9 de febrero de 2015
Hasta ahora la Secretaría de Educación Pública permite la inscripción temporal de los hijos de mexicanos nacidos en el exterior bajo la condición de que entreguen los documentos solicitados en un periodo de tiempo, pero en muchas ocasiones las autoridades escolares -por desconocimiento de las normas- ni siquiera les...
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In an editorial entitled, “Can the GOP Change?”the Wall Street Journal blasts Republicans’ unwillingness to acknowledge that their attempts to block President Obama’s immigration executive actions have failed. The editorial calls on the GOP to find its way out of the “box canyon” it “marched itself into” and to...
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9 de febrero de 2015
Latino Influence & the Politics of Immigration in the 2014 U.S. Senate Elections
Cross-posted from Latino Decisions: To date, much of the evidence suggestive of Latino electoral influence has focused on statewide races, particularly presidential elections in swing states such as Florida, Colorado, and Nevada. However, with no presidential election on the ballot in 2014, the ability of Latino voters, and by...
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9 de febrero de 2015
Miami Herald (Florida): Wasserman Schultz: Rubio now against immigration reform By Amy Sherman The Baltimore Sun (Maryland): Immigration reprieve would apply to 55,000 in Maryland By Joseph Tanfani The Arizona Republic (Arizona): No comprehensive immigration reform until 2017? By Dan Nowicki Washington Post: Cruz looking at 2016 ‘very seriously’...
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6 de febrero de 2015
Advocates, DREAM Leaders & Legal Experts Discuss Immigration Developments in the Senate and Pending Court Decision on Texas Lawsuit Between the ongoing, intra-GOP debate over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding in Washington, DC and a looming court decision from Federal Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas on the President’s...
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6 de febrero de 2015
Spanish Language Media Blasts GOP’s Anti-Immigrant Obsession
GOP Brand Plummets with One of the Fastest Growing American Voting Groups Media outlets are closely covering – and criticizing – Republicans’ continued failures to advance a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill loaded with measures to block President Obama’s immigration executive actions. Beltway media outlets are highlighting Republican...
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6 de febrero de 2015
Eugene Robinson, Kevin Drum: GOP is Making All the Wrong Moves on DHS Funding Bill
Three attempts to pass an anti-immigrant DHS funding bill later, Republicans are no closer to figuring out a strategy for avoiding a government shutdown while not pissing off their base. Time is running out — there is a Congressional recess in February, which means that Republicans only have two weeks...
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6 de febrero de 2015
The Hill: DHS shutdown grows more likely By Justin Sink Washington Post: Democrats invoke perils of terrorism in push for ‘clean’ DHS funding bill By Sean Sullivan New York Times: Democrats Exercise ‘No’ Power in Senate to G.O.P.’s Dismay By Jeremy Peters Politico: House, Senate on DHS impasse: ‘After...
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For the third day in a row, Senate Republicans today pushed for a vote on an anti-immigrant DHS funding bill that would lead to mass deportations for DREAMers and immigrant parents. They’re playing with yet another government shutdown in an effort to ‘fight back’ against ‘constitutional overreach.’ Except that President Obama’s executive...
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5 de febrero de 2015
Sen. Durbin Highlights the Story of Everardo, DREAMer and Future Physician
The Republicans, it seems, are determined to drive their respectability and electability into the ground. Three times now this week, they have 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...
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