Mar 20, 2015
AP: Judge: Sanctions possible in Obama immigration court case Wall Street Journal: U.S., Texas Meet in Court Over Timeline of Executive Action on Immigration By Ana Campoy Los Angeles Times: Texas judge threatens Justice Department over Obama’s immigration plan By David Zucchino Politico: Parties dig in on Loretta Lynch confirmation fight By Manu...
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Republicans are today wrapping up a week-long stretch of anti-immigrant hearings, one of which resulted in approval of a bill that would repeal last year’s immigration action (who needs those Latino voters, right?) “Comprehensive mass-deportation” aside, Elise Foley noted an amendment that was ultimately rejected during the hearing: A...
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As First Act Presiding over Judiciary Subcomittee Hearing, Ted Cruz Puts Forward Mastermind of “Self-Deportation,” AL & AZ “Papers Please” Laws, and Legal Attack on President’s Executive Actions Today, Republicans are wrapping up this week’s cavalcade of anti-immigrant hearings, with no less than anti-immigrant hardliner Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) bringing...
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AP: Hearing set on allegations in immigration lawsuit By Juan Lozano CQ: Republican Lawmakers Take Sides in Texas Immigration Suit By David Harrison Huffington Post: Republicans Ask Court To Keep Obama Immigration Programs Stalled By Elise Foley Politico: Loretta Lynch nomination fight takes on racial tinge By Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim...
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Two years ago today, the Republican National Committee published a self-flagellating analysis — commonly dubbed by observers as the “GOP’s Autopsy Report” — in response to Mitt Romney’s 2012 landslide electoral defeat. Chief among the report’s come-to-Jesus moments was a formal rebuke of Romney’s failed “self-deportation” platform in favor...
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There they go again. You’d think that with Republicans still licking their wounds after a humiliating defeat in their four month battle to tie immigration action to DHS funding, they’d send their anti-immigrant obsession off on a small vacation. You’d think that, but you’d be wrong. Instead, both chambers...
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National and local attention has focused on the case of Pastor Max Villatoro, who was detained last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Iowa and faces imminent deportation to Honduras. Pastor Max’s deportation would break up his family, which includes four U.S. citizen children, and place his...
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Yesterday, hundreds of supporters marched through downtown Iowa City to demand the release of Max Villatoro, a beloved pastor and community leader facing imminent deportation. The rally, organized by the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, was led by Pastor Villatoro’s wife Gloria and drew more than 200...
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Pastor Max’s Attorney Files Emergency Motion to Reopen Deportation Case, Hundreds Rally in Iowa City for His Release Yesterday, ahead of an Iowa City rally that drew hundreds of supporters, Pastor Max Villatoro’s new immigration lawyers, David Wolfe Leopold and Associates, filed an emergency motion to reopen his deportation case...
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Des Moines Register (Iowa): Did Iowa Ag Summit screen out critics? By Rehka Basu The Hill: Corker to oppose Lynch for AG By Jordain Carney The Hill: WH vents frustration on Loretta Lynch delay By Jordan Fabian Politico: Rudy Giuliani steps up lobbying for Loretta Lynch By Manu Raju Politico: Loretta Lynch nomination in the...
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