsely claiming during a state of the State address that migrants bring “hepatitis C, HIV and tuberculosis” to the US (there has been zero evidence of any of the above). Today, the Portland Press Herald has published...
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Today, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on “Interior Immigration Enforcement Legislation,” where it will discuss failed bills like the incredibly anti-immigrant SAFE Act. But the real story is who will be testifying at the hearing — namely, even more extremist witnesses from the Center for Immigration Studies...
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The Hill: On immigration, Ohio leaders should do what’s right–not what’s “Right” By Lynn Tramonte The Hill: Polls show mixed support for vulnerable GOP senators in 2016 By Ben Kamisar Daily Kos: House anti-immigrant bill to fund DHS puts four GOP senators in political peril By Kerry Eleveld Politico:...
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Cross-posted at The Hill: I think it’s time that Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) , Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, and Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted had a meeting on immigration. They seem a bit scattered when it comes to the policy—although they do seem united on the political...
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The Republicans, it seems, are determined to drive their respectability and electability into the ground. Three times last week, they pushed for votes on the DHS funding bill passed by the House, which unfortunately contains riders that would end DACA and DAPA — maximizing the deportations of DREAMers and immigrant parents....
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Los Angeles Times (California): Obama faces high stakes in rollout of controversial immigration program By Joseph Tanfani Latin Post: Ted Cruz on Immigration: Senator Not Blocking DHS Funding Bill; Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Working for Top 1 Percent By Michael Oleaga Politico: Bush calls his ‘bilingual, bicultural’ background a...
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The AP has a piece out today arguing that a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security may not be such a big deal, because critical programs and personnel would have to keep working even if the latter aren’t getting paid. The piece misses the obvious point—the national...
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