For months, we’ve been trying to get a sense of where Jeb Bush stands on the issue of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DREAMers have asked him. Reporters have asked him. In March, after the Iowa Agricultural summit, Iowa DREAMer Monica Reyes asked Bush if he would renew...
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Donald Trump is running for President, and at least one other person is really, really, really happy about it: The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. But after all the horribly offensive remarks Trump made about immigrants during his announcement yesterday, we’re glad Jon is happy too, because we know that...
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Yesterday, the latest GOP candidate for President in 2016 accused a majority of America’s undocumented immigrants of being “rapists” — and not one single GOP competitor has yet to denounce him for it. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best,” reality television star and businessman Donald...
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Tomorrow, America’s Voice Education Fund will join members of the Villatoro and Acosta families in an international video chat to discuss the impact of deportation on American families. The video chat will feature Pastor Max Villatoro, Brigido Acosta, and their family members who will be spending this Father’s Day...
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With a few notable exceptions, the 2016 GOP field has lurched right on immigration. Scott Walker talks about 11 million people having to go back to their countries of origin. Chris Christie calls granting citizenship to immigrants “extreme.” Marco Rubio speaks out of both sides of his mouth, trying...
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English (en español al final de la página): SaintPetersBlog (Opinion-Florida): Jeb Bush can’t satisfy anyone with his stances on immigration By Mitch Perry New York Times: Jeb Bush Slow Jams in Two Tongues With Jimmy Fallon By Alan Rappeport Buzzfeed News: This Is How Jeb Bush Plans To Reach...
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After years of bloviating and self-promotion, reality star and “business magnate” (according to Wikipedia) Donald Trump made it official and announced his candidacy for President in 2016. Trump already has a long history of extreme and outlandish comments on immigrants and immigration under his belt, and his rambling announcement...
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Yesterday, DREAMers and their advocates celebrated the third anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Program, or DACA. The celebration even earned notice from members of Congress, President Barack Obama, and 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, who tweeted their support from their official Twitter accounts....
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Yesterday was the three year anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for Dreamers. As several pieces reflecting on the anniversary highlight, DACA both changed hundreds of thousands of lives and altered the course of the 2012 presidential election. When the DACA program...
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Please note the following column was translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. This column is available online in Spanish here. Hillary Clinton officially launched her campaign for her almost-certain Democratic presidential nomination Saturday in New York,...
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